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When Allie Jensen lost her mother to a lifelong battle with multiple sclerosis, she thought she would never be able to attend college. Now she is a brand-new BYU Marriott graduate.
Nine students were recently honored as 2022 Bateman Award recipients for their excellence both inside and outside the classroom.
Marketing students at BYU Marriott recently had a chance to network with sales professionals and compete for prizes at the event dubbed Salesapalooza.
In a drawer in Mike Bond’s office are all the notes he took in training meetings during his 11 years as a brand manager.
Jeff Brownlow was recruiting at BYU when BYU recruited him.
After retiring from a long career in sales for startup software companies, Greg Zippi knew exactly what he wanted to do next—teach.
BYU Marriott marketing senior, Dustin Leonard discovered that success comes through mentorship, pursuing his marketing passions, and seizing opportunities.
BYU Marriott School of Business marketing students won first place at the 2021 MarketStar Sales and Analytics Champion Competition.
The BYU Marriott School of Business is working with BYU Athletics in helping to take the next step in name, image and likeness innovation.
After spending most of his time as an undergraduate student preparing for law school, Kurt Herrmann received surprising inspiration to change career paths.
Four BYU Marriott students helped create a sustainable alternative for Walmart's supply chain process through the Ballard Center for Social Impact.
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes nine new professors this fall.
Thanks to his education from BYU Marriott and the example of his father, marketing alum Carlos Valles lives his passion for business working at The Hershey Company.
Almost everything is a learning curve when you’re starting a business, and Sandy Whitaker, a 2003 business management alum, acknowledges that there can be plenty of bumps and detours along the way. But as she and her husband, Tim, a physical therapist, worked to realize their long-term goal of opening a physical therapy practice, Whitaker found that navigating the curve was easier because of knowledge and skills she had gathered along the way—from her formal education, her past jobs, and even her hobbies.
When Stephen H. Russell reflects on his life, he is struck by the way seemingly small decisions and ordinary situations have blossomed into extraordinary opportunities. “None of this was part of a strategic plan,” he says, “and I feel grateful when I see all the times Heavenly Father has blessed me.”
Born and raised in Honolulu, Thomas Y.K. Fong has long loved learning about the earth’s natural processes. He originally planned to earn a bachelor’s degree in geology at BYU and then pursue graduate studies in oceanography. But during one midwinter geology field trip to St. George, Utah, a sandstorm blew through the group’s campsite, prompting Fong to reconsider whether his studies had brought him too close to nature for comfort. “Halfway through that cold, sand-blown night, I’m thinking, ‘Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?’” Fong recalls.
In 1968 more than 150 students graduated from BYU Marriott with degrees in business management. Kristi Taylor Lawrence was one of the few women in that graduating class.
Inspired by the help and guidance he received from his peers and professors at BYU Marriott, marketing senior Parker Stohlton decided to give back.

Not many people can say that they helped build a company from the ground up within a year of graduating from college. However, BYU Marriott marketing alumna Luisa Chil can.

Marc Dotson, assistant professor of marketing, ventured through various fields of study, before discovering how marketing could help fulfill his main aspiration.

BYU Marriott marketing students are gaining firsthand knowledge of what it means to truly make the world their campus.

Just before heading to the University of Iowa to join the university’s swim team, John Fellows discovered a copy of the Book of Mormon on a bookshelf in his parents’ home in Boise, Idaho. He packed it in his bags, and before long he called the missionaries wanting to know more. The combination of his baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a swimming-prohibitive injury led him to transfer to BYU, where he joined the Army ROTC and discovered what would become his lifelong career.
In the midst of a global pandemic, the Marketing Lab at the BYU Marriott School of Business reinvented itself to help students have meaningful internship experiences.

The four years a student spends in high school are a time of growth, fun, and if you're BYU Marriott marketing senior Spencer Call, coming up with creative solutions to help a company save thousands of dollars.