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Drawing from her own educational experience, assistant teaching professor Katy Reese guides students in developing the confidence needed to confront and conquer complex IS concepts.
The department chair and a professor of finance at BYU Marriott, Taylor Nadauld thanks his 25-year-old self for choosing to leave a lucrative position on Wall Street to earn a PhD.
Lieutenant Colonel Travis Bailey planned to make his assignment in Kansas City his last. With a leap of faith to request a new position, Bailey was transferred to BYU, where he is now the chair of the Department of Military Science and head of BYU’s Army ROTC.
As professor Mark Zimbelman retires from the School of Accountancy (SOA), he reflects on how his faith has helped him make a lasting impact through both his research and his interactions with students.
After 24 years of building an alumni network and forging one-on-one relationships with those in the MPA community, Vicki Okerlund leaves behind a legacy of Christ-centered leadership that extends beyond the workplace.
When Aliah Hall was hired as BYU Marriott’s wellness and prevention specialist in 2022, she created a space where students could put down their worries. “This is a place where you don’t have to perform,” Hall says of her office.
Jeff Thompson splits his time between teaching in the MPA program and directing BYU’s new Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, where he helps others discover how Christ-centered leadership can steer decisions and stabilize organizations.
MPA students Erica Jensen and Brianna Merling each received the 2023 Doyle W. Buckwalter Award for exemplary performance in their respective off-campus internships.
After 33 years of enriching and inspiring the next generation of business students, Monte Swain is teaching his final semester in the School of Accountancy (SOA).
In a newly created section of Finance 490R: Topics in Finance, Todd Mitton shares the basics and the beauties of the emerging and revolutionary field of decentralized finance.
Assistant professor McKenzie Rees had a strong prompting to do a peer-mentoring project for her section of HRM 540: Organizational Effectiveness.
As an MPA professor at BYU Marriott, Eva Witesman emphasizes to students the importance of unity with one another and the organizations they will work for.
Twenty years ago, Ian Wright learned the value of a good mentor. Now, as the finance program director and an assistant professor, he strives to encourage students to be the best in everything they do.
In order to help global supply chain management (GSCM) students prepare for the disasters they will respond to in the workforce, associate professor Barry Brewer invited Kathy Fulton, executive director of American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), to run a disaster simulation at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Teaching professor for the Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics Aaron Miller teaches students that future business leaders should focus less on climbing the corporate ladder and more on creating a positive impact in the world.

As an associate professor at BYU Marriott, Liz Dixon reflects on how her father’s example helped her teach and practice Christlike communication.
Associate professor of information systems, Ryan Schuetzler is evidence that big decisions can be simplified with a focus on lifelong learning.
Jeff Dyer is not only interested in anomalies—he is also one himself. And as professor at BYU Marriott, he continues to balance calculated plans and happy accidents.
Nina Whitehead has been a BYU Marriott employee for nearly 50 years, adapting and learning new skills over time.
BYU Marriott’s Management Communication 320 course helps shape students into powerful presenters and storytellers, which impacts their trajectories.
Adjunct Professor Brent Goddard teaches students in the Ballard Center the principles that converted him from a product manager into a social impact practitioner.
After serving 20 years in the US Air Force, global supply chain associate professor Barry Brewer has come to understand that living all over the world brings variety, but living in the moment brings happiness.
A new healthcare case competition called the Wasatch Cup invited students from colleges throughout the region to present healthcare solutions to industry professionals.
For two weeks, a group of ExDM students and faculty from BYU Marriott traveled through the Alaskan frontier to learn how exposure to nature and practicing grit can help improve quality of life.