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Student Experiences 2021
The hexagon-shaped stickers unique to BYU Marriott's information systems program help students build friendships and connect with other students who aren't in their classes.

Doing good even better is a tall order, but it’s one that BYU Marriott’s MSB 375 course, Social Innovation: Do Good Better, has successfully taken on.
An all-women team of students from the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business took first place at the Utah Venture Capital Case Competition.

Even though students cannot be prepared for all future changes, a new analytics class at BYU Marriott helps teach students some of the skills they'll need to make decisions in their future careers.

With its emphasis on teaching students to discover solutions to seemingly impossible problems, BYU Marriott's course Strategy 421: Strategy Implementation is one that Sherlock Holmes would have approved of.
The BYU Marriott entrepreneurship lecture series helps students to innovate solutions that address the challenges at work, in their communities, and within their homes.

Three BYU students studying abroad in 2020 share what it was like to adapt to online learning during COVID-19 and how the Global Business Center worked to support them from afar.

Every semester, students in BYU Marriott's Silver Fund manage more than three million dollars of real investments through trading stocks.

BYU Marriott information systems students Madison Corbin and Cherileigh Leavitt recently presented a paper at a renowned international conference.

A team of IS students took home the first-place $1,000 prize in the annual Game Day Analytics Challenge hosted by the University of Utah.

In 2020, BYU Marriott marketing student Eddy Columna had an idea to start a podcast that featured student entrepreneurs from BYU and talked about the resources of the Rollins Center.

The Business Model Competition prompts students to design tests that validate their business ideas.

BYU junior Isaac Dushku was recently announced as the 2021 Student Entrepreneur of the Year by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.


Every year, each department in the BYU Marriott School of Business selects one outstanding student to receive the Bateman Award, which recognizes excellence both inside and outside the classroom. The award is named after Merrill J. Bateman, who served as the dean of BYU Marriott from 1975–79 and the president of BYU from 1996–2003.
BYU's motto—the world is our campus—is embodied by a team of students who hosted the Beyond Borders case competition in March 2021.




The 2020–21 Williams Scholars were recently announced at a special event in the Tanner Building. This year's four recipients are Caitlin Jolley, Angela Smith, Jacob Valentine, and Logan Wooden.
A group of BYU Marriott students recently looked at past prison stereotypes and brainstormed solutions to make the Utah Department of Corrections a better place to work.

The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business MBA program has awarded ten students with the 2021 George E. Stoddard Prize, an award given to first- and second-year students in the BYU Marriott MBA program.

A victory at the Utah SHRM Case Competition marked back-to-back wins for undergraduate students, and a graduate team also took first place.

Students from various high schools teamed up to submit their presentations and business plans to the 2021 Virtual High School Language Competition hosted by the Global Business Center.

Ten students were named as 2021 Hawes Scholars, an honor that carries the highest distinction given to MBA students at BYU Marriott.

Giving students the unique chance to improve lives through joint efforts with nonprofit organizations, the Ballard Center helps students find purpose in helping others through its social innovation projects.

The Whitmore Global Business Center at BYU Marriott announced that eleven MBA students were recently recognized as the 2021 Eccles Scholars.

The New Venture Challenge allowed student entrepreneurs to present their future plans for the growth of their businesses to a panel of judges.