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Marriott School Announces
2004 Merrill J. Bateman Awards
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| From left: Associate Dean Lee T.
Perry, Connie Parsons, Robert Parsons, Scott Porter,
Karren Thomas, and Dave Checketts, the event's keynote
speaker. Photo by Annie Jones/BYU |
Students at the Marriott School selected two
of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2004 Merrill
J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their third year,
are the only awards chosen solely by management school students.
Students awarded Karren Thomas and Scott Porter
with Merrill J. Bateman Outstanding Undergraduate and
Graduate Student Awards and Professor Robert J. Parsons
with the Merrill J. Bateman Student Choice Award.
Porter, a second-year MBA student from Las Vegas, received
the outstanding graduate student award. Porter's focus in
the MBA program is marketing, international business, and
corporate social responsibility. He leads the Graduate Student
Council and is president of the Graduate Management Society.
Thomas, a management student from Los Gatos, California, was
given the outstanding undergraduate student award. Thomas
graduated in April 2004 with a degree in business management.
In 2002, she was invited to chair the student fundraising
campaign, "Choose to Give." Thomas is a tutor, a member of
Women in Management, and newsletter editor for the Kevin and
Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness.
Parsons, NAC Professor of Public Management, received the
student choice award. He earned his BS and MS in economics
from BYU and his PhD from the University of California. In
addition, Parsons completed a postdoctoral study in health
care economics at the University of Michigan. He has taught
at BYU since 1970, having served as department chair on two
occasions and as an associate dean of the Marriott School.
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Students Take Donations
and Run
 On
13 March, the Tanner Building was filled with students, staff,
and faculty running up and down the stairs.
But they weren't scrambling to get to meetings or classes—13
March was a Saturday.
Instead, they were participating in the first-ever Corporate
Climb, a stair running competition organized by students to
raise money for the Marriott School's Annual Fund. Two races
composed the event: a three-lap course up and down the building's
162 stairs and a seven-lap version, which was approximately
equal to running up the Sears Tower. Individuals could participate
in the races on their own or on relay teams.
In order to participate, students,
faculty, and staff had to commit at least twenty others to
donate to the Annual Fund. Friends of the university matched
all student donations. The eighty participants raised more
than $13,500 for the Annual Fund.
"The Corporate Climb was a great success and is sure to become
a lasting Marriott School tradition," says Mark Wangsgaard,
MBA student and committee co-chair. "More than two hundred
students sponsored their professors—these students seemed
eager to donate in order to see their professors sweat it
out on the stairs."
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Romney Institute Appoints
New Director
 Dean
Ned C. Hill announced the appointment of Gary Cornia
as director of the George W. Romney Institute of Public Management.
Cornia, the Stewart Grow Professor of Public Management and
former Marriott School associate dean, replaces Robert
Parsons, who served as director for four-and-a-half years.
Gloria Wheeler, a professor of public management, remains
associate director of the Romney Institute, a position she
has held for ten years.
Cornia is past president of the National Tax Association and
has published a number of articles on tax policy in leading
academic journals. He is a former commissioner of the Utah
State Tax Commission and was chair of Utah Governor Mike Leavitt's
Tax Review Commission. He has been involved in tax policy
studies in a variety of state, provincial, and local governments
in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
"I'm especially pleased that Gloria Wheeler has remained as
associate director," Cornia says. "I'm excited about the new
challenge and opportunity, and I hope that I can live up to
the expectations of my predecessors."
Parsons is the NAC Professor of Public Management. Under his
tenure, the Romney Institute has increased the size of its
applicant pool, brought in a full-time person to lead student
placement, strengthened ties with alumni and outside groups,
built its endowment, and hired five faculty members.
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Deloitte Employees Unite
in Donating
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| Kevin Stocks and Dean Ned C. Hill
receive a donation from Bob Call on behalf of the Deloitte
Foundation, a nonprofit organization of Deloitte. |
Last year Deloitte employees pooled together
$113,000 in donations for the Marriott School. The contributions
were gathered through the Deloitte Foundation Matching Gifts
Program, which encourages Deloitte partners and employees
to support higher education.
Through the program, individual partner and employee contributions
are matched by the foundation. The firm and Deloitte Foundation
have contributed nearly $800,000 to the Marriott School over
the past decade.
"The Deloitte Foundation Matching Gifts Program is designed
to encourage giving to those schools and academic programs
that provide education relevant to the profession," says Mark
Chain, president of the Deloitte Foundation and national director
of recruiting and human resources management. "The program
provides support to professorships, scholarships, and many
other important academic funds."
There are about 250 BYU alumni employed with Deloitte, including
twenty-seven partners and firm directors. Deloitte has hired
130 BYU graduates for entry-level positions since 2001. "We
are proud of our long-standing relationship with BYU and its
support of excellence in business education," says James
Quigley, Deloitte CEO. "We are also impressed by the talent
pool produced by the school's business and accountancy programs."
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SOAIS Names New Associate
Director
 Richard
Dalebout, associate professor of business law, has been
named associate director of the School of Accountancy and
Information Systems, replacing Monte Swain. Dalebout,
who returned to the Marriott School after serving a mission
in Hawaii, began teaching business law at BYU in 1980.
Dalebout earned his JD from the University of Utah in 1971
and his BA in political science in 1968. His work experience
includes Provo City prosecutor, deputy Utah County attorney,
and legal counsel for the Provo Municipal Council.
Swain, who earned his MAcc from BYU and his PhD in accountancy
from the University of Michigan, has returned to full-time
teaching.
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School Hosts eBusiness Day
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| Wayne Perry gives the keynote address
at eBusiness Day. |
On 6 February 2004, the Kevin and Debra Rollins
Center for eBusiness hosted its biannual eBusiness Day under
the theme of "E-business Everywhere: Weaving a Wireless Web."
Wayne Perry, CEO of Edge Wireless, gave the keynote address.
Perry spoke about the past, present, and future of wireless
technology. "Don't think that you know what's going to happen
in wireless," he advised. "If you think that all the good
stuff is gone, just remember that half the world's population
has never made a phone call."
Following Perry's speech, the eBusiness Center hosted a two-hour
"Wireless Gadget Demonstration" in which select wireless companies
displayed their latest technology. The demonstration, held
in the Tanner Building atrium, featured more than a dozen
booths with students and company representatives showcasing
various technologies.
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Center for Economic Self-Reliance
Hosts Conference
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| Elder M. Russell Ballard (left)
and Bob Gay shake hands during the banquet kicking off
the Seventh Annual Microenterprise Conference. Photo
by Annie Jones/BYU |
On 11–13 March, the Center for Economic Self-Reliance
(CESR) sponsored the Seventh Annual Microenterprise Conference,
which gathered representatives of microfinance institutions
and non-governmental organizations, educators, students, and
volunteers for discussions and workshops on microenterprise
innovations.
The theme of this year's conference was "Microenterprise with
Education." In conjunction with the conference, participants
were also invited to a microenterprise action fair where they
visited booths set up by local, national, and international
groups. The groups provided information about what they do
and how the public can get involved in microenterprise.
The conference began with a banquet celebrating the opening
of the CESR. The new center paid tribute to Elder M. Russell
Ballard, who has overseen relief efforts in Africa. Elder
Ballard has served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles for nearly twenty years. Through this and other opportunities,
he has developed a strong commitment to help those in need
throughout the world. The center also recognized Bob and Lynette
Gay, who provided an endowment to form the center. The Gays
assist dozens of children's charities and relief organizations,
often traveling with their family to help others in countries
around the world.
"Regardless of people's circumstances, they are the sons and
daughters of God, and they have a dignity and a purpose far
beyond what most of them may ever come to fully comprehend,"
Elder Ballard said at the banquet. "When they come to know
who they are, that's the greatest step they can take in determining
how they're going to work out economic self-reliance and other
parts of self-reliance."
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