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Finance Marketing 2023 2020
Dr. Glenn Christensen has been recognized, along with his colleagues, for their research on minority entrepreneurs

Whether he's selling ski gear or helping nonprofits refine their marketing strategies, senior Cameron Fry uses the skills from the BYU Marriott marketing program to make an impact.

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.

For the last twenty years, Bryan Sudweeks has loved teaching the students in the BYU Marriott finance program. Now as his career comes to an end, he is finishing his last semester at BYU Marriott and moving on to the next chapter in his life.

From selling peanuts on the streets of Nigeria to help provide for her family to moving to the United States alone at the age of nineteen with only fifty dollars in her pocket, Patience Atebata isn't letting her past define her future.

For BYU Marriott marketing alum Andrew Hancock, the opportunity to film a motorcycling trip through Baja, California, led to co-owning a motorcycle apparel company.

Succeeding in life when statistics says you won't can be a daunting task, but that didn't stop BYU Marriott finance alumna Genesis Hinckley from chasing her dreams.

When Michael Swenson, BYU Marriott Christensen Professor of Marketing, was a PhD student, the words of a visiting professor changed his life.

The BYU Marriott marketing program recently made efforts to help alumni connect with each other during the program's first alumni conference.

After finishing a sales internship at Qualtrics last summer, Noah Kirk, a senior in BYU Marriott's marketing program, returned to BYU Marriott and founded the BYU Sales Club.

After growing up in war-torn Jerusalem, Jeannine Mosarsa, a senior in BYU Marriott's marketing program, found a second family with the Marketing Association.

Priscilla Hobbs Nugent grew up watching her parents run the family business and wondering what it took to make operations run well. After witnessing the nationwide recession in 2008, Nugent decided to pursue a career in finance, eventually enrolling at BYU Marriott and discovering the answer to her childhood wonderings. “I have loved what I learned in the BYU Marriott program and the opportunities it has provided me thus far,” Nugent says.
For Samuel Sorensen, a senior in BYU Marriott's marketing program, pursuing an education in marketing also allows him to pursue his passion.

Sam Aden attended a private Christian school as a child and never even heard the name Brigham Young University until he was sixteen years old. Once he discovered BYU Marriott's finance program, however, Aden knew BYU was the right fit for him.
Effective teamwork is at the core of every organization’s success, and learning how to collaborate is an essential piece of a BYU Marriott education.
Some people fear change, but BYU Marriott Marketing Lab director Matt Madden embraced change to pursue a career that combined his professional experience in marketing and insights consulting with his desire to teach.
BYU Marriott marketing and first-year MBA students had the opportunity to participate in experiential learning and win cash prizes during the BYU Marriott Marketing Lab's first-ever case competition.