Ethical Leadership News

Each year, the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business recognizes top-performing students, staff, and faculty for their academic and professional accomplishments. For the 2025-2026 academic year, we would like to acknowledge and commend the following individua...

The Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center recently hosted its annual Covey Case Competition, bringing together 20 teams of four students from majors across campus to tackle a timely and complex business challenge.

Jacqueline Pullinger, British Protestant missionary, founder of the St. Stephen’s Society and author, was honored with the 2024 Stephen R. Covey Principle-Center Leader Award on October 4, 2024, at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.

Huntsman School of Business 2024 Teacher of the Year and the Eldon J. Gardner Utah State University Teacher of The Year. Pedram Jahangiry CFA, PhD, is a professional practice assistant professor of data analytics and information systems (DAIS) in the Hunt...

Through classes, programs, workshops, and international trips, the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center provided almost 3,000 development opportunities for students over the past academic year.

Professor Lianne Wappett epitomizes the definition of a mentor. Whether scholarships, internships, or relationships, she has always made time in her schedule for visits, both personal and professional. Because of Professor Wapptt's direct influence, I hav...

The origin story of Bison Paddles is hazy — even to the company’s founders Collin Peterson ‘21 and Daniel Warren.

If you ask Chalon Keller why she walks fast, she’ll tell you: I don’t have time not to. What she really means is: I’m on a mission. The youngest of five children, Chalon grew up in a small town in southern Idaho. She worked hard on the family farm from an...

Todd Griffith believes that his primary goal as an educator is to mentor and develop students by providing them with a challenging and exciting learning environment. Regardless of the teaching content, he likes to emphasize the applied nature of the topic...

Enthusiasm exudes from Olivia Archibald. In fact, it’s rather contagious. Besides being a Huntsman Scholar, Olivia fully engaged in the USU community by contributing to extracurricular activities. Luckily, that included the Women in Business Association (...

On Friday, October 21, Douglas R. Conant will receive the 2022 Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leadership Award, presented by the Covey Leadership Center at the Huntsman School of Business. Mr. Conant embodies a life of purpose, passion and principles...

Utah State University’s Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center will present to former CEO of Chairwomen of the Board of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi its Principle-Centered Leadership Award on Friday, October 29.

For the first time, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business students were invited to participate in the William & Mary Women’s Stock Pitch and Leadership Summit. The team competed against 17 top schools from the United States and Canada.

Marin Christensen and Angie Kleven have accepted leadership roles with the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) to strengthen the impact of Utah girls and women by producing relevant research and resources for working women, and by organizing events tha...

The Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University hosted the first virtual International Executive Challenge (IEC), on March 19, 2021, bringing together student teams from six countries.

Put on through the Covey Leadership Center in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, the World's Principled Leaders Series is hosted by the inaugural Stephen R. Covey Endowed Professors of Leadership, Lord Dr. Michael Hastings and Boyd Craig. The speaker...

When uncertainty reigns and an economy shrinks, management is often driven to engage in downsizing. Typically governed by conventional management thinking, most such efforts produce predictable outcomes: People are removed, money is saved and signals of r...

Utah State University student Adam McClanahan has been named a Region VI Student Leader for the 2020-21 NIRSA Leaders in Collegiate Recreation Member Network. NIRSA’s Student Leadership Team is a group of dedicated student members committed to collaborati...

Susan Madsen is the Founder and Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project and Inaugural Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Huntsman School of Business. She is also the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, whi...

Our students have accomplished many things along their Huntsman Journey. Student Accomplishments and Highlights October 26, 2020

Our Huntsman faculty and staff deserve recognition for their hard work, impressive accomplishments, and incredible attitudes. Recognize their awards and pay respects to dear friends.

Organizations increasingly thrive when both men and women hold leadership roles and work together. Gender inclusivity in leadership benefits not only Utah’s businesses, but also its government organizations, such as state legislatures, city councils, and ...

ON MARCH 23, the state of Louisiana issued a stay-at-home order for residents. That was the same day that Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business in Ruston was to conduct its peer review team visit with AACSB International to maintain its accredit...

When business leaders decide they know everything, they stop learning and their effectiveness immediately decreases…Leaders who are open to coaching typically want to learn more about themselves.

It is with utmost pleasure and delight that I share with you the news that we have attracted two outstanding individuals to serve as the Inaugural Stephen R. Covey Endowed Professors of Leadership at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business: Lord Michael Ha...

Lord Dr. Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE was presented with the inaugural Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leader Award on September 19, 2019, in Huntsman Hall. Lord Hastings is a member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament and recently ...

Visitors from across the globe join the Huntsman Community every Friday for conversations about life, learning from failure, sharing in success, and finding happiness.