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The 17th Annual Survey of Accounting Professors has ranked Brigham Young University’s graduate accounting program second in the nation, up one spot from last year’s third place ranking. In the same poll, the University’s undergraduate accounting program maintained its third place ranking for the fourth consecutive year.
Two teams of Marriott School students entered the nation's largest student tax competition armed with only their pens, pencils, and calculators. Seven hours later, they walked away with first- and second-place honors and $30,000 in scholarship money.
Two professors at Brigham Young University's Marriott School were recently awarded a $20,000 grant by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
The School of Accountancy and Information Systems at the Marriott School will host its first Accounting Conference Sept. 23-24. This conference will provide the most current information available to help accountants meet professional demands, along with expert advice in dealing with the critical issues faced outside the office.
An associate dean at Brigham Young University's Marriott School was recently honored as Accountant of the Year by Beta Alpha Psi, a national professional accounting and business information fraternity.
Marriott School Professor James D. Stice of the School of Accountancy and Information Systems Management has been awarded the Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award by President Merrill J. Bateman at the annual University Conference. He was selected as one of three teachers university wide to receive one of the most prestigious awards given to BYU faculty.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School did what was thought to be the impossible in 1998, placing among the top three schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the nation's most prestigious tax competition. Last year was the first time any university had placed two teams among the top three.
Most accountants spend their days ensuring financial records are up to standards. But for a handful of BYU MAcc grads, it's a different story.
A team of BYU undergrads came home with the first-place title from the inaugural Duff & Phelps National Case Study Competition.
BYU is ranked 75th in the 2011 edition of U.S. News's "America's Best Colleges," with the Marriott School coming in at 34th.
BYU is ranked No. 11 in the country for schools whose graduates were the top-rated by recruiters, the WSJ reported.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, employees stay at their jobs for an average of 4.1 years. Like most people, Dennis Malloy never expected to stay at his first auditing firm for more than a few years, let alone thirty, but he found his niche at KPMG and never left.
How the French Put U.S. Adoption of International Accounting Standards on the Rocks.
Accounting students traded in number crunchers for nail guns, levels and hand saws for Habitat for Humanity.
While students are usually pitching themselves to companies, this time the tables were turned.
BYU is being recognized as a business startup factory — churning out hundreds of student-run ventures each year.
CIS students from across the globe experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as they visited with LDS Church leaders.
Taxes probably wouldn't place very high on most people's lists of extreme activities, but it does for five BYU students.
Good communicators are supposed to work behind the scenes, but sometimes they can't help getting pulled on stage.
The Marriott School honored Michael Swenson as its 2011 Outstanding Faculty. Fourteen others were also recognized.
Marriott School announces the winners of the 2011 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
The idea had always glowed—however faintly—in the back of Steve Oldham’s mind. He jokes about it now, saying that just like every other missionary who returns from Brazil, he came home with dreams of starting his own Brazilian steakhouse.
Doug Prawitt, the Glen Ardis Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Management, will give the Brigham Young University devotional Tuesday, July 19, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Dean Gary Cornia appointed Monte Swain to serve as the new associate director of the MBA program.