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School Touted as Place to Hire Ethical Graduates
Prizes will be awarded for the best international business photos
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.
Earning a business minor has never been more convenient than it will be this spring and summer. For the first time, the Marriott School at Brigham Young University is making all minor courses available during the spring and summer — enabling students to complete requirements for a business minor in two terms.
In spite of a tough placement environment and dipping salaries for new graduates, Brigham Young University's MBA program held on to the best buy title in Business Week's 2002 ranking of top business programs. BYU's Marriott School had the best return on investment with only 4.1 years to payback, including the two years at school. Pennsylvania State University came in second at 4.4 years and Purdue was third at 4.5 years.
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business has recognized the Business Career Center at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management as one of the most effective undergraduate placement centers in the U.S. The AACSB produced the report as part of its International Effective Practices Series that studies high-performing schools in the area of student satisfaction.
Beginning Fall 2002, students at Brigham Young University will be able to earn a bachelor's of science degree in information systems. The new major, offered through the Marriott School of Management, will replace the information-systems emphasis in the business-management program.
Brigham Young University offers MBA students more bang for the buck than any other regional school. The Marriott School of Management's MBA program was ranked number one among regional business schools in the 15 October issue of Forbes. The magazine surveyed 20,000 graduates from 104 top national and international business schools.
The Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness at Brigham Young University will host its first e-business conference on Friday, 17 Nov. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch the school’s new e-business web site (ebusiness.byu.edu)on the second floor atrium of the Tanner Building. Students, faculty and partner companies are invited to participate in the conference.
Although students have been lining up to interview for months with some of the nation's best companies in the Marriott School's business career center, the new facility doesn’t officially open until Thursday, 16 Nov. BYU President Merrill J. Bateman, Marriott School Dean Ned C. Hill and benefactor Georgia A. White will participate in a brief ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. to open the center.
Financial Times, London's premier financial newspaper, ranked the Marriott School as the ninth-best business school for its finance program in a survey comparing business schools covering five continents. Overall, the Marriott School was ranked 71st in the world for its international education.