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The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
India's health system was weighed down by fraudulent bids for supplies. Prof. Conan Albrecht, accepted the challenge to find a cure.
Katherine Payne’s life has taken some dramatic turns in the last few years.
Around the world in thirty days? Carolee Corbett checked that one off her bucketlist.
Tom Foster, department chair of marketing and global supply chain at the Marriott School, had never played two truths and a lie—a game in which players share two hard-to-believe truths and one lie about themselves, then the other players must guess which is the lie. But when pressed for three statements, he said:
No matter where life takes him, global supply chain professor Simon Greathead always seems to find his way back to Provo.
James Gaskin’s office décor goes way beyond the family photos and desk plants. A homemade jetpack built by his daughters hangs above his desk, and below his window sits a growing model village complete with green hills, an electric train, and a miniature Hogwarts castle.
“I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.” Global supply chain management professor Scott Sampson keeps this quote from David Letterman hanging in his office. In essence, it’s what Sampson is all about.
After forty years at BYU, Marshall Romney speaks of the program that he will be leaving behind in April by quoting the well-known Carpenters’ song, “We’ve only just begun.”
It was 2003 when Erik Lamb’s name was first called in the Marriott Center. Fully suited in his cap and gown, he accepted his diploma and thought his time at BYU was complete.
Assistant teaching professor Scott Webb believes the best way to teach is to fill the classroom's atmosphere with love and concern for each other.
Each semester, BYU students have the opportunity to confidentially provide feedback about their courses and professors. "That moment was a turning point in my career," Keith says.
Students in Lee Daniels' International Business class learn to interact within a team framework, and rate each other's presentations. Daniels does this so his students are better prepared for future interviews and job opportunities.
BYU Marriott School of Business information systems professor Jeff Jenkins is no stranger to the hard work and patience needed to delve into unexplored areas of his discipline. Growing up on a dairy farm in Rigby, Idaho, taught him about diligence
Simon Greathead, a native of Lancaster, England, who comes from a working-class background, is the first to say he was unlikely to become a professor. However, Greathead feels he is now living his dream at BYU Marriott.
Like the four parts of a symphony, John Gardner's four degrees have each led him to his position as an associate professor in BYU Marriott's global supply chain management program.
Whether he's building planter boxes to prepare for garden projects or stimulating learning in the classroom, BYU Marriott global supply chain professor Clark Pixton strives to create spaces for growth.
BYU Marriott information systems professor Tom Meservy works to create positive memories for his students and help them understand the things that really count in life.
For Taylor Wells, a professor of information systems, root beer is more than just a tasty treat. The beverage is also a part of his everyday life as a teacher and mentor.
Two years after graduating from BYU Marriott with her MISM degree, Katy Reese recognizes how God led her to join the BYU Marriott faculty.
When Dublin native John Connolly first came to visit Utah, he had no idea that he would eventually be a professor at BYU Marriott School of Business only eight years later.
Growing up, information systems professor Nathan Twyman possessed a unique talent: a knack for breaking software.
When Greg Anderson began his college career at Weber State University on a singing scholarship, he had no idea where his education might take him.
A woman of many hobbies, Rebekah Brau, a GSCM associate professor, also has a drive for researching why humans do what they do.