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Study reveals racial bias, discrimination in financial services, but also identifies actions minority small business owners can take
Taking over the bookkeeping for her family’s Idaho dairy farm taught fourteen-year-old Jenn Larson about unpredictable farming revenues, ignited her lifelong passion for finance, and inspired her to become a role model.
Adjunct marketing professor Scott Rackham brings his experienced flavor to the classroom.
A fascination with aviation and the bond he had created with his grandfather at a young age would eventually lead BYU Marriott finance alum Trevor Findlay to his future career as an army pilot.

Teaching ROTC cadets is a new experience for BYU Nathan Schell. However, Schell's nearly 20 years of US Army service, prepared him to tackle this opportunity.
For Veterans Day this year, BYU's Army and Air Force ROTC programs remembered those who paid the ultimate sacrifice through military service and honored finance professor Jim Brau.
BYU Marriott students competed against universities from across Utah in the annual 2023 MarketStar event.
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, is a special place for Sadie Hampton. She first served on the base as a missionary and later returned as a soldier to complete basic training.
After completing his undergraduate degree in environmental science from BYU, Trenton Blair jetted from soil labs to B-52 cockpits and joined the US Air Force.
While the culture of BYU was foreign to Omer Malik, the 2012 finance alumnus of the BYU Marriott School of Business embraced his time at BYU and now bleeds blue.
Quick transitions between life events have always been part of Merle Allen’s unofficial strategy for most of his life. At BYU’s 1954 graduation dance, the marketing grad, senior class president, and former varsity football player proposed to his sweetheart, Carol Beckstrand. After the MC announced the happy news, Allen says they then rushed to Beckstrand’s parents’ home to “tell her folks so we’d get to them before somebody else did.”
A life-changing conversation with a U.S. Army recruiter led Jack Sturgeon to join the military. Now, he does the same as an army recruiter at BYU.
Rebecca McCarron Greenhalgh is no stranger to smart wordsmithing, so it was unusual when she was suddenly speechless during an important Zoom meeting.
At new student orientation, BYU Marriott's newest marketing students experienced the tight-knit culture of their program by embarking on their first "family" rafting trip.
Despite knowing almost nothing about the military, Chaim Zuniga followed a prompting and joined BYU's Army ROTC program.
Coming to a new country and not knowing the language can be scary, but Aaron Cruz Morales was able to succeed with some help and hard work.
This summer, four BYU Marriott students were paired with financial literacy startup FinLit, allowing the students an opportunity to develop business and personal skills.
"Curiosity killed the cat" has long been a phrase that discourages inquisitiveness and one with which Ben Iverson would disagree.
For a team of BYU Marriott marketing students, doing good in the community was more important than taking home the $20,000 first-place prize.
Tyler Hardy was one day away from finishing his mission in Veracruz, Mexico, when he got an unexpected phone call. His older brother, Greg, had been seriously injured in a work accident.
Dallas Meldrum remembers his first time flying as a young boy. Moments in his young life sparked a passion for aviation that have stuck with him ever since.
As a teenage boy, C. Todd Linton fell in love with airplanes. This moment was the beginning of a lifelong pursuit in the field of aviation.
Sara Hubbs's decision to transfer to BYU as an undergraduate led to a fulfilling career that ultimately included returning to Provo as an assistant dean of finance and HR at BYU Marriott.
Jordan Sitterud, a native of Roseville, California, has always admired basketball player Michael Jordan.