Every fall, the David Eccles School of Business brings together donors and scholarship recipients to celebrate the tremendous impact of scholarships. This year, we were pleased to celebrate the $18 million in scholarship money awarded to more than 2,000 students at the Eccles School. This year’s Scholarship Celebration also recognized two distinguished donors, Jack and Melanie Elizondo, and the Pugh Family Foundation. The Elizondos are not only financial supporters of students at the Eccles School – they also serve as mentors in the First Ascent Program. Jack himself was a first-generation college student and understands first-hand the importance of mentorship [...]

The David Eccles School of Business recently hosted the 33rd Annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation, with keynote speaker and tech trailblazer, Cydni Tetro. Tetro is CEO of Brandless, a consumer products platform with “better-for-you” consumer products and brands that help people and the planet live healthier. Previously, Tetro was the CEO of ForgeDX, a customer acceleration platform used by companies like Verizon, Adobe, Microsoft , and Dell, which she sold in 2020. She was also founder and CEO of 3DplusMe, a venture-backed, 3D printing personalization platform, which she sold in 2017. She spent six years at Disney in imagineering, leading technology [...]

The David Eccles School of Business hosted the 27th Annual Advance Displays Eccles Business Open Scholarship Drive earlier this month at the beautiful Hidden Valley Country Club. This year’s golf tournament and accompanying auction raised a record-breaking $128,320, with all profits going directly to student scholarships at the Eccles School. Dean Rachel Hayes welcomed golfers back to the clubhouse after their blue-skied day on the course, to award the winning foursomes and celebrate some of the other records broken at this year’s tournament. The event also featured a record 41 foursomes on the course, a record 29 hole sponsors, and [...]