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Student Experiences

Sharing Light in Supply Chain

By Melissa Een
March 25, 2026
During the 2025 spring semester, 30 students visited six countries in Asia and the Pacific to identify possible instances of modern slavery. John Gardner, an associate professor who led the trip, says, “From the very first class period, students were encouraged to think about ways that they could share light with each of the people that we would contact: both in the businesses and in our cultural visits.”
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Student Spotlight

Keeping the Dream Alive

By Bryan Ross
March 24, 2026
Graciela Massey thought her dream of coming to BYU Marriott had gone up in flames. But she made her way to the MBA program, and is now working to help others find the same path.
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School News

Embracing the Journey to Winning the 2025 Big Idea Competition

By Kiana Aquino
March 23, 2026
As the winner of the 2025 Big Idea Competition hosted by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Ryan Zimbauer says the recognition for his project, MagPocket, is a result of continually seeking and taking opportunities to learn.
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Student Experiences

Building Bridges Through Cultural Understanding

By Bryan Ross
March 18, 2026
As Simon Greathead, a teaching professor of global supply chain at the BYU Marriott School of Business, teaches his students about international business and culture, he says he hopes to help students build bridges of understanding and Christlike culture in their future business roles.
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Student Experiences

Workshopping Growth

By Kiana Aquino
March 11, 2026
While serving at a workshop hosted by the human resource management (HRM) program, HRM students learned that using their education to help others can encourage growth and joy for both themselves and the people they serve.
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Student Experiences

Adding to the Legacy: Entrepreneurship through the Rollins Center

By Kiana Aquino
March 02, 2026
Peyton Jackson and other student entrepreneur find support in building their businesses from Christlike predecessors and an entrepreneurial culture at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
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Student Experiences

IS Students Integrate Skills into Service

By Kiana Aquino
February 26, 2026
From pinning vests to programming websites, information systems (IS) students at the BYU Marriott School of Business worked with a local nonprofit to help people experiencing homelessness stay warm in the winter.
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Student Spotlight

Building a Career on Building Up Others

By Bryan Ross
February 20, 2026
As a senior in high school, Christian Dahneke decided to be a better example to the younger members of his congregation, and he says he’s carried a passion for building people up ever since: “I learned in that really small example that I can be a leader, and that I can help people feel the love of the Savior and grow closer to Him.”
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Student Experiences

Diffusing Light through Finance Mentoring

By Bryan Ross
February 19, 2026
“It’s a beautiful thing,” says Professor of Finance Taylor Nadauld as he describes how finance students at the BYU Marriott School of Business mentor each other.
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Student Spotlight

Determined to Become

By Elizabeth Walker
February 17, 2026
With the end goal of becoming a lawyer, earning an MPA for John Lidang is less about his career aspirations and more about his desire to become a Christlike leader.
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Student Experiences

An Express Lane to Experience

By Bryan Ross
February 12, 2026
The clock read 1 a.m., and Nathan Jessop was still wrestling to finish the financial report his internship sponsor was expecting the next day. The thought came: Ask for help. But he resisted.
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Student Spotlight

Surgically Designed Experiences

By Nicholas Day
February 11, 2026
In a room full of healthcare veterans, experience design and management senior Emily Weber challenged herself to speak up. Weber says it's important to push herself to grow—even when she feels inexperienced, intimidated, or uncertain.
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Student Experiences

Lifting Each Other Up: How the Women in Strategy Association Builds Community

By Elizabeth Walker
January 30, 2026
"WSA gives strategy students that circle of support—people they can bring their hard questions to, celebrate wins with, and lean on during tough days,” says BYU Marriott assistant professor Lena Lizunova.
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Student Spotlight

A Leap of Faith for an International Degree

By Bryan Ross
January 28, 2026
After 10 years in technology development and engineering, Fabian Serradell quit his job and moved his young family more than 5,000 miles to a foreign country to join the MBA program at BYU Marriott.
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Student Spotlight

Where Community and Character Converge

By Kiana Aquino
January 26, 2026
As he's served in the Army ROTC and studied information systems at BYU Marriott, Spencer Wright says these communities have shaped his character, perspective, and trajectory.
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Student Experiences

A World of Opportunities

By Bryan Ross
January 23, 2026
Regardless of what businesses they visit or what activities they participate in, BYU Marriott students who participate in the annual Business Semester in Italy and Europe make connections while immersing themselves in new cultures.
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Student Spotlight

When Life Throws a Curveball

By Elizabeth Walker
January 14, 2026
He isn’t trying to become a professional baseball player, but BYU Marriott strategy senior Cole Bourne hopes that both “professional” and “baseball” still end up in his future job description.
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Student Spotlight

Trusting in God’s Timing

By Bryan Ross
January 14, 2026
Heidi Wakefield had planned to spend the months after her freshman year at Brigham Young University as a Nauvoo performing missionary, but her application was denied. She took a chance on finance and learned that for her, God's timing is perfect.
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