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Jen sat in the BYU Varsity Theatre eager to learn on her first day of class in the accounting junior core. Rod Hinze was also in class that day, but he found it hard to focus on academics once he saw Jen. When the teacher announced that the students would be forming two-person teams, Rod knew who his partner would be—Jen didn’t have a chance to look around before he was leaping over the seats to get to her. “I looked for the cutest girl in the class and Jen was sitting two rows in front of me, so I literally jumped over the two rows and sat next to her,” Rod says. “She was a little surprised when I asked her to be my partner, but she said yes.”
For Martissa Spencer, patience is definitely a virtue. When Martissa met her now-husband Mike in September 1991, she was busy having her first real romance with the newly returned missionary she had dated in high school. Martissa had plans to serve a mission of her own and was surprised to find out that her boyfriend wasn’t willing to wait. The relationship ended. “I couldn’t change my course,” Martissa says. “I felt very strongly about serving a mission.”
Growing up with a father in foreign services, Reneta Bezerra ventured far beyond her home country of Brazil. Now that she has a family of her own, she’s still on the move.
Call it a cruel but fortunate twist of fate: Dan Handy’s companies tend to undergo extreme growth when it comes time for him to hit the books. As an undergrad and a grad student at the Marriott School, the current CEO of Bluehost.com guided two internet start-ups to success, sometimes smashing against current trends with a Ping-Pong paddle.
Randy Judd’s story begins in the Ozarks of Arkansas, where he grew up with no indoor plumbing and went to school in a two-room schoolhouse. His family’s financial situation created what he feels was a truly fortunate opportunity to work full-time during college—a path that led him to the restaurant business.
BYU students are gaining experience at the country's largest Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
The IMA endorsed the Marriott School for preparing students to pursue management accounting careers.
Professor Bill Tayler was among those honored for an article on the methods and effectiveness of measuring performance.
BYU Professor Jeff Wilks will help advise the FASB as they establish the generally accepted accounting principles.
Working at the Oracle Corporation, alum Liz Wiseman found herself constantly surrounded by intelligent people. But she noticed an ebb and flow—not of intelligence but of how leaders capitalized on or closed off that intelligence. One executive she coached was brilliant but shut down others, leaving their ideas untapped. Wiseman searched for something to share with this leader about the dynamic he was caught in but found nothing. “Someone needed to research how what leaders did either diminished or multiplied the intelligence of the people around them,” Wiseman says. “This seemed like a worthy pursuit, so I just did it.”
When we asked for a Marriott School of Management faculty member with unusual hobbies, the ROTC sent us straight to recruiting and operations officer Dave Jungheim. As it turns out, building the Salt Lake Temple out of more than thirty-five thousand Lego bricks can get you noticed.
Twenty-three MBA finance students received the Stoddard Award for academic excellence and service.
BYU's team won first place in the regional competition and Entrepreneur's Choice in the Global Finals.
Accounting professor W. Steve Albrecht was recently recognized as one of the top 50 corporate directors of 2013.
Ten student companies walked away with prize money totaling $205,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.
A team of BYU MBA students bested competitors from across Utah to win first place in the ACG Cup Competition.
When Sandy Wight earned a MAcc in 1990 and started her career with Arthur Andersen, she had no idea she would become a partner. “My goal was to get a job and have two years of experience on my résumé,” she says. Twenty years later Wight is still gaining experience for her résumé—as a partner in the human capital practice of Ernst & Young.
BYU's Global Management Center recently named 14 internationally minded MBA students as Eccles Scholars.
After another year of student achievements, BYU's graduate business and law programs moved up in the rankings.
Most MBA students go on to work for major corporations, but Julia Perry launched her own fashion line.
The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
BYU surged four spots to 27th among undergraduate business programs, while also posting strong marks in accounting.
Professor Robert Gardner was honored with the 2013 Outstanding Educator award from the UACPA.
Pretty Govindji was always an avid viewer of the Food Network, but when her sons came into the picture, her investment in tasty meals took on new meaning. Dinnertime goals soon centered on organic cooking, and before too long, Govindji realized what she served food on might matter just as much as good fruits and veggies.