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Accounting Experience Design 2015
They say business is all work and no play.
A group of four recreation management students came from behind in dramatic fashion to win the NRCA National Student Quiz Bowl.
Marriott School research shows camp jobs teach essential workforce skills
Musician Lindsey Stirling joined around 200 of her classmates at Marriott School convocation Friday. Stirling also performed her original number, "Take Flight," at the ceremony.
Neil Lundberg will begin his term as department chair on August 1.
Growing up in La Verne, California, Madison Zylstra always looked forward to watching her brothers play sports. So when they shipped off to play on different BYU teams, she knew she didn’t want to miss a game. Now a few years down the road, Zylstra is getting ready to graduate from BYU’s recreation management program and preparing for a career in sports management.
Serving in the armed forces left Warren Price with deep emotional scars. He found hope in grad school and now wants to help others.
Noemi Morales, a native of Roswell, Georgia, started out as a photography major at BYU-Idaho. Although it took her a few years in Rexburg, an LDS mission to St. George, Utah; and lots of decisions, Morales has finally found her calling in the Marriott School’s recreation management program. She’s even landed an internship with a popular new company called Slide the City that puts on giant waterslide events across the country.
It started out as a nutty idea, says Jeff Wilks, director of the School of Accountancy. How could students really dive into the topics that current accounting professionals are dealing with?
Can watching a violent movie make you more likely to lie, cheat or steal? What about reading a violent book?
Before departing for the Romney Institute's annual study abroad in Ghana this April, Marriott School students were given a challenge: see with African eyes and hear with African ears.
Three days. Four major events. More than 200 attendees.
Switching from a degree in accounting and a career in software engineering to life as a full-time artist is strange, admits Karl Hale. But when his after-work detox projects turned out to be works of art, that’s exactly the leap he took.
Doug Jackson is bringing sight to tens of thousands around the globe—thanks to a new kind of vision for humanitarian work.
It was 6:30 p.m., and Dora Ho-Ellis was still in her office. “Normally, I’m not that hardworking,” she quips. But when the phone rang with a pivotal opportunity for the entrepreneurship education program she spearheaded at Singapore Polytechnic, she was grateful she was there to answer.
Jeremy Sookhoo was looking for a meaningful career when he found impact investing.
The Marriott School of Management welcomes five new faculty members to its classrooms this fall.
Marriott School undergraduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News, including top rankings in accounting, international business and entrepreneurship.
Eighteen weeks of training, 26.2 miles, an average heart rate of 136–there are many ways to measure a marathon.
BYU School of Accountancy professor W. Steve Albrecht was honored by the American Accounting Association.
BYU School of Accountancy alum and current adjunct professor Troy Lewis testified before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on July 22.
MAcc alum David Corless was honored after earning one of the top Certified Management Accountant exam scores in the country.
Five SOA students will be traveling to the Land of the Rising Sun after winning the EY Beam Abroad Case Competition.