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 [...]
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 [...]
The Operations & Supply Chain (OSC) undergraduate program held a student and alumni panel last month. Organized by Program Director Sue Sundar, this event featured OSC students and alumni from several companies, including PepsiCo, Micron, Intermountain Healthcare, Goldman Sachs, HealthEquity, and Via. The enthusiasm for this program was evident as students questioned panelists and heard real-life stories of how the major prepared them for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
At the David Eccles School of Business Family Business Roundtable, community members and business leaders joined together for networking, business inspiration, and a few laughs. This year’s roundtable featured Bill Child, who unexpectedly was put in charge of the R.C. Willey appliance business in 1954 after Child wed Willey’s daughter and Willey experienced a decline in health. Having just started college and earning a [...]