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How you can help support Eccles School alumni small businesses

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T18:33:55-06:00June 5th, 2020|

While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide, our country’s small businesses have been particularly affected. We’re highlighting some of our alumni-owned small businesses that could benefit from the Eccles School community support during this time. Whether that’s buying their products or services, sharing about their company on social media or utilizing their software for your own job or [...]

SMART Start alumni panel discusses six ways to build your network

Lisa Collins2020-06-02T15:57:30-06:00June 3rd, 2020|

Now, more than ever, it’s important to have a strong network to utilize in your career and business. A recent article from TopResume showed that 60% of jobs are found through networking instead of online or recruiters. But how do you go about building a network? On May 19, 2020, the David Eccles Alumni Network and Business Career Services held their first-ever virtual SMART [...]

Remembering Robert H. Garff, Eccles School benefactor

Jerry Norton2020-03-30T17:19:26-06:00March 30th, 2020|

The Eccles School community has lost a hero and a giant. Robert H. Garff, 77, passed away from coronavirus complications on Sunday, March 29. “I am deeply saddened by the loss of Bob Garff, who has had an incredible impact on education throughout the state,” said Taylor Randall, dean of the David Eccles School of Business. “He, like his father and many of his children [...]

12 Markets in 12 Months with an Eccles Alum

Alyssa Ritzel2023-03-16T17:09:19-06:00March 12th, 2020|

Eccles School alum Burton Flynn started his finance career as a humble business student working in the Student Investment Fund, an undergraduate investment experience in fund management. Now, as a CFA and managing partner at Terra Nova Capital, Evli Group, Flynn has graduated from the $700,000 SIF portfolio and manages the Evli Emerging Frontier Fund. Flynn and his colleague Ivan Nechunaev, appearing in the [...]

Three factors impacting outdoor industry business according to Eccles Alumni Forum panelists

Jerry Norton2020-02-24T11:33:36-07:00February 24th, 2020|

It’s easy to forget about the business aspects of the outdoor industry when you’re skiing through fresh powder or mountain biking the scenic trails along the Wasatch. But behind the beauty and excitement lie ever-changing factors that are carefully calculated by industry professionals. The most recent Eccles Alumni Forum, Level Up Utah: Winning Business in Nature’s Playground, featured four outdoor industry titans who brought [...]

Alum DJ Joune talks passion, gratitude, and grit with First Ascent Scholars

Alyssa Ritzel2020-01-28T13:36:30-07:00January 28th, 2020|

Each year the David Eccles School of Business invites First Ascent scholars, faculty, and mentors to connect over dinner and listen to an alumni guest speaker. This year, DJ Joune, the official home DJ of the Utah Jazz, spoke at the event and shared how he lives a life of passion and service. Joune began his inspirational talk with a snapshot of his [...]

Jay Barney to receive John Fayerweather Eminent Scholar Award

Jerry Norton2020-02-07T09:43:45-07:00January 24th, 2020|

Eccles School professor Jay Barney has been selected to receive the 2020 John Fayerweather Eminent Scholar Award from the Fellows of the Academy of International Business, to be presented this July at the AIB annual conference in Miami. This is the most important award given by the AIB and is selected by a committee of Fellows. The award is unique, honoring scholars from outside [...]

New HOPE scholarship will support more first-generation students

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T18:32:19-06:00December 20th, 2019|

A new scholarship is bringing HOPE to low-and-moderate income, first-generation students in Salt Lake City. The HOPE scholarship, which stands for Helping Our People Excel, was announced Friday as a private-public collaboration between Salt Lake City, the Semnani Family Foundation and the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. The Eccles School and the Foundation have jointly seeded the scholarship fund with $150,000. [...]

Panel shares tips on working with empathy at LGBTQ+ event

Jerry Norton2019-12-06T12:29:34-07:00December 6th, 2019|

How do employers create an environment that allows employees to bring their whole and best selves to work? Several members from the LGBTQ+ business community shared their ideas for working with empathy at a recent panel sponsored by the Out for Business club and Alumni Relations at the David Eccles School of Business. The panelists were: Derek Kitchen, Utah State Senator for District 2 [...]

Scholarship luncheon celebrates First Generation students

Jerry Norton2019-11-25T11:51:35-07:00November 25th, 2019|

The David Eccles School recently honored scholarship recipients and donors at its 68th annual Scholarship Luncheon. This year's event coincided with First Generation Student Day, and to celebrate, some of the Eccles School's First Ascent Scholars were student speakers, along with first-generation alumna Kimberly Maez Johnston, now a national tax partner with EY. Johnston spoke powerfully about how receiving the Ruth Eleanor Bamberger and [...]

Eccles Alumni Forum – Capital Raise

Jerry Norton2019-11-06T16:33:37-07:00November 6th, 2019|

Before that next big business can take the world by storm, it faces a huge hurdle — the capital raise. Three Eccles School alumni — along with moderator Jeffrey Gelder Lewis — discussed the current climate and challenges facing companies that are trying to expand and grow. Panelists included Matt Marsh of Sorensen Capital, Sam Orme of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and John [...]

Women in Business: history, allyship, and affecting change

Dale Frost2023-03-16T18:32:12-06:00October 31st, 2019|

In support of people of all gender identities, the David Eccles School of Business hosted the Fall 2019 Women in Business Luncheon, featuring panelists Shireen Ghorbani, Salt Lake City Council Member; Kris Liacopoulos, former general manager of Fidelity Investments Utah region; and Shawn Coon, Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant at the University of Utah. Ghorbani kicked off the event with a brief yet thorough [...]

What your donation during the 1917-Minute Challenge means to recipients

Jerry Norton2020-10-12T16:06:22-06:00October 28th, 2019|

The annual 1917-Minute Challenge is upon us, and we're in a race against the clock to recruit 750 donors and raise money for scholarships for our incredible students. With that in mind, we thought we'd let some of the students who received scholarship funds from last year's Challenge tell us — in their own words — how their lives have been impacted by [...]

The annual 1917-minute challenge kicks off this week and we need YOUR help!

Jerry Norton2019-10-28T10:50:03-06:00October 28th, 2019|

The annual 1917-Minute Challenge will officially kick off tomorrow, October 29th at noon! Dean Taylor Randall is calling on all alumni, donors, staff, faculty and students to make scholarships our top priority and you can help by giving back. We have 1,917 minutes to find 1,000 donors committed to changing the lives of students at the David Eccles School of Business. How can you [...]

Catch the new documentary on Marriner S. Eccles airing on KUED

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T18:16:30-06:00October 21st, 2019|

Set your DVR to catch the new documentary "Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve," premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on KUED. The film, produced by KUED senior producer John Howe, follows Eccles from his childhood working in the family's lumber, construction, and banking institutions through his rise to chair of the First Security Corporation. Eccles was then tapped by President Franklin D. [...]

Pughs share advice for success at Family Business Roundtable

Jerry Norton2019-10-09T12:40:14-06:00October 9th, 2019|

You may not have heard of Thermo King or Cummins, but you are almost certainly a customer. "If you eat, you're a customer of ours. If you live in a building, you're a customer of ours," said Don Pugh, Chairman of Thermo King Intermountain and the speaker at this semester's Family Business Roundtable. "These businesses touch you in ways you don't realize." Pugh and [...]

Greg Goff addresses Eccles School community at 2019 Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation

Jerry Norton2021-03-03T10:03:00-07:00September 13th, 2019|

Successful leaders not only make a positive and significant impact on the world, but they encourage and enable others to do the same. That was the message delivered by speaker Greg Goff at the 2019 Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation, hosted Thursday by the David Eccles School of Business. Goff, Executive Vice Chairman of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, encouraged students to focus on three fundamental words [...]

Eccles Alumni Forum panelists help attendees boost their AI IQ

Bayleigh Whiteley2019-06-20T10:51:50-06:00June 20th, 2019|

Integrating Artifical Intelligence (AI) into the operations of a business is starting to become a prominent trend within many corporations. Dr. Dan Reed, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Utah was joined by Bassam Salem, CEO of AtlasRTX, Glenn Colby, President of Invarius, and Keelan Johns, Senior Director of Engineering at Clearlink, to discuss how AI is utilized as [...]

David Eccles School of Business announces 2019 Hall of Fame inductees

Jerry Norton2019-06-06T14:39:43-06:00June 6th, 2019|

The David Eccles School of Business held its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, June 6, 2019. This year's award goes to David Neeleman of Azul and JetBlue airlines. He was joined by Clearlink CEO Phil Hansen, who received the Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, Lianna Kinard of Buckner Company who was named this year's Rising Star, and Paul Beck, formerly of Procter & [...]

MRED celebrates 10 years of success

2023-03-16T18:31:27-06:00May 24th, 2019|

From LA to New York and many cities in between, the David Eccles School of Business Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) network continues to grow across the nation. Mostly concentrated in the Wasatch Valley, MRED graduates manage hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate developments, construction, and various investment funds for corporations large and small. “Due to the huge success of our [...]

Alumni Takeover – Michelle Bui

Jerry Norton2019-04-24T21:52:44-06:00April 24th, 2019|

Those of you who know Michelle Bui, our April Alumni Takeover, know that she is one of a kind! From her outstanding commitment to the Eccles community both as a student and an alumni, to the enthusiasm she brings to each moment — Michelle adds so much value to our alumni network! A 2018 graduate with her degree in Marketing, Michelle excelled at [...]

Lessons from the Field: Alumni Speaker Series – The Next Strategic Move

Lisa Collins2019-04-15T12:21:49-06:00April 15th, 2019|

On April 10, 2018, as part of their ongoing Alumni Speaker Series, the David Eccles School of Business hosted alumni Josh Young, Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Franchising President, and Boyd Kezerian, CFO for Walker Edison. Titled "The Next Strategic Move", this event also featured Eccles School Chair & Presidential Professor of Strategy, Todd Zenger and moderator Brook Karrington of Financial Forensics. This lively [...]

Future Alumni Friday: Claire Morawski

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T17:43:44-06:00April 11th, 2019|

Happy *almost* end of the semester everybody! We are kicking off the finals season by continuing our #futurealumnifriday series. Have you met Claire Morawski here at the David Eccles School of Business? If you haven’t met her within the walls of the Eccles School, we are certain you have seen her around because she is the CEO of BLinc and involved with Chi [...]

Alumni Takeover: Jonathan Miller

Jerry Norton2019-03-25T20:49:32-06:00March 25th, 2019|

If you’ve seen Jonathan Miller at one of our recent Smart Start or ConnectU events, you may have noticed his broken leg – which hasn’t slowed him down at all. Although, scrolling through the photos below might give you a tiny hint about just how that accident occurred! Jonathan is a dedicated member of our Alumni Network board with a sense of adventure [...]

Spence Eccles receives Junior Achievement national leadership award

Jerry Norton2019-03-25T16:47:51-06:00March 25th, 2019|

Eccles School alumnus and benefactor Spencer F. Eccles has been presented with the National Centennial Leadership Award from Junior Achievement USA. Read more about the award — and why Spence was one of only six recipients — in the Deseret News.