Brigitte Madrian selected to receive the International Educator of the Year award at AIB 2025 Louisville

The committee to select the educator of the year of Aib Fellows has now completed its deliberations and recommended that AIB Honor Professor Brigitte C. Madrian, Dean of the Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young Universityas our 2025 winner.

He AIB International Educator of the Year Award was created by the Aib Fellows In 1984, to recognize educational leaders who have promoted outstanding learning in international business and management, they have recruited, supported and rewarded the members of the Faculty for promoting important teaching and research of international business, and/or have provided students special learning experiences through courses, internships and multinational projects of unique design.

We thank the Selection Committee, teachers Maria Tereza Leme Fleury (chair), Jonathon Doh, Lila Nachum, SAEED SAMIEEand Catherine Welch, And thank them for their diligent work, wisdom and time.

This distinguished honor will be granted to Professor Madrian in the Annual Conference AIB 2025 in Louisville, Kentuckywhere she will offer comments on a special panel. We congratulate Professor I get up and hope to welcome him and celebrate his achievements at the Annual AIB meeting.

Brigitte Madrian is an economist of behavior and the ninth dean of the Byu Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. She has a joint appointment in The Finance Department and the George W. Romney Public and Ethical Service Institute. Madriano is also an associate of research with the National Office of Economic Research and has taught executive education courses to he Inter -American Development Bank and other organizations worldwide.

Among his contributions In Byu MarriottDean Madrian has Study programs abroad expanded, introduced new international courses, supported numerous initiatives of students and teachers to internationalize the colleagueand hired the faculty with experience in international business in multiple departments.

In November 2023 Byu was classified The University n. ° 1 in the United States for international study programs for the open doors of the Institute of International Education KidneyEmport, which tracks the number of students who are going to programs abroad.

By presenting Dean Madrian to the Selection Committee, our partner Lee Radebaugh and his Byu Marriott Collega Bruce Money cited several qualifications that distinguish it as a meritorious candidate for the Aib International Educator Award:

• Dean Madrian significantly increased financing to directly help students abroad Programs that would otherwise be excluded from the opportunity. She has also supported Byu incredibly MarriottS cyber accessor which supplierECLALLEThe critical administrative infrastructure at the University to handle more than 70 initiatives per subsidy cycle.
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• Dean Madrian compatible he new BWe are FStudy program abroad, which Take 60 students to London, Paris and Rome every year to carry metroARKETING, toCertification, and sincrease doHain classes They are Or preparation For admission or graduation requirements for the business school. This program was the first of its kind to Byu Marriott. His Support made the difference in its approval, and Now in his third yearThe program has quickly grown to the capacity.
• Dean Madrian quickly defends the cause of international businesses in his dissemination efforts. He created a new position as an international career at the placement office to focus on helping national and international students find jobs outside the United States, participates in activities to welcome. international students To byu Marriott at the beginning of the school year, and celebrates the many students who receive the Global business certificate In graduation.
• She has sHiring of new teachers who serve as “banner carriers” of International business Within the departments In Byu Marriott.