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Adam Edmunds, founder and president of SilentWhistle, LLC, was named BYU’s 2004 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. The first-place finish earned him $12,500 cash and another $12,500 in support services for his new venture.
The National Black MBA Association selected second-year BYU MBA student Jamila Cutliff as one of the top 25 MBA students in the country, naming her a 2004 Coca-Cola scholar.
This December, John Montgomery will graduate from BYU with not only a master in accountancy on his resume but also the highest student score on the Certified Internal Auditor’s exam.
Instead of having his speech outline scribbled on a 3x5 card, Adam Rushforth will run his fingers over a Braille outline as he addresses students at Friday’s Marriott School convocation.
David A. Wood has been selected by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation as the recipient of the 2004 Esther R. Sawyer Scholarship Award.
Students from Brigham Young University’s Association of College Entrepreneurs capitalized on their training and zeal to win the most first-place awards of any university at the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Conference Nov. 4–6 in Chicago. The BYU chapter brought home the coveted Best Chapter Award and four other “best of” awards — taking first in five of 14 categories.
Brigham Young University’s Master of Business Administration program ranked fifth among regional schools in The Wall Street Journal’s 2004 ranking of top business programs. BYU ranked second in the ethical standards category, “best for hiring graduates with high ethical standards,” and fifth worldwide for its excellence in accounting.
Are you looking for ways to distinguish yourself? Do you want to become a more attractive recruitment candidate or make contact with professionals in your field? Consider joining one or more of the 24 student clubs or associations at the Marriott School during Club Week 2004.
Brigham Young University’s undergraduate accounting specialty ranked 6th in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey, "America's Best Colleges."
Students have the opportunity to put their business acumen to the test in BYU’s 13th annual Student Entrepreneur of the Year competition this fall. If testing entrepreneurial skills isn’t enough, this year’s prize money has tripled previous years, totaling $60,000 in cash and in-kind services.
Two-thousand and four is turning out to be a very good year for first-year MBA students at BYU. After weathering several rough years, internship placement has risen sharply this spring and summer. As of the first of July, 92 percent of students seeking internships were placed, compared to 61 percent placed in 2003.
The James S. Kemper Foundation named Brigham Young University student Andrea Lamb as one of 19 national Kemper Scholars. Every year the charitable branch of Kemper Insurance Companies works with selected universities to choose one scholar per school. Winners receive a three-year scholarship and three summer internships at different Kemper Insurance offices around the country.
A Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School is the first person in Utah to win an American College of Healthcare Executives scholarship since the fund was started in 1969.
A recent national study has recognized the Marriott School's Information Systems Department as 26th in the country for research.
What ever happened to the guy in your accounting class with the tapered jeans? What about the girl with the loud laugh who skewed the curve? Have you lost track of friends from a study group?
School Touted as Place to Hire Ethical Graduates
Prizes will be awarded for the best international business photos
University officials announce the creation of the William G. Dyer Institute for Leading Organizational Change. The new institute, housed in the Marriott School of Management, will further faculty research about organizational change and allocate resources to facilitate student research projects and field studies.
The Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University is pleased to announce the 2003 Staff and Administrator Excellence Awards.
Brigham Young University officials announce the creation of the Center for Economic Self-Reliance to oversee and coordinate the university’s ongoing initiatives to help families throughout the world become economically self-reliant.
Students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management selected two of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2003 Merrill J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their second year, are the only awards chosen solely by business school students.
Brigham Young University’s business and law schools are among the top 50 in the United States, reports U.S.News & World Report in the magazine’s April 14, Best Graduate Schools issue.
Ralph Christensen, former Hallmark Cards, Inc., executive, will open the Marriott School of Management’s annual Organizational Behavior Conference March 27-28. Christensen will speak about “The Power of Human Resource Management in Leading Change.”
The Sixth Annual Microenterprise Conference, sponsored by the Program for Economic Self-Reliance at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, will be held 13-15 March 2003. The conference — the largest of its kind — gathers microfinance institutions, non-governmental organizations, educators, students and volunteers for discussions and workshops on microenterprise innovations.