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Alumni Spotlight Feature School News 2023
Senator Mitt and Ann Romney shared their career and family experiences with MPA students.
Practical Tips for Finding a Healthier Work-Life Balance
Huddle up: the third and final piece in Marriott Alumni Magazine's preparedness series looks at community preparedness.
From a young age, Melissa Larson developed a love of reading and learning, and set the goal of graduating from a university. However, as the first person in her family to pursue higher education, she wasn’t sure what it would take to achieve her goal.
BYU Marriott School of Business honored John E. Waldron, the president and COO of Goldman Sachs, with the 2023 International Executive of the Year Award.
You could say that Gerald “Jerry” Petersen earned his master’s degree in marketing from BYU because he loved to sing.
Awarded a BYU Homecoming 2023 Alumni Achievement Award, MBA alum Christopher Clason explained how inspired leaders create value in their professional and personal lives.
With two bachelor’s degrees and two master’s degrees, Tricia Seguine is no stranger to learning. She’s learned that she can use her unique educational blend to make a positive impact.
Eight professors joined the faculty at the BYU Marriott School of Business in 2023. “We are excited to welcome these new faculty members,” says Brigitte Madrian, dean of BYU Marriott. “In line with our mission to develop leaders of faith, intellect, and character, these new faculty bring insight and experience that will contribute to the educational experience BYU Marriott offers its students.”
Sterling Petersen has such a passion for mountain biking, he decided to make it his day job. Since graduating from BYU Marriott’s entrepreneurship program, he’s created multiple startups focused on mountain biking products and has built a collaborative work environment in the process.
For the last 15 years, at least one student from the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott has earned the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award; in the most recent exam cycle, two students qualified.
Three BYU Marriott faculty receive awards at the 2023 University Conference.
Nine undergraduate students at BYU Marriott were recently honored as 2023 Bateman Award recipients for their commitment to academics and service and for demonstrating the college’s vision, mission, and values.
Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in information systems from BYU Marriott, John Koelliker has relied on authentic relationships in his life to help start his own company.
When the stock market crashed in 2008, accounting graduate Jameela Wilcox Howell jumped in to help her husband start Cordovan Art School in Texas.
The Department of Information Systems coordinated with departments across campus in hosting cybersecurity camps to foster interest in technology and teach safe computer usage to youth and educators.
Five students within the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business received the 2023 Williams Innovative Leadership Award.
As the class of 2023 enters the workforce, byu Marriott alumni and community members who have worked their way to executive positions share what they have learned as they have gone forth to serve.
New research shows that kind words have measurable impact on people in all walks of life, from those working in often unnoticed or undervalued positions to the coworker in the cubicle next to us. Praising others is a principle worth putting into practice, says Taeya Howell, assistant professor of organizational behavior and human resources.
Whether your business is large or small, preparing for emergencies of all types is time and money well spent. Planning ahead can keep your business afloat and even position you to come out ahead of the competition during challenging times.
We are all living a deliverance story, explains Michael S. Drake, K. Fred Skousen Professor of Accounting, in this condensed version of his byu devotional address. Deliverance is “a central and recurring theme of this film called mortality,” he says, and each of us can participate in the work of deliverance together with our Savior to ease the sufferings and burdens of others.
The MPA program recognized Debby Tucker for her work to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
Mike Hendron is the new director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology effective June 17, 2023.
Travis Bailey is the new department chair for military science and head of BYU’s Army ROTC program effective July 17, 2023.