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Tektronix, one of the global leaders in communications networking, demonstrated its commitment to higher education by donating one of its highest-quality color printers to the Marriott School's Graduate Career Services office.
Paul Dishman, visiting associate professor at the Marriott School, has been invited by the United Nations to lecture on competitive intelligence and knowledge management in China this September.
Touting the fastest payback in the nation, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management is a steal according to BusinessWeek’s new ranking of the best b-schools. The magazine reports that BYU’s MBA graduates take only 3.5 years to recoup their investment in lost work and tuition.
For more than thirty years, LDS public management professionals from across the nation have gathered together at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) conference to exchange more than just business information. LDS city and county managers met this year in Cincinnati to attend the ICMA conference and to build on shared beliefs.
For more than ten years, the Marriott School and LG, Korea’s third largest company, have exchanged students and knowledge. In September, the company honored two Marriott School faculty members for their integral role in building this relationship. Ned C. Hill, dean of the Marriott School and Chris Meek, associate professor of organizational behavior, were recognized for their support in educating LG managers in organizational effectiveness.
In conjunction with Homecoming 2000, the Marriott School at Brigham Young University is proud to name Alan J. Folkman as its honored alum. Folkman will speak Thursday, 19October at 11:00 a.m. in room 151 of the Tanner Building. All are invited to hear his address, “A Formula for Success and Personal Peace.”
Three professors at BYU’s Marriott School hope their e-business accounting book will give students the upper hand when it comes to electronic commerce. Steven M. Glover, Stephen W. Liddle and Douglas Prawitt’s book, E-Business: Principles and Strategies for Accountants, was written to prepare accounting students to meet the demands of a business world being transformed by technology. Marriott School professors will begin using the book winter semester as a supplement.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named Keith Bailey, Chairman, President and CEO of Williams, as the 2000 International Executive of the Year (IEY).President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will present Bailey with the IEY Award at a banquet Friday, 17 Nov.
Other than being very large, the 17–foot Christmas tree, trimmed with angel ornaments, looks like most other trees. But it’s not. The ornaments on The Little Angel’s Christmas tree are more than just decorations — they contain the names and ages of children, their clothing sizes and gift ideas. Sponsored by the Campus Chapter of the BYU Management Society and the United Way, the goal is to undecorate the tree by 8 December.
Paul Dishman, visiting associate professor of business management at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, has been voted vice president of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).
One student’s experience at Brigham Young University has driven him nuts. Nathan Murray, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Shelley, Idaho, is the founder and president of Nutty Guys, a business selling a variety of nuts at discount prices. Murray is not only a budding entrepreneur but also the 2000 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Murray received a $5,000 award for his first place finish in the BYU Marriott School’s entrepreneur competition.
The founder and CEO of WinFiles.com (formerly Windows95.com) will be the keynote speaker at Brigham Young University’s semi-annual e-business conference on Friday, 9 Feb. Steve Jenkins, who sold WinFiles.com in February 1999 to CNET, Inc. for $11.5 million, will address the conference’s theme, “Dot-Coms Melt Down: How Companies Survive and Thrive in our Current Economic Situation.” Hosted by the Marriott School’s Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness, the conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. in room 151 of the Tanner Building. The conference will cater to students but is also open to BYU faculty and staff.
One Marriott School student recently received a big boost from the Kemper Foundation. Kyle Widdison, a sophomore from Hooper, Utah, majoring in accounting, has been named one of 80 national Kemper Scholars. The honor, which provides financial support and summer internships for three years, will assist Widdison in fulfilling his aspiration to become a successful business leader.
How much is an idea worth? The Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship thinks its worth $5,000 in cash — the award for this year’s Business Plan Competition winner. All Brigham Young University students are invited to submit business plan ideas before 5 p.m. on Monday, 12 March in 610 TNRB.
Forget waiting for this year’s tax refund. For the first time ever, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) center at Brigham Young University can help you file your taxes electronically – cutting the wait for your refund by as much as two weeks.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University honored Robert L. Gardner with the school’s 2001 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest distinction given by the school to a faculty member. Along with Gardner, the school also recognized five other faculty members for their excellence in teaching, research and citizenship at a banquet 6 March in the Wilkinson Student Center.
The founder of Grameen Bank, a microenterprise bank that has helped more than two million people start small businesses, will speak at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, 20 March. Dr. Muhammad Yunus will address “Poverty Solutions that Work” in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium at 3:15 p.m. Dr. Yunus’s speech is open to BYU students, faculty, staff and the public.
Success magazine ranks the Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship among the best entrepreneurial programs in the country. In the February/March issue, the Marriott School ranked 33rd on the magazine’s top 50 list of “Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools.”
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University anticipates hundredsof participants at its fourth annual Microenterprise Conference 5-7 April 2001. The free conference, believed to be the largest of its kind, is open to BYU students, faculty, staff and the public. Microenterprise is amovement that uses small loans and business education to help the poor become self-reliant. This year’s theme, “Practical Approaches to Ending Poverty,” will bring together educators, investors and non-governmental organizations from around the world.
It’s a stinky situation but nothing a group of marketing students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School can’t handle. Cows at the BYU Dairy are supplying the dairy notonly with thousands of gallons of milk but also with mountains of manure each year.
Brigham Young University’s business and law schools are among the top 50 in the United States, reports the 2002 edition of the U.S. News & World Report guide “Best GraduateSchools.”
Marriott School Professor Lawrence C. Walters was recognized by the American Society of Public Administration for the best public administration article in 2000. His article,“Putting More Public in Policy Analysis,” which appeared in the July/August edition of Public Administration Review (PAR), won the Louis Brownlow Award for the best article by a practitioner.
Dodging a final exam proved profitable for students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management. Vit Miska, a second-year MISM student and Jeremy Hafen, a second-year MAcc student, earned cash awards and funding for the school with their winning entries in an e-commerce essay contest sponsored by Federal Express.
In its first-ever ranking of business schools, The Wall Street Journal named Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management one of ten “hidden gems.” The Marriott School ranked fifth, in the hidden gems category — “less-heralded schools with great graduates.”