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Two teams of Marriott School students entered the nation's largest student tax competition armed with only their pens, pencils, and calculators. Seven hours later, they walked away with first- and second-place honors and $30,000 in scholarship money.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University today announced its 1999 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to Marriott School MBA candidates. Ned C. Hill, dean of the Marriott School, presented the Hawes Scholar award to six second-year MBA students at a forum held Friday morning.
The Institute of Marketing at Brigham Young University's Marriott School awarded 17 students with cash scholarships amounting to $18,000 at a special luncheon Friday. These students were recognized for their scholarship and contribution to the marketing industry.
Ten Marriott School students will attend the national "Business Tomorrow" conference in San Francisco this October. In what is a highly competitive selection process, the Marriott School has an unusually high representation at this year's conference.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University recently announced its 1999 Eccles Scholars, an honor that gives the eight recipients a tuition scholarship and funding for two or more international experiences.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School did what was thought to be the impossible in 1998, placing among the top three schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the nation's most prestigious tax competition. Last year was the first time any university had placed two teams among the top three.
Three Marriott School students were named as this year's Kemper Scholars, an honor that provides each scholar with financial support and summer internships throughout their undergraduate careers.
Sabita Tuladhar is convinced she paid more taxes last year than she should have. But this year she says that won't happen. Tuladhar is a senior at the Marriott School majoring in information systems from Kathmandu, Nepal. "Sometimes it's really confusing," she admits, "and I've been using the easy form."
Utahns support the idea of a tax on Internet sales but only if it replaces the sales tax on food or reduces the overall sales tax rate, according to a study conducted by Brigham Young University graduate students. A full report of the students' findings will be presented to the Governor's Tax Review Commission April 14.
Vadim Ovchinnikov, a second-year master of accountancy (MAcc) student from Russia, has been selected as one of six students selected to work with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in 2001. Ovchinnikov is one of only a handful of foreign students and the first Russian to work with the board. He begins his one-year appointment as a technical assistant with the FASB in January.
A 2000 Brigham Young University graduate believes improving student Internet access will pay off and the judges agreed. Becky Tate, a recent graduate from the Marriott School at BYU, led a team of students from BYU and Utah Valley State College (UVSC) to a first place finish at the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 6 May 2000. Their winning business plan, CityNet, was selected from thirty-five entries representing universities and colleges throughout the state. The CityNet team consisted of Tate, John Benson, a BYU engineering student, Logan Clark, a UVSC business student and Paul Wilson, a UVSC business student.
Whether it’s finding a hiking trail in the Rocky mountains or a fly fishing shop in Australia, Brigham Young University students are giving outdoor enthusiasts selectivity.Outdoorsman.com, a new online business, categorizes outdoor equipment, outfitting and recreation sites according to region, interest and business description.
The stock market’s recent slump has left one BYU Marriott School student feeling anything but down. On the contrary, Nathan Gardner, an undergraduate business management major, beat out 2,100 students and faculty to win the iExchange.com$100,000 Business School Challenge.
Five accounting students from the Marriott School at Brigham Young University cooly handled the pressures faced by auditors — placing second in national competition. Graduate students Brent Pugh, Troy Sheen, Heather Madsen, Josh Rowley and Ryan Oviatt participated in the Deloitte & Touche Foundation’s Fifth Annual National Student Case Study Seminar. The seminar placed teams in practical business settings with case studies developed by the firm’s accounting research department.
First-year graduate students at BYU’s Marriott School left their laptops home Saturday to help alleviate wildfire danger in Provo Canyon.
Besides gaining professional experience, a group of Brigham Young University students showed they have what it takes to make it in the financial services industry. While interning at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, a team of eight BYU students including four from the Marriott School became the company’s top selling intern team. Northwestern Mutual named BYU interns the1999-2000 College Team of the Year.
Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at BYU’s Marriott School have more combined gender, cultural and ethnic diversity than ever before. About one of every five students admitted to the class of 2002 is an ethnic minority. Approximately one-third of the students are female. And, 21 percent are international students.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University have done it again! For the third consecutive year, Marriott School graduate and undergraduate teams placed among the top three schools at the Arthur Andersen National Tax Challenge.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named six MBA candidates as its 2001 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named eight MBA candidates as its 2002 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
For one Brigham Young University student, playing the banjo and a passion for soccer seemed worlds apart—until he was invited to play with his bluegrass band at the World Cup this summer in Seoul, Korea.
A team of four accounting graduate students from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School won first place in the national Deloitte & Touche Tax Challenge competition. The school’s undergraduate team placed second in a separate division.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University announces ten MBA candidates as its 2003 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Despite being one teammate short, arriving at the competition with only five minutes to spare and having to begin planning their case in a car by flashlight, a team of three students from BYU’s Marriott School recently placed second at an international business ethics competition.