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Mariyah Housari, daughter of a Palestinian refugee and an MPA student at BYU Marriott, has come full circle as she strives to help modern-day Palestinian refugees.
MPA students Erica Jensen and Brianna Merling each received the 2023 Doyle W. Buckwalter Award for exemplary performance in their respective off-campus internships.
Two months after Katie Cherrington moved to Maui, the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century struck her family’s neighborhood. In the aftermath of Lahaina’s tragedy, Cherrington has observed a community banding together and has seen principles in action that are taught at BYU Marriott.
Justin Weiss, EMPA alumnus, has lived a life full of unexpected triumphs and hardships that have led to opportunities for personal development.
Dale Hull, the 2023 MPA Alumnus of the Year, credits his time in the Executive MPA program for giving him the confidence he needed to help people with paralysis.
Art student Laurel Galli-Graves never imagined working as a data scientist for the Department of Defense. But her time in the MPA program helped her combine her artistic creativity, passion for public service, and love of analytics and machine learning to help further the public good.
Although Malissa Fifita now lives far from her native Tonga, she keeps her family and her culture close as she pursues her MPA at BYU Marriott.
David Tanner brings the skills he gained through BYU Marriott's MPA program to the state of Georgia, where he consults state leaders, community organizers, and county and city elected officials.
Clark Pew has learned over the course of his life that persistence pays off. The EMPA alumnus now lives in India working for the Department of State.
Mom of four Liz Mumford knows her way around the school system. Elected to the Davis Board of Education, Mumford is a student in the MPA program
In December 2022, BYU Marriott alum Scott Adams retired after 30 years of service as the CEO of Pullman Regional Hospital in Washington state.
After working for politicians in Utah and studying theology in Boston, Chris Coombs followed his intuition to the BYU Marriott School of Business.
William Livingston, an MPA student, has been named the 2022 Buckwalter Internship Award recipient by the MPA program in the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Honoree Mick Berry, retired manager of Catawba County, emphasized the importance of changing the world through Christlike leadership at the banquet.
A self-proclaimed "daddy's girl," Ruth Ann Jefferies followed her father into a public service career and has been blazing trails ever since.
Chauma Jansen, BYU Marriott alumna and the executive director of American Indian Services, works to help provide education opportunities to those in her community.
For Sue Mika, the executive MPA program is more than just a program— it's a connection to someone she loves and respects: her grandfather, George W. Romney.
2005 MPA alum Richard Amon continually strives to help students in their pursuit of higher education.
The BYU MPA ICMA chapter was recently named the second-place winner of the 2022 ICMA Student Chapter Best Event Contest.
MPA graduate Tamsyn Randall recently received the 2022 Garth N. Jones Writing award.
They never planned to buy a farm. They were just looking for a place to live.
Shortly before Ana Malafu-Eliesa graduated from the EMPA program at BYU Marriott in 2007, an unexpected event changed her life and career path forever.
Life sometimes has a funny way of helping people find their paths, and in the case of MPA alumna Shari Grossarth, her road to the BYU Marriott School of Business began with ants.
Growing up, MPA student Jared Cuessy was surrounded by the stories of his ancestors.