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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

Improving Deception Detection

By byuisnews August 01, 2022 11:53 AM
PROVO, Utah – Jun 28, 2018 – In 2001, news of the Enron scandal broke, revealing that the energy company had misrepresented its income. Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that conducted audits of Enron, failed to detect the fraud; neither company recovered after the scandal.

Intern Spotlight: Nathan Turner

By Emma Haynes September 16, 2020 05:49 PM
2nd Year MISM student Nathan Turner has discovered that whether on a normal day or during a global pandemic, Adobe...

Intern Spotlight: Ching Tong

By Emma Haynes January 23, 2020 05:51 PM
As a second year MISM student, Ching Tong was offered her dream job as a consultant for Pariveda Solutions. She...

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

Marshall Romney Endowed Scholarship

By Sam Slighting May 17, 2018 12:34 AM
For 40 years Marshall Romney taught and oversaw the education of students in the School of Accountancy and, later, in the Information Systems Department. Chances are you took a class from him, know someone who did, or benefited from his years as the Information Systems Department chair. Through his influence, his legacy now reaches across the United States and throughout the world.

BYU Marriott Awards Honor Personnel

By Sam Slighting May 09, 2018 07:20 PM
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business honored a group of faculty, staff, and administrators for their outstanding teaching, research, and service during the school’s annual year-end awards luncheon.

Jenkins Receives AIS Early Career Award

By Sam Slighting March 26, 2018 09:44 PM
Dr. Jeff Jenkins, Assistant Professor in the BYU Marriott School of Business Department of Information Systems, was recently recognized for his contributions to the field of information systems by receiving the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Early Career Award.