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Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at BYU’s Marriott School have more combined gender, cultural and ethnic diversity than ever before. About one of every five students admitted to the class of 2002 is an ethnic minority. Approximately one-third of the students are female. And, 21 percent are international students.
Despite being one teammate short, arriving at the competition with only five minutes to spare and having to begin planning their case in a car by flashlight, a team of three students from BYU’s Marriott School recently placed second at an international business ethics competition.
Brigham Young University information systems students earned top marks in their first appearance at the National Collegiate Conference (NCC) in West Lafayette, Ind. Two of the six students from BYU’s Marriott School of Management scored among the top three in individual competitions.
Competing against a record number of contestants, a team of three MISM students won the winter 2007 Omniture Web Analytics Competition hosted by the Rollins Center for eBusiness.
Eighteen students from BYU’s Romney Institute of Public Management traveled to Ghana for a two-week educational field study and a chance to share their business knowledge with 12 local nonprofit organizations.
Students presented their solution to a panel of city managers in an event that pitted them against other Utah schools.
While many Marriott School students take classes to learn research strategies, MPA student Jean Kapenda brings to graduate classes years of tried and tested real-world research from his extensive genealogy work.
A group of Marriott School students took top marks during the AITP National Collegiate Conference in Memphis, Tenn.
An average person attending a lecture about “model-driven system development” would likely be lost and confused within minutes. Likewise, as Stephen Liddle has attempted to teach this concept in his ISys 532 class, he is often met with blank stares.
A new program at Brigham Young University is giving graduate students the chance to become board members of nonprofits in Utah Valley.
Mergers and acquisitions can be lucrative, as a team of BYU MBA students learned at the Smith MBA Competition in Maryland.
After competing in a rigorous contest, six Marriott School of Management undergraduate students heard those magic words: "You're hired."
Students and a faculty member were honored with 2009 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
BYU's students reeled in eight awards this spring at the AITP National Collegiate Conference in Oklahoma City.
More than twenty BYU MBA and MPA students worked this spring to improve small businesses around the world.
For a handful of Marriott School students, a trip to Ghana exposed them to another corner of the world that needed their services.
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
Filled with fine granular rock and mineral particles, sandboxes are a child’s paradise. They foster creativity in a realm of seemingly endless possibilities. The pull is so strong they often attract even the family cat.
BYU's Romney Institute will host its first-ever local government fair Thursday, 7 January, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will attract local government leaders from across Utah.
Six MPA students were featured in The Salt Lake Tribune for conducting an economic development study for Eagle Mountain.
While a 234-mile trip may not be your average commute, students are increasingly willing to traverse state lines to earn a Marriott School graduate degree.
Competing against 68 other colleges and universities, six BYU information systems students brought home eight awards this spring.
The country's first student-led program that connects philanthropic donors with deserving nonprofit organizations is up and running at BYU.
At one of the most elite and grueling ISys competitions in the world, BYU won first-place at the APEX Global Business IT Case Challenge in Singapore.