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It's not often that a piano-playing gig leads to landing your dream job at Google.
When Jeff Bjorkman isn’t reading the unabridged version of Les Misérables, camping outdoors, or trying to recreate cuisine he’s sampled abroad, he is knee-deep in accounting projects with the Marriott School’s MAcc program. His experiences as a student may leave you wishing you too were an accountant.
With more than three thousand students, the Marriott School of Management brings together some of BYU’s best and brightest from across the globe. I recently caught up with one of these stellar students, Nicol Pedraza, a sophomore marketing major and Portuguese minor from Mexico City. Pedraza talked about finding her path to BYU, her experience at the Marriott School, and her plans for the future.
Ten student companies walked away with prize money totaling $205,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.
Most MBA students go on to work for major corporations, but Julia Perry launched her own fashion line.
The following is an excerpt from "Female cadet thrives in Army ROTC" published in The Universe on Mar. 12, 2013:
The BYU Army ROTC will honor Capt. Scott P. Pace with a memorial service and add his name to BYU's Memorial Wall on Friday.
Romney Institute students are willing to travel all over the world to gain valuable experience through internships.
The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Student entrepreneur Brad Moss, founder of a million-dollar gaming company was rewarded with a cash prize of $10,000.
When students first join ROTC, they are thrust into a life of early morning workouts, combat training and weekend warfare simulations.
Taxes probably wouldn't place very high on most people's lists of extreme activities, but it does for five BYU students.
Jamie Cope Bennee, a 34-year-old BYU Executive MPA student, died in a tragic plane crash in Payson, Utah, on Nov. 18.
Jessie Ingraham, a Dixie State College Army ROTC cadet finished ahead of 450 other cadets in the two-mile run at the Army Physical Fitness Test held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. Ingraham, a BYU senior, finished the run in 13 minutes and 12 seconds, making her the top female in this event among her cadet peers and making one of the fastest times recorded this summer.
Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? One Marriott School of Management student is doing just that.
It wasn't enough for Trevor Fitzgerald to ask "Got milk?" He wanted to know where his milk was being produced.
Adam Edmunds, founder and president of SilentWhistle, LLC, was named BYU’s 2004 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. The first-place finish earned him $12,500 cash and another $12,500 in support services for his new venture.
The National Black MBA Association selected second-year BYU MBA student Jamila Cutliff as one of the top 25 MBA students in the country, naming her a 2004 Coca-Cola scholar.
This December, John Montgomery will graduate from BYU with not only a master in accountancy on his resume but also the highest student score on the Certified Internal Auditor’s exam.
Instead of having his speech outline scribbled on a 3x5 card, Adam Rushforth will run his fingers over a Braille outline as he addresses students at Friday’s Marriott School convocation.
David A. Wood has been selected by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation as the recipient of the 2004 Esther R. Sawyer Scholarship Award.
The James S. Kemper Foundation named Brigham Young University student Andrea Lamb as one of 19 national Kemper Scholars. Every year the charitable branch of Kemper Insurance Companies works with selected universities to choose one scholar per school. Winners receive a three-year scholarship and three summer internships at different Kemper Insurance offices around the country.
A Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School is the first person in Utah to win an American College of Healthcare Executives scholarship since the fund was started in 1969.
The James S. Kemper Foundation, the charitable arm of Kemper Insurance Companies, named Jay Oman, a pre-business major from Springville, Utah, one of 17 Kemper Scholars nationwide. The Kemper Scholars program provides recipients with a three-year scholarship and three summer-internship programs at Kemper Insurance offices around the country.