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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 Marriott School at Brigham Young University, a nationally ranked business school, will host two free information sessions for executives interested in earning a master's degree in business administration. The information sessions will be held Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the BYU campus in room 710 of the Tanner Building.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University, a nationally ranked business school, will host two free information sessions for executives interested in earning a master's degree in business administration. The information sessions will be held Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the BYU campus in room 710 of the Tanner Building.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University has announced the appointment of Robert J. Parsons as chair of the Romney Institute of Public Management.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University, a nationally ranked business school, will host two free information sessions for executives interested in earning a master's degree in business administration. The information sessions will be held Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel at 255 South West Temple. Validated parking will be available for those who attend the sessions.
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.
Every year, a unique group of city and county managers from throughout the U.S. and Canada meet to discuss local government issues and revive their spirituality.
Brigham Young University's Marriott School was listed as one of the top programs for delivering the fastest return on investment by Forbes and as one of the leading international business schools by Financial Times.
Financial Times, London's premier financial newspaper, ranked the Marriott School as the ninth-best business school for its finance program in a survey comparing business schools covering five continents. Overall, the Marriott School was ranked 71st in the world for its international education.
The Master of Organizational Behavior program at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School will present its fourth-annual William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award to J. Bonner Ritchie at a banquet Friday, Mar. 31 at the Provo Marriott Hotel.
Romanna Giulia Remor dreams of being a senator in the Brazilian Congress. In fact, she plans to run for office in her home state of Santa Catarina in the 2002 elections.
Touting the fastest payback in the nation, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management is a steal according to BusinessWeek’s new ranking of the best b-schools. The magazine reports that BYU’s MBA graduates take only 3.5 years to recoup their investment in lost work and tuition.
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.
Shannon Francis edged into a seat in the back of her Marriott School Executive MBA classroom, trying not to draw attention to herself since she was among the few not wearing a suit. "Then about twenty minutes late, Steven waltzed in the door in rumpled, wrinkled casual attire, and I said to myself, ‘We could get along!'" Besides that, Shannon was sure that it meant he was single.
Manhattan Investment Banker Credits BYU Scholarships For Career Success For someone who always wanted to be a doctor, a position as vice president of JP Morgan Chase & Co., wasn’t exactly what investment banker Katherine Lum had in mind. She lives and works in Manhattan and is responsible for assisting clients in raising debt securities in the private placement market. Depending on the flow of deals, Lum has been known to work up to twenty-hour days. What keeps her motivated? “I truly enjoy my job,” she said.
For Wyman Roberts, vacationing at Universal Studios proved to be so much fun that he decided to land a career in the industry. Roberts has been appointed executive vice president of marketing—chief marketing officer—for Universal Studios Recreation Group.
Brigham Young University offers MBA students more bang for the buck than any other regional school. The Marriott School of Management's MBA program was ranked number one among regional business schools in the 15 October issue of Forbes. The magazine surveyed 20,000 graduates from 104 top national and international business schools.
Intel business analyst Jason Packham said there might be a correlation between his winnings on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and his BYU education. One question asked on the show was, "In which of these languages is the first-person singular subject pronoun always capitalized?" Packham gave the correct answer: English.
Peter Christensen launched his writing career as an undergrad working for The Daily Universe. He was promoted from sports reporter to editor and then to editor-in-chief filling numerous other positions while on staff. "If I had my druthers, I might have ended up being a sports writer," Christensen said.
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.
So what do you do when the crowds dissipate, the athletes take their medals home and you’re left with empty multi-million-dollar Olympic facilities?
BYU's Marriott School of Management will host the Fifth Annual Microenterprise Conference "Practical Approaches to Ending Poverty" 15-16 March 2002. Grounded in a belief that access to resources is the greatest barrier to ending poverty, speakers at this year's conference will examine the best practices of the past, critique today's organizations and take a pragmatic look at the future of the microenterprise movement.
The Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University named William H. Hansell, executive director of the International City/County Management Association, as its 2002 Administrator of the Year. Hansell has been executive director of ICMA since October 1983.
The Marriott School of Management's Rollins Center for eBusiness, in connection with LexisNexis and WebCE.com, will stream three business lectures in April to determine the feasibility of making the school's ebusiness, entrepreneurial, executive and MBA lectures available on the Web next fall.