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Just before heading to the University of Iowa to join the university’s swim team, John Fellows discovered a copy of the Book of Mormon on a bookshelf in his parents’ home in Boise, Idaho. He packed it in his bags, and before long he called the missionaries wanting to know more. The combination of his baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a swimming-prohibitive injury led him to transfer to BYU, where he joined the Army ROTC and discovered what would become his lifelong career.
Almost every May, between four hundred and seven hundred people, attend a Norwegian Constitution Day celebration at the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City and enjoy traditional Norwegian lefse flatbread and Solo orange soda. For more than a decade, the chair of the event’s committee has been 1995 business management grad Steve Affleck, who doesn’t have even a bit of Norwegian ancestry.
Hearing a mix of languages was commonplace for Everet Bluth, who grew up speaking both Spanish and English on his family’s farm in a Latter-day Saint settlement in northern Mexico. Life at home, Bluth says, “evolved around family, church, work on the farm, school, and sports.” He says he had a typical childhood—except that he started driving farm equipment when he was eight.
Jennifer Rockwood stepped onto BYU’s South Field and gazed numbly across the green turf. “What have I gotten myself into?” she recalls thinking. “Can I really do this?”
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.
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.
Life after graduation has taken them 1,700 miles apart. But drawing on their business savvy, these sisters have found a way to stay close by running The DIY Lighthouse.
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.
A study by Jeff Dyer and two associates says innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing key skills than do their less creative counterparts.
It took a chorus of happy Whos to help Mr. Grinch. At the Marriott School, all it took was a festive tree and an invitation to give.
The program was ranked 14th by academics and 19th by practitioners on a highly visible list in the Supply Chain Management Review.
People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a BYU-led study.
Aaron Call is an opportunist. And it’s not just because he works for a company that helps business owners solve problems in areas like human resources and risk management.
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.
The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
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.
After competing in a rigorous contest, six Marriott School of Management undergraduate students heard those magic words: "You're hired."
Four Marriott School students are interning at the U. S. Treasury in a time of economic turmoil of historic proportions.
BYU's board of trustees recently approved the creation of the finance department in the Marriott School.