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Feature Student Experiences 2018
A graduation speaker should give graduates a glimpse into who they are—supplying an anchor that allows them to stand firm in the storms of life. Providing that anchor requires unbelievable intelligence, insight, and wisdom—or, if a speaker doesn’t have those, answers from a really good questionnaire!
Six months before he returned home from serving an LDS mission, Tyler Meidell started thinking about what his next steps in life should be. Through his mission experience, he had discovered a passion for serving and leading others, and he wanted to pursue that course when he came home.
Blockchain. Google the word, and you’ll find a plethora of analogies attempting to explain the concept. And no wonder. While the definition appears fairly straightforward—it’s a digital, openly accessible ledger that can be concurrently added to, forming a permanent chain of data “blocks”—understanding how people use blockchain is anything but simple.
How Fishing for Compliments Can Change Customer Behavior
On a warm May evening in 1995, Christian Brinton and his high-school soccer teammates gathered for a half-time pep talk during the quarterfinals of the state tournament. Their team was losing, and their coach was not happy about it. Through the course of the half-time speech, their coach quickly escalated from being unhappy to outraged, punctuating his profanity-laced verbal assault by smashing his clipboard on the ground.
How to create a safe, productive work environment for those dealing with mental health conditions.
For Dalton Adams, the dinner hour was shaping up like every other night at In-N-Out Burger. The line of cars stretched from the drive-thru window and wound across the parking lot. Adams was serving hungry customers at the payment window, the usual routine—until the guy in the red car pulled up.
I'm honored to be here at the BYU Marriott School of Business. This is a great school named after a great family. Dick Marriott is a good friend, and he is truly an inspiration.
How many times this semester have you been asked, “What are your plans after you graduate?” Dozens? Thousands? Most of you likely have a plan for your life.
Learning to work together in teams to be successful and solve real-world problems is a BYU Marriott hallmark. Last year more than 1,600 BYU students participated in 365 company-sponsored collaborative experiences.
As Grant McQueen, director of the MBA program, spoke with MBA students during their exit interviews, he perceived a common thread: many students wanted to develop stronger tech product management (PM) skills.
Students at BYU Marriott are not strangers to the idea of networking with their peers, but this year the Global Supply Chain Association have taken it to a new level.
BYU students shatter worldwide average pass rates on the notoriously difficult CFA Exams.
More than 3,500 Utah companies export goods or services internationally, and this semester, students at the BYU Marriott School of Business will help even more companies join those ranks.
New experience design and therapeutic recreation students cultivated new relationships with professors and peers during an outdoor adventure.
Over 800 entrepreneurs participated in one of the largest entrepreneurial networking events in Utah on BYU campus this October.
Two BYU Marriott information systems students were honored at the Women Tech Awards for their influence in the technology sector.
Like many BYU students, Matthew Liddle wanted to leave his mark on the world. But if you were to ask him, he would actually say that he wanted to remove his mark.
A team of four BYU Marriott information systems students took home $1,500 after taking first place in the Wolff BI Competition.
With many businesses discovering the need for social impact programs, BYU Marriott is leading the way through a new course on corporate social responsibility.
The number of cadets enrolled in BYU Marriott's Air Force ROTC program has taken flight, rising from about one hundred in 2012 to more than 180 today.
What do Portuguese, Japanese, and English have in common? They are each a language that Gregory Shibuta speaks. He plans to use his diverse knowledge to lead in the international business world.
As of this semester, the Nonprofit Management Student Association club is the newest program addition to the Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance.
A recent entrepreneurial effort made by a group of BYU students may not be giving hearing to the deaf, but for those who face the challenges of limited or no hearing, the feat is a miracle nonetheless.