Stories from BYU Marriott
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BYU Marriott Welcomes New Faculty in 2025
As seven new faculty members joined the BYU Marriott School of Business, Dean Brigitte Madrian shares, “We are grateful that these extremely capable individuals have joined our faculty. They are deeply committed to our guiding principle of being centered on students and to our mission of developing leaders of faith, intellect, and character who will transform the world.”
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Building a Brand(ing Course)
Before many of them start their first internship, BYU Marriott MBA students who take MBA 657: Brand Management Strategy already have hands-on experience solving problems and acting as brand manangers for brands, such as Hershey’s and Indian Motorcycle.
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Leading and Being Led
After earning an MPA from BYU Marriott in 1970, Michael Dyal focused his career on creating a culture of continual improvement and customer service in each of the four cities where he worked as a city manager.
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Gushing with New Ideas
While the internet continues debating if fruit snacks are candy, General Mills is working to put their product Gushers in the candy aisles. To do this, the company went through BYU Marriott to enlist the help of five students.
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Pop-Tarts, Pine Cones, and Passion Projects
As the BYU Marriott School of Business ExDM student experience administrator, Nicole Utley works to help students develop clarity, competence, and confidence: clarity to see what’s possible, competence in their field of study, and confidence to take it out into the world.
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Flying in the Face of Challenges
For Luke Parker, being a captain in the Air Force and associate professor is more than just a love for airplanes—it's also how service led to personal growth in all aspects of his life.
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A Strategic Route to a Consulting Career
Many students in the strategy program, are preparing for careers in consulting.
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Learning to Research, Researching to Learn
Whether they are stepping into their first research assistant (RA) role or building on past research experiences, students in the Marriott Research Fellows (MRF) program gain new skills and build stronger faculty connections as they begin work as RAs.
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Critical Thinking and Intentional Living
Assistant professor of marketing Cameron Bale hopes to help students go beyond what they see on the page and think critically to find deeper solutions to problems, both in their assignments and their lives.
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Using Excel to Excel
Human resource management (HRM) senior Anna Parry has a bit of an unconventional hobby: coding spreadsheets. After learning how to code Excel in class at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Parry used her skills to serve others in her mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in her goal to earn The Congressional Award Gold Medal.
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Prompted, Not Planned
For Nicole Donahoo, the path to becoming an assistant professor began with a breakup—an ordeal that spurred Donahoo to turn to the Lord for guidance. Since then, she’s learned that following the promptings of the Lord brings her joy, even when God’s plans are different from what she had in mind.
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Digging In
Ginger Belnap, a landscape designer, shares that she's humbled by the simple beauties that God has given us. “There is healing being in the dirt and being with the Earth.”
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Coding His Own Path
Cameron Moll never expected that the insert that fell out of The Daily Universe would eventually lead him to a career spanning the Church, Meta, and beyond.
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From Grandpa’s Lap to Global Impact
Flipping through The Wall Street Journal each Saturday morning and discussing stock picks with his grandpa helped James Fletcher realize the real investment wasn’t in equities—it was in Fletcher himself.
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Deciding Where to Land
Through serving on the Global Supply Chain Association at BYU Marriott, senior Tyler Anderson connects with students going through the same uncertainty he experienced in his freshman and sophomore years.
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Paving Her Own Path
From performing arts to chemistry to business to family, BYU Marriott MBA alumna Mandy Crane has forged a variety of paths. “In some ways,” she says, “when you follow a path that no one else is following, you’re creating a better experience for yourself and for your family.”
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Fighting Hunger—Together
Connecting with the people making a difference has been at the heart of the Ballard Center’s hunger initiative, an ongoing series of events designed to spark dialogue and drive collective impact.
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Getting a Foot in the Door through NetTreks
BYU Marriott School students went on a two-day NetTrek to Dallas, where they met industry professionals and built connections—both with companies and their peers.
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