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Students at BYU's Marriott School are gearing up for study abroad programs hosted by the Global Management Center.
Three members of the Marriott School's faculty and staff were honored at BYU's annual University Conference.
Not long after putting their pencils down on the last bubble sheet, many Marriott School students say good-bye to their final exams and to Y Mountain, leaving Provo in pursuit of internships and experience.
Marriott School announces the winners of the 2011 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
While many business leaders strive to expand their organization’s reach globally, one Marriott School grad oversees projects that have a more vertical approach—out of this atmosphere, actually.
The Marriott School honored Michael Swenson as its 2011 Outstanding Faculty. Fourteen others were also recognized.
Good communicators are supposed to work behind the scenes, but sometimes they can't help getting pulled on stage.
CIS students from across the globe experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as they visited with LDS Church leaders.
A team of BYU undergrads came home with the first-place title from the inaugural Duff & Phelps National Case Study Competition.
Katalin Bolliger’s first trip outside of the United States was just the experience she wanted—eight thousand miles away from campus and surrounded by tigers and elephants.
Finance professor Karl Diether took second place in the Journal of Financial Economics' Best Paper Prizes.
It took ten years and three invitations, but last summer finance professor Karl Diether made the move from Dartmouth College to BYU’s Department of Finance.
The Romney Institute honored Ruth Ann Jefferies, a property tax specialist, for her career success and community service.
Working at the Oracle Corporation, alum Liz Wiseman found herself constantly surrounded by intelligent people. But she noticed an ebb and flow—not of intelligence but of how leaders capitalized on or closed off that intelligence. One executive she coached was brilliant but shut down others, leaving their ideas untapped. Wiseman searched for something to share with this leader about the dynamic he was caught in but found nothing. “Someone needed to research how what leaders did either diminished or multiplied the intelligence of the people around them,” Wiseman says. “This seemed like a worthy pursuit, so I just did it.”
Twenty-three MBA finance students received the Stoddard Award for academic excellence and service.
A team of BYU MBA students bested competitors from across Utah to win first place in the ACG Cup Competition.
Heather Chewning received the President's Appreciation Award at BYU's annual University Conference on August 27.
During the housing collapse, the sweltering summer heat of Phoenix was no place for a young salesman pushing pest control. But for Adam Keys it was just the kind of pressure needed to get the creative juices flowing. “Nobody had money and nobody liked salesmen,” Keys remembers. It was then that Keys matched the perfect product with its target audience. “I sold No Soliciting signs door-to-door,” Keys says. “Eighty percent of people who would laugh when they opened the door would buy it.” But this wasn’t just funny business: the 2011 finance graduate paid his college bills, learned graphic design, and gained experience running his own company.
The Brigham Young University School of Accountancy is taking steps to become more globally-minded with help from a $500,000 donation from EY.
Jeffery Thompson will succeed David Hart, who served for six years as director of the Romney Institute.
When Jackie Saumweber joined the BYU MPA program, she didn't know she would find her niche in corporate social responsibility.
Three BYU professors won a pair of prestigious awards for research from the American Accounting Association.
As soon as Thaylene Lowe Rogers made her decision to return to school for an Executive MBA, she hit the GMAT prep books. During a trip to Newport Beach, California, vacation time turned into study time as she and her son began plowing through the math section. After a year of brushing up, she was in. By 2015 she’ll be sporting a new Marriott School degree on her office wall.
The AICPA recently appointed Marriott School of Management associate dean Steve Glover to its Auditing Standards Board.