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Service and Law Lead Alum Utah: A Delectable Mecca for Forging Meaningful Mentorships Creates to Sweet Smell of Success p 4 Crafting Artisan Chocolate p 10 Accountability, Increases Success p 18 ALUMNI MAGAZINE 2020 winter ALUMNI MAGAZINE issue Winter 2020 marriott.byu.edu publisher Brigitte C. Madrian Managing editor Robert G. Gardner editor Kellene Ricks Adams art director Jon G. Woidka copy editor Krista Holmes Hanby assistant editor Clarissa McIntire contributing writers, editors, Haley Butterfield designers, & photographers Madeline Dewsnup Natalia Green Sam Hart Todd Hollingshead Chadwick Little Zachary A. Miller Kate Monroe Lena Harper Primosch Natasha Ramirez Nikaela Smith Heidi Steele Anne Wallace Magazine design BYU Publications & Graphics all coMMunication should be sent to Marriott Alumni Magazine 490 Tanner Building Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 phone: 801-422-7696 eMail: [email protected] Marriott aluMni Magazine is published by the byu Marriott school of business at brighaM young university, provo, utah. the views expressed in Marriott aluMni Magazine are not necessarily endorsed by byu or the church of Jesus christ of latter-day saints. copyright 2020 by brighaM young university. all rights reserved. find this and past issues of Marriott aluMni Magazine online at marriottmag.byu.edu byu Marriott aluMnus and forMer Marketing professor scott sMith speaks to students during hoMecoMing week 2019. sMith, a founder of Qualtrics, received the prestigious aluMni achieveMent award presented froM the byu Marriott school of business and delivered a lecture to byu Marriott students as part of that recognition. photo by chadwick little. What makes a language a language? • I don’t think it is possible to get an A in this class. • Don’t sign any papers, and you’re good. • This is the first fun thing I have done in over a week. • It was a good feeling going into the test knowing I could answer most questions. • I’ll dress up in an inflatable T-rex suit for our project; we can all dress up as dinosaurs. Dude, I’m not going to crawl on all fours. • Sometimes life hits you. • My goal is to study for ten minutes before the test. I probably won’t remember anything before that. • Three guys were competing for her attention at country swing. • I’m in my groove. I just want to keep going. • She got double the ice cream for the same price. • Here’s a question: Would you date yourself? • He’s passive-aggressive and narcissistic. I have never been more excited in my life to figure this out. • I guess we should probably go to class. Yeah, I guess that’s a thing. • My roommate went on three dates in one day. I’ll be like her eventually. • I’ve heard that for a piece of information to stick, you need to expose yourself to it four times. • When I focus on the learning aspect instead of the test prep aspect, going to school is much more overheard in the uplifting. • I couldn’t find him online, so I don’t know what he does. • tanner That’s the power of TAs. • We went to Area 51. • I felt like I studied a bunch of meaningless stuff that wasn’t on the final at all. • Keeping plants alive is way harder than my mom made it seem. • I’ve noticed a pattern: they’re very into volleyball. • When you deny job offers, you’re gonna burn bridges. • We were just deciding what mythical creature we would be. I would be a dragon. • Provo can be a party sometimes. • I swore I turned that in. • Sometimes I miss high school. • Pretend you’re teaching it to a classroom. • The internet isn’t working at our apartment, so I have to come here. • I packed two sandwiches today. It’s gonna be a good day. • I wish they played music in the elevator. • I’ve never had black licorice before. • I’m glad you have a fairly solid idea of what you want from life. • We deserve sushi after this test. • I had Chick-fil-A twice today already. • We have the outline; this is exciting. • Crap, I have two missed calls from my mom. • I told her to meet at 5:30 because I know she is always at least thirty minutes late. • He asked me on a date to go mountain biking. I’m terrified. • I can’t decide between the marketing program or the strategy program. • BYU is eternally under construction. Contents | winter 2020 4 10 16 18 Features 4 Good scents 18 miGhty mentors Plus . A field trip to the courthouse inspired Kara Meaningful mentorships are invaluable—in Chatterton’s career path. Armed with a dual the classroom and out in the business world. 9 inside the classroom MPA/JD degree, Chatterton now works as legal And while universities have long recognized Fraud: One of Life’s Tests counsel for Scentsy and loves that she can advo- the power of mentoring, a growing number 16 around the cooler cate, negotiate, and give back to the community. of companies are now investing in mentoring Spring into Action programs as well. Whether you’re a mentor or 23 school news let’s talk chocolate the one being mentored, learning the ins and 10 outs of an effective mentoring relationship can The world of fine chocolate offers delectable 28 alumni news make the experience much more enjoyable and treats—and Utah is home to some of the best. productive for everyone involved. Why the chocolate hot spot? Utah’s chocolate makers say the state’s environment and culture create prime conditions. Cover photo by Bradley Slade winter 2020 3 Kara Norman Chatterton MPA, 2010 D D O O O O W W T T A H T I M S A A R by S P H O T O S b y B R A D L E Y S L A D E hen Kara Norman Chatterton was young, W her byu alumni parents took her and her five siblings on a pilgrimage to Provo from Idaho every other year or so. During many a stroll across campus, her mom and dad extolled the virtues of a byu education—while driving the message home with sweet incentives. “We never left campus without a book from the bookstore and candy from the candy counter,” Chatterton says. “I knew early on that byu was where I wanted to go to school.” winter 2020 5 The visits to BYU sweet spots continued and there to become a judge herself some- small matter of her lifelong dream of attend- once she arrived on campus as a student. day. After the field trip, she came home and ing law school. Chocolate milk and bridge mix from the announced these plans to her parents. “I talked to my parents about it, and I candy counter became her go-to study snack. “They told me that if I wanted to be a mentioned that BYU offered a dualMPA and Since getting married and graduating, Chat- judge, I would have to go to law school,” law degree,” Chatterton remembers. “My terton and her husband, Zach, have kept the Chatterton says. “I said, ‘Okay,’ and that’s parents were encouraging, and so I decided, tradition alive. Every few years they take when I decided. Law school was always part why not? I was in graduate school for four their five kids on the same walk across cam- of my educational plan.” years, and I loved it.” pus, ultimately ending up at the Wilk for ice Chatterton’s parents have never shied cream, candy, and books. away from supporting her, whether she was Becoming an Advocate “We’re trying to brainwash our children,” playing high school soccer, chasing her bud- Somewhere between the fourth grade and Chatterton admits, laughing. “BYU still feels ding ambitions for a high-caliber career, or her final year of law school, Chatterton real- like home because we have so many fond working in the family jewelry store with her ized her career aspirations had shifted. Her memories there. And it’s especially nice to siblings as a kid, first cleaning glass and run- childhood dream of becoming a judge no be on campus without having to worry about ning errands before working her way up to longer rang true, though she still credits the finals.” more responsible positions. courthouse field trip with opening her eyes The Chattertons hold a combined five “My parents always taught us to work hard to the possibility of law school. BYU degrees, including three from BYU and to serve others and have faith,” Chatter- Over two summers and part of a school Marriott: Kara earned her MPA in 2010, and ton says. “I grew up believing that if I worked year, Chatterton worked with a law firm in Zach received his BS in accounting in 2009 hard, I could do anything I put my mind to, Nampa, Idaho, that practiced municipal law. and his MBA in 2016. The couple has worked because they were so encouraging and so “The work was a great combination of my law together to build a life that has room for all supportive of everything I did.” and MPA degrees,” Chatterton says. Although of their dreams. With law school as her eventual goal, Chat- she fit in at the firm and enjoyed her work, the Kara and Zach grew up together in terton decided on political science as her economy wasn’t great when she graduated, Caldwell, Idaho. In high school, they were in undergrad degree at BYU, considering it a and there wasn’t a position available for her.

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