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For OLS professor David Cherrington, arriving at his teaching career didn’t come as expected.
Explosions, accidents, and disasters—surprisingly, that’s what motivated Peter Madsen to pursue a degree in management.
Around the world in thirty days? Carolee Corbett checked that one off her bucketlist.
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.
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:
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.
No matter where life takes him, global supply chain professor Simon Greathead always seems to find his way back to Provo.
“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.
The travel bug is contagious as Troy Nielson leads groups of students on international trips.
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.
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.
Benjamin Galvin has been named the faculty advisor to the HR program, and is dedicated to creating high-impact experiences for his students.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With a background in law and research interests in the NFL, assistant professor Taeya Howell brings a unique perspective to BYU Marriott.
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.
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.
Answering questions about collaboration and effectiveness is why Cody Reeves heads to the office every morning.
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.
Every day, people make dozens of morally relevant decisions. BYU Marriott professor Isaac Smith designs his research to help people make good decisions and refine their character.
She might be dealing with cancellations or organizing presentations while stuck in a snowstorm, but Anne Sledd always finds ways to make things happen.
What happens when someone has not one but two career options that bring them joy? If you're BYU Marriott adjunct professor Tracy Maylett, the decision is easy: do both.