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Deans Reappointed
Left to right: W. Steve Albrecht, Ned C.
Hill, Lee T. Perry |
Academic Vice President Alan L. Wilkins announced
the reappointment of Ned C. Hill as dean of the Marriott
School for a second five-year term. Associate Deans W. Steve
Albrecht and Lee T. Perry were also reappointed.
"We anticipate that Dean Hill will continue to provide outstanding
leadership to the college and valuable service to the entire university,"
Wilkins said.
Under the leadership of Deans Hill, Albrecht, and Perry, the school:
attained its highest ever international rankings; was reaccredited
by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business; revamped
program curriculum; launched a successful diversity initiative;
expanded teaching capacity by nearly 20 percent; added fifteen new
faculty positions; began a research initiative that resulted in
more than half the faculty receiving annual research awards; expanded
placement services through the state-of-the-art Business Career
Center; formed the eBusiness, Global Management, and Economic Self-Reliance
Centers and the Institute of Financial Services; integrated new
technologies and online data management systems; implemented a comprehensive
strategic planning process, and raised $35 million for operations
and the school's endowment
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Romney Institute Honors
City Manager
 The
Marriott School's Romney Institute of Public Management honored
John C. Darrington with its 2003 N. Dale Wright Distinguished
Alumnus Award, one of the most prestigious honors given by
the institute. The Romney Institute presented the award at
a banquet 9 May 2003.
The award is given annually to an alumnus of the BYU Master
of Public Administration program who demonstrates extraordinary
service and leadership in the work environment, is actively
involved in community volunteer activities, and maintains
a high standard of excellence.
"John Darrington represents a man of great integrity, strong
work ethic, and management efficiency in carrying out his
responsibilities as a public servant and volunteer church
leader," says Robert Parsons, Romney Institute director.
"John has always been one who demonstrates kindness and sensitivity
to those he associates with. He is the benchmark of what a
public servant should be."
In addition to his achievements as a public administrator,
Darrington is known as a dynamic and innovative leader in
restructuring organizations and developing work teams. He
has published articles in Public Management and Idaho Cities
and in 1993 wrote Goal Setting: Steps for Progress,
a book published by the National League of Cities.
The award was named for former Romney Institute director and
professor of thirty-three years N. Dale Wright.
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Marriott School Forms
Center for Economic Self-Reliance
 Last
spring, BYU officials announced the creation of the Center
for Economic Self-Reliance to oversee and coordinate the university's
ongoing initiatives to help families throughout the world
become economically self-reliant.
The new center will bring together the annual Microenterprise
Conference, Journal of Microfinance, and research and
fieldwork support. Formation of the center was initiated by
a $3 million contribution from Bob and Lynette Gay,
recent recipients of BYU's 2003 President's Award for their
ongoing support of BYU.
"Bob and I are honored to participate in the establishment
of the Center for Economic Self-Reliance and encourage others
to join us in building this program," says Lynette Gay. "We
are excited by the center's potential to help families break
out of the cycle of poverty."
Abu Hassan Conteh (1964-) “Becoming
Self-Reliant” 1993 Textile. Courtesy Museum of Church
History and Art. |
Dean Ned C. Hill intends the new academic
center to become the recognized leader and clearinghouse for
information and best practices in the microenterprise movement.
"I see it as a perfect way to combine our knowledge of management
with the ideals and concerns our students and faculty have
to help God's children," Hill says.
Warner Woodworth, professor of organizational leadership
and strategy, says, "The new center is in some ways the culmination
of ten to fifteen years of developing new courses in microenterprise,
third-world studies, social entrepreneurship, nongovernmental
organization management, and strategies for family self-reliance."
Todd Manwaring was named managing director of the center,
and Gibb Dyer, O. L. Stone Professor of Entrepreneurship,
was named academic director.
"I believe the Center for Economic Self-Reliance can become
one of the premiere centers in the world for sponsoring research
that will have a significant impact on the lives of those
who are struggling to become self-reliant," Dyer says.
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Marriott School Presents
2003 Merrill J. Bateman Awards
Left to right: Aaron Ashby, Nick Newton,
Merrill Bateman, Steven Thorley. |
Students at the Marriott School selected two
of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2003 Merrill
J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their second year,
are the only awards chosen solely by business school students.
Student leaders joined President Merrill J. Bateman
and Dean Ned C. Hill to recognize Aaron Ashby
and Nick Newton with Merrill J. Bateman Outstanding
Student Awards and Professor Steven R. Thorley with
the Merrill J. Bateman Student Choice Award. The presentation
was made at the April BYU Management Society graduation banquet.
Aaron Ashby, a 2003 MBA graduate from Salt Lake City, received
the outstanding graduate student award. Ashby was the Marriott
Alumni Shop's operations and supply chain manager, the Supply
Chain Management Student Association's vice president, a Career
Services liaison, and a Marriott School scholarship recipient.
He also organized a mentor program that paired ninety Timpanogos
Elementary students with Marriott School students.
"I took advantage of opportunities that came along and tried
to contribute in my own way," Ashby explains. "I would encourage
people to give back in any way they can—that makes all the
difference."
Nick Newton, a 2003 information systems graduate from Portland,
Oregon, received the outstanding undergraduate student award.
Because Newton was one of the few information systems students
in Beta Alpha Psi, he had many opportunities to be involved
with the club, including managing its web site. He served
as vice president of technology for the club and set up the
computer network, programs, and printers for the Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance lab, a free service that helped more
than seven hundred people e-file their tax returns.
Steven Thorley, professor of finance and business management,
received the student choice award. He earned his PhD in financial
economics from the University of Washington in 1991 and has
taught finance at the Marriott School for eleven years. Thorley
is a chartered financial analyst and popular investments teacher.
He is widely published in both academic and professional journals
and has presented at academic and professional seminars around
the world. Thorley is also the faculty advisor for the Silver
Fund, a course where MBA students manage nearly $1 million
in real assets.
Bateman, BYU's eleventh president, former Marriott School
dean, and Management Society founder, commented at the awards
banquet, "I think it's the first thing named after me except
for my home. But it means I have to live up to what's being
said; I need to do my part, and I take that responsibility
seriously."
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BYU Establishes Institute
for Leading Organizational Change
University officials announced the creation
of the William G. Dyer Institute for Leading Organizational
Change as the newest administrative institution in the Marriott
School. The institute will provide means to further faculty
research about organizational change and allocate resources
to facilitate learning in research or field studies.
Kate Kirkham, executive director of the institute,
says the combination of faculty and student resources will
provide unique opportunities for research in business and
management education. She adds, "The institute will continue
the active involvement of MOB alumni and their association
with the Marriott School; it will create many new friends
and contributions from those who seek knowledge about leading
organizational change."
Formation of the institute was initiated by a donation from
the William G. Dyer family. Dyer was the first chair of the
Department of Organizational Behavior at BYU after its establishment
in 1970 and was dean of the Marriott School from 1979 to 1984.
He served on the BYU faculty for more than thirty-five years.
The institute will focus on increasing student-mentored learning
experiences, promoting the development of change theory, and
creating new curriculum and tools for leading organizational
change. Dean Ned C. Hill says, "The Marriott School's
OBHR faculty has a long tradition of applied scholarship,
research, and effective teaching." He adds, "The institute
provides an integrated approach for both faculty and student
learning about organizational change."
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Marriott School in U.S.
News Top Thirty
 The
Marriott School ranked twenty-ninth for the second straight
year in the United States, reports U.S.News & World Report
in the magazine's 14 April, Best Graduate Schools issue.
The school has maintained or improved its standing in every
major business school ranking published in the past two years,
including those in the Financial Times, The Wall Street
Journal, Forbes, and Business Week. The school
attributes much of this success, says Dean Ned C. Hill,
to the strength of its students and to an increasingly active
alumni network.
"We're always gratified to be ranked among the nation's top
business schools," Hill says. He adds that this past year
has been one of the most challenging the school has seen in
terms of the lagging economy and difficult placement environment.
"Given these conditions, we're particularly pleased that both
our recruiter and peer assessments have improved, providing
our graduates an increased advantage."
Full ranking reports are available in the newsstand book America's
Best Graduate Schools 2004 edition and online at www.usnews.com.
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Marriott School Honors
Four with Excellence Awards
Back: Pamela Castillo and Tad Brinkerhoff.
Front: Darlene Burgi and Joan Young. Photo courtesy
of Mark Philbrick/BYU. |
The Marriott School announced the 2003 Staff
and Administrator Excellence Awards last June. This year's
recipients include: Pamela Castillo, controller; Tad
Brinkerhoff, Global Management Center executive director;
Darlene Burgi, Military Science Department secretary;
and Joan Young, undergraduate management program director.
"We extend our congratulations to these four remarkable people
who represent so well what the Marriott School is all about,"
says Dean Ned C. Hill.
The recipients received their awards at the Marriott School
Staff and Administrator Luncheon on 21 May at the Riverside
Country Club. Honorees were nominated by their peers and selected
by a volunteer committee for consistently demonstrating exemplary
service and excellence. Each winner received a plaque and
$750.
"These people really take their jobs to the limit and do truly
outstanding work," says Amy Kohler, an award-selection
committee member.
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