IBC A TeamThe A Team
Ki Deok Heo, Economics; Frank Felicetti, Information Systems (IS); Gail Byers; Jeremy Wemple, IS/Production Operations Management; Nicole Perrault, Management and Human Resources/Marketing; Mariko Hernandez, Finance.

IBC Team Synergizer BunniesSynergizer Bunnies
Rebecca Graff, Economics; Shayne Commons, Finance; Kimberly Scott, Accounting; Samuel Abrams, Marketing/Management & Human Resources; Gail Byers; Keith Appleton, Management & Human Resources; Olivia Momosor (not pictured), Management and Human Resources

IBC Team PrestigeTeam Prestige
Ross Avery, Finance; Gail Byers; Evan Ratcliffe, Management & Human Resources; Loren Doman, Management & Human Resources; Kimberly Davis, Economics - Finance option; Derek Taylor (not pictured), Finance

IBC Team QuintessenceTeam Quintessence
Leo Want, Finance; Patrick Hoffman, Management & Human Resources; Kevin Graham, Information Systems/Production and Operations Management; Gail Byers; Chris Herrud, Finance and Accounting; Heather Bloom, Accounting; Chace Fraser (not pictured), Marketing - PGA Golf Management



Top IBC Teams Awarded C. Randall Byers Scholarship

The C. Randall Byers Scholarship has been awarded to four teams of students for their outstanding performance in the Integrated Business Curriculum (IBC) program.

The IBC teams were evaluated by faculty on the performance of their projects, their ability to work cohesively as a team and their team management skills.

The winning 2007-2008 IBC teams (pictured with Gail Byers) are:
  • The A Team
  • Synergizer Bunnies
  • Team Prestige
  • Team Quintessence


Each student was awarded a $200 scholarship funded by the C. Randall Byers Scholarship Endowment. The endowment was established in honor of late C. Randall (Randy) Byers, a University of Idaho alumnus and professor in the College of Business and Economics from 1973–2002.

“Professor Byers was a strong supporter of teamwork and a member of the IBC faculty teaching teams,” says Jack Morris, Dean of the College of Business and Economics. “He is remembered as a mentor and friend by both students and faculty.”

Randy and his wife Gail met as students at the University of Idaho and later had two boys, Tod and Kirk.

Gail, an entrepreneur in Moscow, is an alumna of the University of Idaho family and consumer science program and a strong university supporter. She has spoken to IBC students about entrepreneurship and family enterprise.