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As a former national mountain biking champion, BYU Marriott SOA alumna Penny Lundgren firmly believes that she can accomplish anything with enough practice and determination.
After working for twenty-four years in BYU Marriott's School of Accountancy, Julie Averett remains committed to serving each individual student.
Recent headlines have been buzzing with news of an unpredictable stock market thanks to the recent surge of GameStop share price. But BYU Marriott professor Bill Tayler says the stock market surge wasn't surprising at all.
BYU Marriott SOA junior Erin Kenedy believes that learning is not just about gaining knowledge but about experiencing growth.
BYU Marriott fared well in the recently released U.S. News & World Report 2022 rankings for graduate programs. Both the MBA and MPA programs were ranked, as were four graduate program emphases.
Professor Tim Seidel did not expect to end up in the field of accounting, but took advantage of opportunities to change, facing any challenge or obstacle head-on.
Clark Pew has learned over the course of his life that persistence pays off. The executive MPA (EMPA) alumnus now lives in India working for the Department of State.
Instinctively, Paige Goepfert is definitely organized—but she’s so much more.
MAcc student Ashley Weiler looks forward to leading the Women of the School of Accountancy club in the upcoming year—a club that sparked her own love of accounting.
MAcc student Christine Parks loves the accounting program and the unique opportunities that the School of Accountancy gives her to interact with other people.
Whether he's teaching students in a classroom or coaching his players from the sidelines of a volleyball court, BYU Marriott accounting alum RJ Mattei loves learning and teaching in many forms.
School of Accountancy alum Emily Gertsch applies her accounting skills to her current position as a medical director for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.
As a professor at the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, Ron Worsham hopes to instill the same passion he feels for accounting within his own students.
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes nine new professors this fall.
Traci Stirling Bell isn’t kidding when she says her hobby is telling fish stories. But what makes her tales unique is that they aren’t just incredible, they’re true. In 2012, Bell and her husband, Craig, started Ripple Rock Fish Farms in Frazeysburg, Ohio. From humble beginnings in the family’s garage, the company has grown into a thriving enterprise that produces 40,000 pounds of tilapia annually, with potential for another 10,000 pounds per year.
BYU Marriott accounting alumni Kathrine Jensen and Jared Nielsen recently received one of the most prestigious recognitions in accounting: the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
In 1993, Patricia Wilson left her hometown of Cali, Colombia to pursue an education at BYU. Two decades later, she now works as the business manager for the SOA.
Brian Spilker landed his dream job when he accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Accountancy in 1993.
Sara Sparhawk and Lyn Johnson find joy in bringing entrepreneurial opportunities to women everywhere through their company West Tenth.
Beginning with the fall 2022 semester, BYU Marriott School of Business students graduating from the bachelor of science and master of accountancy programs will receive a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) designation with their degree.
After living and working in Seattle, New York, and Ohio, Jon Kerr—a brand-new School of Accountancy professor, tax law fanatic, and part-time beekeeper has circled back to BYU—the place where his family and his dreams of teaching began.
As a new associate professor of accounting, Brant Christensen uses his experience and love for teaching to help students navigate college life.
Accounting faculty and students put ChatGPT to the test. The researchers say that while it still has work to do in the realm of accounting, it’s a game changer that will change the way everyone teaches and learns — for the better.
For Zack Fox, the importance of always showing up applies in football, life, and in his new role as an assistant professor of accounting.