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Feature Student Experiences 2015
An oral history of the 2015 Global Business Study Abroad
Hard work and a can-do spirit aren't enough. For minority entrepreneurs, the American ethos can be a hollow promise, especially when seeking small-business loans.
No mountain is climbed in a straight line. Looking at my path between 1994, when I graduated from BYU, and where I stand today, it is certainly not a clean line.
If the snooze button and a towering fountain drink are your morning panacea, you could be one of the millions of Americans who aren’t getting enough shut-eye. Fortunately, there is help—and it doesn’t involve another Diet Coke.
Ten years ago I was a stay-at-home mom raising five children. As they grew up and left the nest, I wondered how I would spend my time. I had always been busy supporting my husband’s career, living overseas, volunteering, and serving in the Church, but I had never worked in a paid position while raising my children.
Suburbs may have verdant, picket-fenced lawns, but for companies seeking talent and innovation, the grass is looking greener in the city.
It’s good to be back at BYU. There’s not another campus in the world that I have visited half as often as BYU. For many years, EY has been the number one employer of BYU students, and most years BYU has been the number one source of candidates for EY. It’s a wonderful two-way relationship.
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It seems like only a few years ago that I sat where you are sitting. I was an English major, and that meant that I liked reading and writing. It also meant that I had no idea what I was going to do with my career.
The Sound of Music swept the box office, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands to Alabama’s capital, and the first commercial satellite launched into orbit. The year was 1965, and the BYU MPA students of the inaugural class were collecting their diplomas and preparing to embody the credo “Enter to learn; go forth to serve.”
It started out as a nutty idea, says Jeff Wilks, director of the School of Accountancy. How could students really dive into the topics that current accounting professionals are dealing with?
Much more complex vocabulary than “ni hao” and “hola” impressed the judges at Brigham Young University’s ninth International Business Language Case Competition.
Is traveling the world on your bucket list? Or do you want to make your future career international? Are you passionate about different cultures and mastering new languages? If so, you’re in luck—the Marriott School has an entire center dedicated to helping students who feel just like you.
In the newest Y-Prize Challenge, students can save millions of babies from respiratory-related deaths in developing countries by breathing new life into a real, viable business model.
Marriott School students has devised an innovative device to keep outdoor enthusiasts in touch while in nature: A tiny two-way radio that connects to your phone or headphones via Bluetooth.
The need for STEM professionals is on the rise, and women are happily stepping up to help meet the exploding demand. According to Forbes, eleven of the top twenty highest-paying jobs for women in 2015 are in STEM fields—among those, information systems managers were ranked eighteenth. And at BYU, more female students are discovering the lure of careers in the field.
Dreams of roaring crowds and bright lights drew Zach Atherton to improv, and now he's combining it with his JD/MPA to make workplaces more fun.
They say business is all work and no play.
Some late adjustments helped a team of Marriott School undergraduate students win the CUIBE International Business Case Competition in Boston.
After a fierce showdown, the Social Venture Academy announced the two newest winners of its Best Venture Competition: SimpleCitizen and Haedrian Labs.
Heavy breathing. Goggles fogged over in the cold. Surrounded by forest. Separated from your squad without information on the remainder of the platoon. Working your way through enemy territory, alone.
Before departing for the Romney Institute's annual study abroad in Ghana this April, Marriott School students were given a challenge: see with African eyes and hear with African ears.
This summer 27 incoming MPA and EMPA students got together for camp—but instead of bringing out canoes and tents, they reached for calculators and graph paper.