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Entrepreneurship MPA 2015
McKenzi McDonald and Tanner Stutz are spotlighted on Poets and Quants list of Best and Brightest Business Majors.
Marriott School students has devised an innovative device to keep outdoor enthusiasts in touch while in nature: A tiny two-way radio that connects to your phone or headphones via Bluetooth.
Brigham Young University's undergraduate and graduate programs ranked No. 2 and No. 7, respectively, in The Princeton Review's recent annual survey for Entrepreneur magazine.
Three families’ lives were spared tragedy thanks to one small thing: a sock.
The Romney Institute of Public Management named Bryce Baker the 2015 N. Dale Wright Alumnus of the Year for his outstanding service in the federal government.
Dreams of roaring crowds and bright lights drew Zach Atherton to improv, and now he's combining it with his JD/MPA to make workplaces more fun.
Before departing for the Romney Institute's annual study abroad in Ghana this April, Marriott School students were given a challenge: see with African eyes and hear with African ears.
This summer 27 incoming MPA and EMPA students got together for camp—but instead of bringing out canoes and tents, they reached for calculators and graph paper.
Marriott School undergraduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News, including top rankings in accounting, international business and entrepreneurship.
The Ballard Center co-sponsored MPA Professor Ty Turley's research on development economics in Paraguay. See how Turley is working to end poverty around the world.
BYU came in at No. 17 on Forbes' list of the Most Entrepreneurial Research Universities.
The BYU MBA program's low costs and high salary return led to a top placement in Forbes' biennial rankings.
It goes without saying: starting a business is difficult. Even securing basic needs, such as locking down an office space, can stress people with great ideas to the point of giving up their pursuit.
Being a soldier in the armed forces can be physically and emotionally demanding. As an army chaplain, MPA alum Lt. Col. Thomas Helms has been offering soldiers moral support and religious services for nearly two decades.
While most students were simply juggling textbooks, 2013 Marriott School grad Bradley Robins was also singing and dancing around the world with the BYU Young Ambassadors. But this Saturday Robins will light up a venue a little closer to home: LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Flat Facer explores the world in an envelope. Professor Rex Facer needs a bit more room.
It reads like a worst-case scenario: you’re slicing through rough air to check on an offshore oil rig when the unfathomable happens—the chopper goes down. Would you survive?
It seems like only a few years ago that I sat where you are sitting. I was an English major, and that meant that I liked reading and writing. It also meant that I had no idea what I was going to do with my career.
The Sound of Music swept the box office, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands to Alabama’s capital, and the first commercial satellite launched into orbit. The year was 1965, and the BYU MPA students of the inaugural class were collecting their diplomas and preparing to embody the credo “Enter to learn; go forth to serve.”
EMPA alum Chris Banford recently teamed up with Ellen DeGeneres to surprise his wife, Mary.
Scott C. Johnson has been a Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology founder since 2011. Johnson grew up in Ogden, Utah, and despite receiving two scholarships to Brigham Young University, he attended Weber State. It wasn’t until Johnson served a mission in Brazil that he had a self-described “change of heart.” Johnson’s desire to teach at the MTC led him to transfer to BYU post-mission. He didn’t get the MTC job he was hoping for, but he met his wife, Kristen, and graduated from BYU with a degree in near eastern studies and a minor in business in 1994.
Through a recent collaboration with Walmart, a group of Marriott School undergraduates earned high-profile internships.
Hundreds of MPA students, alumni and faculty joined together in six cities on the MPA Days of Service celebrating the program's 50th anniversary.
Last month BYU global supply chain management students got a week off of class but it was no vacation.