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Alumni Spotlight Center News In the News 2017
Alum Jason Barron's new book, taken from sketches he made while taking notes during his EMBA courses, is two years of business school packed into one priceless book of pure awesomeness.

Two BYU students are finding success with their innovative hammocks thanks in part to support from the Rollins Center.
William Knowles couldn't help but think of his own mother as he captured the story of Nepalese women struggling to provide for their families in his film "Threads of Hope."
Lt. Col. Forrest Cook encouraged attendees at the program held in Sandy, Utah, to remember the significance of Memorial Day.
The BYU MBA program Autumn Wagner has been featured as one of the Best &Brightest MBAs in the nation by Poets & Quants.
How do I find purpose? How do we cure cancer? How can I best learn from my mistakes? These were just a few of the hard questions addressed at TEDxBYU 2017.
As a homeless college student, Sam Cobbs was humiliated while he stood in line to get food stamps. Welfare services said he would need to drop out of college if he wanted their aid, but he knew that college was his only chance at escaping poverty.
BYU professor Linda Reynolds sees the skills she teaches as more than a mixture of aesthetics, images, symbols, and words her design classes teach students to do good better.
The Romney Institute recently recognized David Williams for his outstanding work in the nonprofit sector.
The Global Management Center hosted teens from around the state to help students combine their knowledge of language and global business.
Jackson, Wyoming—the gateway to the grand Tetons—is almost always bustling. Snow-capped peaks and expansive horizons draw crowds to this tiny outpost in the American west.
Now that Luke Mocke is linked up with LinkedIn, he is finding ways to mentor students and help them land their dream jobs too.
Strategy and economics alum Ryan Harrison talks Netflix and marketing tricks and may throw in a word or two in Dutch.
What a BYU Marriott finance alum is doing to maximize his personal success while still paying it forward.
Jennifer Rockwood stepped onto BYU’s South Field and gazed numbly across the green turf. “What have I gotten myself into?” she recalls thinking. “Can I really do this?”
Kristin Yee landed her dream job, successfully working her artistic talents at Disney. But after 13 years, an impression directed her to a new line of work at a very different organization.
As a young man, alum Cameron Cozzens never planned to serve in the military; he didn’t even come from a military family. But one suggestion from a high school counselor to look into the military changed his mind—and from there, the BYU Army ROTC changed the course of his life, leading him on a path of leadership.
As part of a new series, the Ballard Center is giving students the opportunity to ask alumni questions and career advice. This piece features Jeff Roberts of Self-Reliance Services/PEF.
Though Ahmad Salah uses his BYU MBA network to further his professional goals, he also channels his Rolodex towards an altruistic outlet as well.
Throughout her education and career, Marriott School alumna Amy Sawaya has used global supply chain as her catchall answer to what she wants to be when she grows up, even as the details of those plans have changed significantly.
Two Marriott School alumni were initiated into one of the most exclusive groups in the accounting world as recipients of the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
MBA alum and American Express VP Shawn Bryant has more than a few stamps in his passport.
Life after graduation has taken them 1,700 miles apart. But drawing on their business savvy, these sisters have found a way to stay close by running The DIY Lighthouse.
Timing is everything that's just one of his grandfather's lessons accounting alum Greg Drennan has implemented on his career as a successful entrepreneur in the self-storage business.