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Investing guru Warren Buffett offers BYU students free lunch and advice
The planned addition to the N. Eldon Tanner Building is officially underway after ground was broken on the campus of Brigham Young University April 25.
Last summer, recreation management senior Rebekah Boaz Hebdon took junior core classes and toured the country with the women’s collegiate All-American rugby team, which is comprised of the top players in the nation. This semester, Hebdon is working even harder; she is finishing her final year of school, starting on BYU’s women’s rugby team, and preparing for a tournament with the national rugby team.
The summer after high school was transformative for BYU recreation management associate professor Peter Ward. He set off on a six-week European trip—a graduation gift from his grandmother—and learned about himself, others, and problem-solving.
Department of Recreation Management professor elected for his leadership and participation in professional organizations, contribution to research and scholarly literature, and long-term engagement in the leisure science profession.
No matter where life takes him, global supply chain professor Simon Greathead always seems to find his way back to Provo.
When it comes to being involved on BYU campus, Allison Oberle has been there, done that. She graduated in 2015 from the global supply chain program. During her time at BYU, she worked on the women’s initiative of GSC, served as VP of Women’s Outreach, led as co-president of the Global Supply Chain Association her senior year, and worked in the Global Management Center. She also danced competitively on BYU’s international folk dancing team for three consecutive years, traveling for months at a time. She now works for Sun Products Cooperation in Salt Lake City as a customer supply chain specialist.
Tom Foster, department chair of marketing and global supply chain at the Marriott School, had never played two truths and a lie—a game in which players share two hard-to-believe truths and one lie about themselves, then the other players must guess which is the lie. But when pressed for three statements, he said:
The Utah Recreation Therapy Association honored the Therapeutic Recreation Club and 2016 graduate Ashley Nelson for their service in the community.
Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there are still some who hope for ice instead of an early spring.
The residential staff could hear the soft crying of Mrs. C. from down the hall. A victim of dementia, the woman would sit alone by her door at Wisteria Place in Abilene, Texas, weeping and longing for her home and her daughter. She remained distant behind her tears—until Leticia Stucki, the resident recreational therapist and a 2014 BYU grad, discovered an astounding way to reach her: Czechoslovakian polka. The music reminded Mrs. C. of when she was a child and watched her parents dance in the kitchen.
Warren Price is about to step in waist-high water in the middle of the Provo River when a bull moose saunters up the pedestrian bridge thirty yards to the south.
Life is just like riding a bike, right? Well for Jake Homer sometimes it is more like a sprint triathlon—literally.
The Marriott School's Tom Foster has been appointed the new editor of the Quality Management Journal.
Around the world in thirty days? Carolee Corbett checked that one off her bucketlist.
The Marriott School ranks as one of the top 25 colleges for students looking to start their own business.
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
U.S. News World Report's America's Best Colleges ranks the Marriott School's undergrad programs among the top 50.
Dean Gary C. Cornia announced the appointment of Bruce Money as chair of the Department of Business Management.
Students and a faculty member were honored with 2009 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
A team of BYU marketing students placed third at the Wake Forest Undergraduate Case Challenge.
BusinessWeek ranks BYU's undergrad business programs rank fifth overall and first among recruiters.