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Answering questions about collaboration and effectiveness is why Cody Reeves heads to the office every morning.

When BYU Marriott MPA professor Rob Christensen hit a crossroad in his career, he took the path that led to a semester-long sabbatical in Europe. As he reflects on his time abroad, Christensen is grateful for the unique experiences he had.

While BYU Marriott faculty member Lisa Jones has a diversity of experience fighting global poverty, her greatest goal remains simple. She wants to use her spare time for other people and help other students find a way to do the same.

Lori Wadsworth, the director of BYU Marriott's MPA program, missed only one night of classes during her time as a student in the BYU Marriott Executive MPA (EMPA) program the night of her son's birth.

Almost twenty years after retiring, Doyle W. Buckwalter's legacy at BYU Marriott continues to resonate and positively influence the MPA program, and all of BYU's campus.
BYU Marriott MPA professor Jeff Thompson didn't realize the two weeks he and his family spent performing in the Nauvoo Pageant would shape his next research project.
With a background in law and research interests in the NFL, assistant professor Taeya Howell brings a unique perspective to BYU Marriott.
Rex Facer, BYU Marriott associate professor of public service and ethics, may change the entire organization of Utah County government as he serves as vice-chair of the newly formed Utah County Good Government Advisory Board.
Kurt Sandholtz, BYU Marriott assistant professor of organizational behavior and human resources, has learned the importance of moving forward in faith with a decision, without completely understanding what lies ahead.
Benjamin Galvin has been named the faculty advisor to the HR program, and is dedicated to creating high-impact experiences for his students.
Shad Morris's career has taken him to over sixty countries, which is convenient because this associate professor is continually searching the world for new ideas to teach his students.
The travel bug is contagious as Troy Nielson leads groups of students on international trips.
Jeffery Thompson stands before a large crowd once again, delivering the words he has prepared. All eyes are on him, but with eighteen years of teaching under his belt, Thompson remains unfazed. As he finishes speaking, the audience rewards him with a roar of applause for his performance. The curtains close, and Thompson can add another playbill bearing his name to his budding collection.
In 1997, Lisa Jones Christensen took a break after a decade of working in business development to travel the world and work on her Spanish. While in Guatemala, she lived with low-income families in their homes. One night, when the father of one of the families came home from work rejected, mistreated, and empty-handed, she realized she needed to re-evaluate the paradigm she had grown to know about the relationship between business and quality of life.
When two young missionaries lost the trail while hiking Mont Pelée, a volcano on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, Reid Robison had to act quickly. After receiving the news that the two young men had gone missing, Robison, then president of the West Indies Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, immediately flew to Martinique from mission headquarters in Trinidad and brought in twenty additional missionaries from surrounding islands in the mission to help search alongside the local police force.
Rex Facer, an MPA professor with an international reputation as an expert in human resources and public management, was awarded the 2015 Senator Peter B. Boorsma Award for his commitment and passion in public administration.
The Ballard Center co-sponsored MPA Professor Ty Turley's research on development economics in Paraguay. See how Turley is working to end poverty around the world.
Explosions, accidents, and disasters—surprisingly, that’s what motivated Peter Madsen to pursue a degree in management.
For OLS professor David Cherrington, arriving at his teaching career didn’t come as expected.
Heather Chewning received the President's Appreciation Award at BYU's annual University Conference on August 27.
MPA professors are expanding their influence outside the classroom. Find out what drives them when they are not teaching classes.
Ethical dilemmas occur almost daily in corporations and management. If you want to know what one deep thinker on the subject thinks, ask Prof. Agle.
The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
Former Marriott School Professor Gloria E. Wheeler will teach as a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Finance and Economics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.