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Two graduates from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management won top honors for their doctoral dissertation research at the Academy of Management’s 2007 conference in Philadelphia.
Adrenaline pumping, Brandon Barnes, an accounting student from San Antonio, jumped into action as the race car squealed to a stop. As classmates worked to quickly remove a tire, he stood ready with the replacement.
The Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy honored Dixon for her humanitarian contributions around the world.
Most accountants spend their days ensuring financial records are up to standards. But for a handful of BYU MAcc grads, it's a different story.
Nearly 150 attendees convened in Provo for the BYU School of Accountancy's annual conference held last fall.
While most students were simply juggling textbooks, 2013 Marriott School grad Bradley Robins was also singing and dancing around the world with the BYU Young Ambassadors. But this Saturday Robins will light up a venue a little closer to home: LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Three days. Four major events. More than 200 attendees.
Samuel C. Dunn, former senior vice president for Walmart and 1982 BYU accounting alumnus, was honored with the Marriott School of Management Alumni Achievement Award.
Meg Rodeback didn't even know the Priscilla S. Payne Outstanding Student Performance Award existed before she earned it in August.
Last September, over ninety thousand of the brightest minds in accounting sat down to take a sixteen-hour-long exam to become certified public accountants. With less than fifty-eight percent of participants passing annually, six BYU Marriott.
Nearly three hundred attendees convened in Provo for a weekend of reconnecting at the School of Accountancy conference.
This past April, four graduates of the School of Accountancy were recipients of the 2019 Elijah Watt Sells Award, which is given to individuals who score above a 95.5 average across all four sections of the CPA exam.

BYU Marriott accounting alumni Kathrine Jensen and Jared Nielsen recently received one of the most prestigious recognitions in accounting: the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
The global supply chain management program recently recognized BYU Marriott accounting alum Brian Hancock with the Global Supply Chain Excellence Award.
As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, BYU Marriott alum Sid Krommenhoek is driven by a desire to advocate for entrepreneurs and build companies that matter.