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Intern Spotlight: Conner Paulson

Conner Paulson knows firsthand that you should never underestimate an opportunity to get your resume out there and network. Due...
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Creating New Opportunities Through Sports Analytics

When the worldwide pandemic hit in March 2020, countless students found themselves battling with the uncertainty of the future. As in-person internships were no longer an option, some companies began to offer replacement virtual internships while others cancelled their programs altogether. Many students were left without internships and scrambling to find replacements.
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Escaping Finals

Every student is familiar with the standard multiple-choice final exam given at the end of almost every course. While these exams can measure the level of understanding of a student to a certain extent, it is easy to wonder if the material covered will really apply to life after college. Dr. Jeff Jenkins took this problem and created an interactive, hands-on final to prepare students for the future. In Fall 2019, he created an escape room for the final exam of his course.
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Dr. Greg Anderson Receives the Cherrington Faculty Service Award 2019

If you have taken IS 303 or been in the IS Core, then you have probably taken a class from Dr. Greg Anderson. Due to his excellence and contributions to the IS Department, Dr. Greg Anderson was awarded the Cherrington Faculty Service Award for 2019.
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Dr. Steve Liddle Named New IS Department Chair

BYU Marriott Dean Brigitte Madrian recently announced that effective May 18th, Dr. Steve Liddle has been named the new chair of the Information Systems Department.

Students

A BYU Marriott Education Extends to Harvard

By byuisnews April 16, 2019 04:31 PM
PROVO, Utah – Apr 16, 2019 – Deciding between two summer employment opportunities, especially two great organizations that seemed like a perfect fit, was the root of conflicting emotions for BYU Marriott student Autumn Clark. As Clark traveled to attend the Harvard Business School Dynamic Women in Business Conference this semester, she hoped some resolution to her questions and concerns could be found in consulting with experienced and diversified women. She was not disappointed.

Intern Spotlight: Jacob Peterson

By Britney Fronk March 07, 2019 04:05 PM
What can an IS student do for the largest zoo in Texas? Jacob Peterson, a MISM student in his final year, spent the summer helping the Dallas Zoo update its visitor experience as an intern at Pariveda Solutions, a technology-consulting firm.

Intern Spotlight: Avery Awerkamp

By Britney Fronk February 28, 2019 01:37 PM
Fun facts about Avery Awerkamp: she just started the MISM program this past year; a total soccer fanatic, she watched every game of the 2018 World Cup; and she interned at Honeywell Aerospace last summer back in her hometown, Tempe, Arizona.

AIS

Domo Data Analytics Hackathon Recap

By byuisnews March 03, 2020 03:13 PM
On February 21-22, AIS partnered with Domo and Weave to host the Domo Data Analytics Hackathon. Participating teams were provided a dataset and analytics challenge by Weave Friday afternoon. Each team was given 24 hours to work on their analytics utilizing Domo software and presented Saturday morning to a panel of judges, who then selected the winners.

BYU Marriott Students Win Big at AIS Competition

By byuisnews November 08, 2019 01:57 PM
PROVO, Utah – Nov 06, 2019 – BYU Marriott information systems students, supported by faculty and armed with experiential knowledge, took home first- and second-place finishes at the tenth annual Association for Information Systems Student Chapter Leadership Conference.

Collecting Hardware

By Sam Slighting April 25, 2018 09:05 PM
Hard drives and motherboards weren’t the only hardware at the annual Association for Information Systems Student Chapter Leadership Conference: BYU Marriott School of Business information systems students took home one second-place and two first-place trophies as well.

Alumni

An Evolving Career

By byuisnews August 01, 2018 02:36 PM
PROVO, Utah – Jul 23, 2018 – BYU Marriott information systems alum Roy Peckham’s career is always evolving, due in part to changes in the industry.

Partners in Marriage and Business

By Sam Slighting March 05, 2018 02:25 PM
For BYU Marriott alum Brent Anderson, the Tanner Building houses memories of late night study sessions, meetings with professors, and his first date with his wife, Michelle, at a Divine Comedy performance.

Faculty

Collaborative Video Games Could Increase Office Productivity

By byuisnews January 28, 2019 08:05 AM
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office.

BYU Marriott Welcomes Its New Dean

By Camille Christiansen January 11, 2019 11:32 AM
PROVO, Utah – Jan 07, 2019 – After six months of anticipation, Brigham Young University finally welcomes its newest dean. On 1 January 2019, Brigitte C. Madrian began her tenure as dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business.

Paying Attention to Notifications

By byuisnews June 06, 2018 12:00 AM
PROVO, Utah – May 24, 2018 – Using brain data, eye-tracking data and field-study data, a group of BYU Marriott School of Business faculty researchers have confirmed something about our interaction with security warnings on computers and phones: the more we see them, the more we tune them out.