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Human Resources 2021 2017
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan plowed through the Philippines with 25 million people in its path. Braeden Santiago was one of those people when the lethal storm hit.
Erin Hildebrandt left her fifth and final interview and collapsed into a nearby chair. Now all she had left to do was wait and hope. Hildebrandt, a senior in the OBHR program at the Marriott School of Management, was undergoing an extensive application process for a full-time position with Goldman Sachs.
Clark Anderson stood confidently on the diving board at the community pool in St. George, Utah. The eighth grader noticed the lifeguards talking among themselves and imagined they were discussing how skilled of a swimmer he was. He decided to prove them right.
An economics major, a math major, a strategy major, a psychology major, and a human resource major may not have a lot in common except when it comes to winning.
Alfred Gantner, cofounder of Partners Group and an MBA alum, shared his insights on a balanced life as the featured speaker at convocation on 28 April.
Early bird recruiters are on the heels of incoming OBHR students. So close, in fact, that OBHR senior Sarah Duvall felt the need to research how to better prepare students to meet them.
Marriott School of Management dean Lee Perry has announced John Bingham as the new chair of the organizational leadership and strategy department, effective 1 July.
With a competitive pass rate and record scores, it's no surprise that BYU's student club won the Clark Johnson Award and a $5,000 grant.
The Brigham Young University Board of Trustees has approved a change to the name of the university's business school and two of its departments in addition to changing seven undergraduate emphases to majors.
Two BYU Marriott teams hit last-minute curveballs out of the park at an HR case competition.
Braeden Santiago made the switch from medicine to business when he realized HR was in his blood.
As an underdog in the world of singing, BYU Marriott HRM alum Jake Hunsaker never imagined that his determination to perfect his talents would lead him to share the stage with famous musicians.

Whether he's training employees, helping nonprofits set their budget, or staging fights in authentic medieval armor, Austin Smith follows his passions to find success.

Bill Hull has, as they say, “seen things.” Homes and hotels ravaged. Entire highways torn apart. Sensitive situations he calls “biological disasters.” Sights many people have only seen in movies.
A group of BYU Marriott students recently looked at past prison stereotypes and brainstormed solutions to make the Utah Department of Corrections a better place to work.

BYU Marriott HRM alum Kelly Andrews didn't imagine that his career would include presenting to Fortune 500 companies, writing a book, or helping eliminate global poverty.

BYU Marriott professor Peter Madsen helps people reach for the stars, both literally and figuratively, to prevent accidents in space or find the job of their dreams.

Human resource management graduate Chandler Bush credits BYU Marriott for helping him achieve success in his young career.
When it comes to community service, Darren Lemmon knows how to get his head in the game. Each year for the past seven years, a local Las Vegas team of fifteen to thirty volunteers, including Lemmon, has raised close to $100,000 for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding research and treatment for childhood cancer.
As an adjunct professor at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Beth Wilkins knows her students want to make a difference in the world.
After HRM senior Alexis Rankin chose to transfer to BYU and change her lifelong career goals, she found a new community that welcomed and embraced her.
Seniors in the human resource management program at BYU Marriott will gain valuable industry experience through a unique class this fall.
Even masks from the pandemic can't stop new BYU Marriott professor McKenzie Rees from memorizing the faces—at least the upper half—and names of all her students.
BYU Marriott HRM senior Megan Atkisson is no ordinary LEGO store visitor. The store fostered her love for employee experience design instead of a hobby for building intricate models.