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Under the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, three Marriott School grads are tackling their MBAs at the West Coast campus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As part of the 2011 Executive MBA class, Brandon Savage, Mark He, and James Marsh were strangers before classes began. But since last May one thing has brought them together—and it isn’t business.
Overseeing project management for advertising and marketing for one of the largest newspapers in the country may seem like a daunting task. But for Jaimie Rush, it’s just another day at the office.
Underneath glittering stage lights the bass player and keyboardist pound out a melody. The lead singer sidles up to the microphone and belts out “American Idiot” with enough angst to fool anyone into believing he’s a member of a teenage garage band.
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.
A BYU team made of three MBAs and two undergrads will represent the Americas region at the Global Investment Research Challenge in Hong Kong.
BYU Marriott School's MBA finance program rates among the top 15 in the nation —for two consecutive years.
The students received $10,000 each to continue their Marriott School education and to prepare for a career in international business.
An Air Force general says learning discipline and teamwork are key a BYU's Air Force ROTC drill team competes in California at SCIDM.
BYU's Marriott School of Management has announced eight MBA students as its 2010 Hawes Scholars.
Six BYU MBA finance students earned dividends on their education by being named Stoddard Scholars and being awarded $5,000 scholarships.
CIA officials knew they had a mole in their midst—they just couldn’t prove it. The FBI was called in to gather evidence until they finally nabbed Harold James Nicholson, the highest-ranking CIA agent to ever be convicted of espionage. It sounds like a scene ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel, but for Marriott School alum John McClurg, it wasn’t fiction.
It sounds like something straight out of reality television: a marketing manager for a consumer health care company in Philadelphia switches places with a manager at one of the nation’s top tech companies in Seattle. For four months they work through the challenge of trading places and come away with new insights on marketing. While this premise could be television’s next big hit, the marketing job swap was reality for one BYU alumna.
Give Gary Williams ten minutes to explain Cougar Capital and you’ll be sold. Give him an hour and you’ll not only want to invest but you’ll wonder why more universities aren’t doing the same thing with their business programs. And if you give him two years as an MBA student at the Marriott School you’ll develop such a diverse portfolio of knowledge and skills in venture capital and private equity you might just make a career of it.
A member of Provo’s Municipal Council will soon expand her role from serving the city to serving her country.
Jessie Ingraham, a Dixie State College Army ROTC cadet finished ahead of 450 other cadets in the two-mile run at the Army Physical Fitness Test held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. Ingraham, a BYU senior, finished the run in 13 minutes and 12 seconds, making her the top female in this event among her cadet peers and making one of the fastest times recorded this summer.
This spring 25 EMBA students put their jobs on hold to participate in the first-ever EMBA foreign business excursion to the Middle East.
The Marriott School recently increased its ROI when Forbes named Cougar Capital among the most innovative courses.
Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review place BYU No. 4 at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
It’s not unusual to see BYU students exercising at 6 a.m. What is unusual is seeing more than a hundred of them working out in matching uniforms.
Born on a pair of Levi’s in a small trailer and circumcised by a doctor whose surname was Butcher, Daniel Burleigh’s entrance into the world seems like the beginning of a modern-day Charles Dickens tale.
At a time of wars and rumors of wars, Army ROTC cadets are making the choice to serve their nation and honor their religion.
The military is typically a male-dominated field, but that has not stopped women from positively infiltrating their ranks.
Sports dynasties are commonly spoken of with admiration and fervor, and the band of brothers that competes in the ROTC Ranger Challenge is no exception.
A team comprised of two BYU MBA students beat out teams from around the nation at the Adobe Web Analytics Comp.