The thought of bussing 300 college students down to Zion National Park for the weekend actually sounds insane, but if there’s one program that can pull it off, it’s Business Scholars — and they did exactly that. This spring, Business Scholars hosted their annual Zion Leadership Retreat right in the heart of one of Utah’s most beautiful natural sites. To no surprise, it was [...]
The President of YESCO Franchising, Josh Young, is visiting the David Eccles School of Business to talk to students about ethics. The event will take place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in the Bill & Pat Child Family Community Hall, on the 7th floor of SFEBB. The Business Ethics Club is excited to work with Mr. Young and YESCO to educate [...]
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 [...]
30 seconds into studying When you are going on hour 7 of studying The grades we are all hoping for What studying the world of business actually looks like Halfway through one of your midterms When you try to contribute to your study group Just when you don't think you can [...]
Earlier this semester the David Eccles School of Business was honored to host an Alumni Speaker Series about blockchain where attendees got to hear a panel of speakers well-versed in Blockchain discuss the basics of Blockchain and the broad reach it and Bitcoin have. The panelist speakers included: Todd Crosland, CoinZoom, Founder & CEO John Richards, Difuon, Co-Founder & CEO Josh McIver, ULedger, [...]
The world of business can be a spooky place. If you are unfamiliar in the world of business here are some alarmingly spooky facts about business and the workplace, specifically for small businesses. More than 50 percent (120 million people) of the working population are working for small businesses* (Forbes) 52 percent of these small businesses are based out of people's homes (Forbes) [...]
At the David Eccles School of Business, there are a number of opportunities to travel and study abroad through the Eccles Global Learning Abroad Program. Eccles Global allows for students to travel to other countries to engage in worldwide business education that instills the skillset students need to compete internationally. They are dedicated to creating a safe, yet affordable learning abroad experience for [...]
With the world moving so rapidly toward technology and merging it within the business world, there is going to be an increase in jobs within the IS and IT field. As a business student who is pursuing a Marketing degree, we are required to take an Information Systems course as a part of our undergrad. I am currently taking IS 4410 during [...]
Ever wanted to learn more about the world of wealth management? If so, you’re in luck this week as two executives from the San Francisco-based wealth management firm Jordan Park Group will visit the David Eccles School of Business to help give students an insider’s view of the industry. On Wednesday, Jan. 24, Jon Fults, VP Investment Advisory, and Julia Mastudaira, VP Philanthropic [...]
"Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Portland, Oregon with the Transfer Scholars students. After touching down in the PNW we used MAX, Portland’s public transportation system, to reach our hotel downtown. Immediately we were entertained by some of the most insane halloween costumes… on second thought, they probably weren’t in costume at all. Have you ever thought the city of Portland couldn’t get [...]