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Accounting Experience Design Information Systems 2021
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes nine new professors this fall.
When Camilla Hodge graduated from BYU with a degree in communications, she never imagined she would return to the university 14 years later as a professor at BYU Marriott.
After landing what she thought was her dream job, BYU Marriott recreation management alumna Miranda Oliver discovered new passions and interests and successfully pivoted to a new career.
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.
Three BYU Marriott ExDM seniors spent their summers gaining valuable experience and practicing the skills they learned in the ExDM program as interns across the country.
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?
As a freshman, Brooke Taylor was searching for more than a major. She wanted to be part of a community that would also develop her personal skills. Then she found the ExDM program.
Sam Lentz, a 2007 information systems alum, reflects on how he has grown in his career since graduating from BYU Marriott.
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.
BYU Marriott ExDM alumna Katie Allred isn't only providing young people in Utah with adventures to experience, but also with skills to help them overcome some of life's biggest challenges.

A unique course offered at BYU Marriott is helping to teach students about the importance of diversity and inclusion.

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.
Fly fisherman and professor Ramon Zabriskie teaches that fly fishing and applying diversity, equity, and inclusion take practice and patience.
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.
School of Accountancy alum Emily Gertsch applies her accounting skills to her current position as a medical director for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.
Whether he's teaching students in a classroom or coaching his players from the sidelines of a volleyball court, BYU Marriott accounting alum RJ Mattei loves learning and teaching in many forms.
MAcc student Christine Parks loves the accounting program and the unique opportunities that the School of Accountancy gives her to interact with other people.
MAcc student Ashley Weiler looks forward to leading the Women of the School of Accountancy club in the upcoming year—a club that sparked her own love of accounting.