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Featured Alum
Ryan Symes, '08
Major: Accounting

Current Position: Accountant for Moss Adams LLP practice in downtown Spokane. "Accounting professor Heather Rogers influenced me the most in my career choice. She was my advisor and encouraged me to give accounting a try. I ended up liking it and here I am now, working at an accounting firm."

Why Whitworth? "The campus, the faculty I met, and mostly (basketball) Coach Hayford were key. People I met seemed as though they were down to earth and enjoyed what they were doing. I figured if they liked being here, there was a good chance I could like being here."

Whitworth Activities: "I played basketball during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons and we won conference championships both years. There is a great basketball tradition at Whitworth and I am glad that I was a part of it for two years. The guys on the team were great, and the coaching staff did a great job of preparing us for upcoming challenges. There are a lot of things I learned on the basketball court that carry over in life as well as in the workforce. Those two years at Whitworth were incredible, and I will never forget the great experiences that I had."

Influential Whitworth Experience: "I'd say the high expectations that the professors have of you for each class and the fact that they won't settle for anything less. It forces you to demand the best of yourself, and all companies like that."

Career Goals: "All I know is that I'd like to be doing something that I am passionate about. Whether it's accounting or anything else, Whitworth has prepared me to succeed in whatever I'm doing."

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their economics & business degrees:

Suzy Rains, '07 (marketing and business management double major), is a recruiting coordinator for U.S. talent acquisition for Nike, Inc.
Scott Donnell, '08 (theology and business management double major), graduated from the Acton MBA program in entrepreneurship, in Austin, Texas, ranked one of the best programs of its type in the country. He is now teaching, fund-raising, and setting up a health clinic in Seattle.
Geoff Sanders, '07 (marketing and business management double major), is an account executive in business development for the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA franchise.
Erin (Saxton) Pangborn, '05 (business management and accounting double major), earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Washington and is an audit associate with the accounting firm KPMG LLP, in Seattle.
Ashley Wilson, '07 (marketing and international business double major), is an e-commerce coordinator for Jones Soda, in Seattle.
Joshua Breda, '06 (economics and business management double major), is a finance support analyst at The Boeing Company.
Brendan Weatherly, '07, is a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Brian Stoess, '05 (business management and accounting double major), is point of sale systems product manager for Vail Resorts, in Colorado.