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Former department chair and current professor Steven Thorley reflects on the growth of the finance program.
Name changes, rankings, awards and more. Here is the list of the top BYU Marriott School of Business stories of 2017.
Jackson, Wyoming—the gateway to the grand Tetons—is almost always bustling. Snow-capped peaks and expansive horizons draw crowds to this tiny outpost in the American west.
Holding strong as one of the best programs in the country, the BYU Marriott MBA has been ranked No. 23 for the second-straight year by Bloomberg Businessweek.
BYU Marriott undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs have been ranked No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, in The Princeton Review's annual list.
The BYU Marriott School of Business MBA program was cited for its human resource emphasis and its support of student families.
Recreation management professor Brad Harris doesn’t want to be one of those people who go through the motions every day. He’s never been the kind of person to just daydream about making a difference—he actually does something about it. This mentality has inspired Harris to work in nonprofits throughout his life.
Honored for his outstanding contributions to public administration research, James Perry shared four points for advancing research in the field during his remarks.
The program improved two spots over its previous ranking thanks to its outstanding return on investment.
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes three professors to the Tanner Building this fall.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA Director shared how to make the American Dream happen in remarks accepting the award.
As a child growing up in South Africa during apartheid, Curtis LeBaron, associate professor of organizational leadership and strategy, was exposed to the circumstances and attitudes that defined the era.
Undergraduate programs at BYU and the Marriott School of Business rose to new heights in the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
The Brigham Young University Board of Trustees has approved a change to the name of the university's business school and two of its departments in addition to changing seven undergraduate emphases to majors.
Now that Luke Mocke is linked up with LinkedIn, he is finding ways to mentor students and help them land their dream jobs too.
It was 2003 when Erik Lamb’s name was first called in the Marriott Center. Fully suited in his cap and gown, he accepted his diploma and thought his time at BYU was complete.
Strategy and economics alum Ryan Harrison talks Netflix and marketing tricks and may throw in a word or two in Dutch.
What a BYU Marriott finance alum is doing to maximize his personal success while still paying it forward.
After forty years at BYU, Marshall Romney speaks of the program that he will be leaving behind in April by quoting the well-known Carpenters’ song, “We’ve only just begun.”
Jeffery Thompson stands before a large crowd once again, delivering the words he has prepared. All eyes are on him, but with eighteen years of teaching under his belt, Thompson remains unfazed. As he finishes speaking, the audience rewards him with a roar of applause for his performance. The curtains close, and Thompson can add another playbill bearing his name to his budding collection.
You know you’re in a class with entrepreneurship professor Michael Hendron when you’re lectured about sailplanes and how they apply to starting and running a business. Hendron would know, since he is highly experienced in both fields.
Dean Lee Perry recently announced Scott Petersen as the new executive director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.
Jennifer Rockwood stepped onto BYU’s South Field and gazed numbly across the green turf. “What have I gotten myself into?” she recalls thinking. “Can I really do this?”
BYU strategy professor James Oldroyd was flying to Singapore for a job interview when a colleague called and asked him to stop by South Korea. With no expectations, Oldroyd complied and made a pit stop at the Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB). This brief trip changed the course of his life for the next five years.