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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.
In the winter of 1989, the snow and pine trees of Sundance Resort set the backdrop for Doug and Judith Maughan’s second date. Doug, an MBA student at the time, had asked Judith to accompany him to a Valentine’s dinner and dance sponsored by the Marriott School. “He was handsome, smart, and probably the most polite man I had ever met,” says Judith of her date. Doug was also persistent and outdoorsy—during the summers, he caught salmon in Alaska as a commercial fisherman to help pay for school. After Doug worked his charms that evening in the mountains, dates with Judith became increasingly frequent. Sharing space in the Tanner Building, where she was also a Marriott School student, helped fuel their courtship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Students at BYU's Marriott School are gearing up for study abroad programs hosted by the Global Management Center.
John Bingham, OBHR professor, succeeds Craig Merrill as the BYU MBA program director.
Changing the missionary age infused excitement and opened doors for many new opportunities. It also created a few challenges. One of these challenges at the Provo MTC was how to prepare and serve as many as 10,000 more meals a day.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Jamie Shaw first caught the travel bug as an MBA student at the Marriott School. She had never left the country before but decided to participate in a new business study abroad program to several Asian countries. From the first stop, she was smitten.
With wet eyelashes, Reachel walked out of her bedroom and found a stranger sitting in her apartment. The guy casually resting his elbow on the couch was Andrew, a friend of her roommates.
The first-year MBA team marks the second year in a row that BYU has won the competition.
The prize named after the late George E. Stoddard was awarded to 21 BYU MBA finance students.
The Whitmore Global Management Center named 10 first-year MBA candidates as the 2013 Eccles Scholars.
BYU's MBA program jumped four spots to No. 30 in the U.S. News 2014 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
BYU's MBA program was ranked as the top in Utah and No. 17 in the country for job placement among graduates.
A team of MBA students won first place at the 2012 Adobe Digital Analytics Competition.
BYU's 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year, Brad Moss, won big at a competition hosted at the New York Stock Exchange.