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The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes nine new professors this fall.
Two student teams from BYU Marriott took home four top-two awards at the 2021 Purdue HR Case Competition.
BYU Marriott HRM senior Megan Atkisson is no ordinary LEGO store visitor. The store fostered her love for employee experience design instead of a hobby for building intricate models.
An experience as a student employee opened a world of possibilities for second-year MISM student Gustavo Zioli, forever changing the trajectory of his career.
Even masks from the pandemic can't stop new BYU Marriott professor McKenzie Rees from memorizing the faces—at least the upper half—and names of all her students.
When C. R. “Casey” Yadon picked up his phone one day in 1988, he was surprised to find a representative from Walt Disney Imagineering on the other end. A former work colleague had recommended Yadon as just the person to fill an open position, the representative said. Would he be interested in submitting his résumé?
Sam Lentz, a 2007 information systems alum, reflects on how he has grown in his career since graduating from BYU Marriott.
Seniors in the human resource management program at BYU Marriott will gain valuable industry experience through a unique class this fall.
Growing up, information systems professor Nathan Twyman possessed a unique talent: a knack for breaking software.
Brian Spilker landed his dream job when he accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Accountancy in 1993.
In 1993, Patricia Wilson left her hometown of Cali, Colombia to pursue an education at BYU. Two decades later, she now works as the business manager for the SOA.
BYU Marriott accounting alumni Kathrine Jensen and Jared Nielsen recently received one of the most prestigious recognitions in accounting: the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
Traci Stirling Bell isn’t kidding when she says her hobby is telling fish stories. But what makes her tales unique is that they aren’t just incredible, they’re true. In 2012, Bell and her husband, Craig, started Ripple Rock Fish Farms in Frazeysburg, Ohio. From humble beginnings in the family’s garage, the company has grown into a thriving enterprise that produces 40,000 pounds of tilapia annually, with potential for another 10,000 pounds per year.
After HRM senior Alexis Rankin chose to transfer to BYU and change her lifelong career goals, she found a new community that welcomed and embraced her.
As an adjunct professor at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Beth Wilkins knows her students want to make a difference in the world.
After being inspired by a National Geographic article as a child, information systems student Autumn Clark strives to solve social problems using her technological expertise.
When it comes to community service, Darren Lemmon knows how to get his head in the game. Each year for the past seven years, a local Las Vegas team of fifteen to thirty volunteers, including Lemmon, has raised close to $100,000 for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding research and treatment for childhood cancer.
Human resource management graduate Chandler Bush credits BYU Marriott for helping him achieve success in his young career.
As a professor at the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, Ron Worsham hopes to instill the same passion he feels for accounting within his own students.
Instinctively, Paige Goepfert is definitely organized—but she’s so much more.
BYU Marriott IS student teams excelled at this year's national AIS competition, placing in the top three of their respective categories.
BYU Marriott professor Peter Madsen helps people reach for the stars, both literally and figuratively, to prevent accidents in space or find the job of their dreams.
BYU Marriott HRM alum Kelly Andrews didn't imagine that his career would include presenting to Fortune 500 companies, writing a book, or helping eliminate global poverty.
School of Accountancy alum Emily Gertsch applies her accounting skills to her current position as a medical director for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.