Brandon Isle

2 months ago | byui.edu | Brandon Isle

The real-world experience of running a business for a semester is one opportunity the students in the Marketing Department can receive. The Integrated Business Core is a class where groups of students create and run an actual business for the whole semester. “And so, what IBC does is it kind of puts people in this pressure cooker,” said Matthew Maroon, the chair of the Department of Finance at BYU-Idaho, “IBC kind of becomes the vessel by which these soft skills are taught.

2 months ago | byui.edu | Brandon Isle

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, if somebody found out you worked in supply chain, they wouldn’t have a clue what you were talking about. But now, supply chain management is an important part of any business that ships products. It’s also one of the minors available in BYU-Idaho’s Finance Department. The majors in the Finance Department include Business Analytics, Business Management Operations and Business Finance.

Mar 26, 2025 | byui.edu | Brandon Isle

As a little girl, Natalia Hepworth hated her curly hair. She thought it was a curse. She says she pressured her mom to relax her hair so she could straighten it. It wasn’t until she was a reporter for EastIdahoNews.com when she was talking to a salon professional about her desire to get her hair to grow longer that she learned she needed to stop heat styling her hair. “And I was like, ‘No, there’s no way I’m going to do that because I’ve for so long strayed away from my curls.

Feb 18, 2025 | byui.edu | Brandon Isle

It’s Love the Bus Month across the United States this month, which the National Association for Pupil Transportation celebrates to emphasize the importance of school buses and how they’re an essential part of education. The yellow school bus is an icon in communities. In Idaho, there are 90,000 students who use school buses regularly, according to the Student Transportation Department for the Idaho Department of Education.

Jan 21, 2025 | byui.edu | Brandon Isle

Growth — Rexburg, Sugar City, Madison County and BYU-Idaho leaders all used that word to describe 2024 and what they anticipate for 2025. They spoke during the Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce State of the Cities and County Breakfast. The annual event was held in the John Taylor Building at BYU-Idaho. Rexburg City Councilman Robert Chambers filled in for Mayor Jerry Merrill. He said the population of Rexburg, according to the city’s estimates, is close to 45,000.