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Show fall graduation (special edition •**"* fii A !1 Life After Graduation Mastering work and class Accounting student secures career upon graduation 2010 will begin working full-time for Deloitte in Salt Lake City. Recruiting for accounting In a struggling economy and firms is highly competitive tightening job market, Amanda and recruiting starts early for Allred is looking forward to the coming year. Allred said leaving the serving industry she is only aware of four other she has been working in since individuals in the accounting she was 16 years old. After department out of at least 200 four years attending Weber applicants from WSU to actually State University, Allred plans already secure employment after to trade in her apron and 14- graduation. She said a weight hour weekend shifts for a steady was lifted off her shoulders after career at a Big Four accounting learning she would have a stable job after graduation. firm in Salt Lake City. "It was relaxing, because I was Allred, a senior at WSU, has been commuting to her so stressed for an almost twomonth period," hometown of Allred said. "It was Vernal every "It was just just really relaxing weekend to a and comforting to local restaurant, really relctxing know that all of my working as a and comforting hard work will be waitress in order instantly paid off to p \y for school. to know that all so I don't have to S a. said she madL s.e drive of my hard work worry about being underemployed." because the will be instantly Allred said the restaurant has most important been willing to paid off... / ' part of finding a work with her job right out of school schedule college in a certain since she was - Amanda Allred, field is to never a teenager. WSU senior give up and not The 21-yearlimit opportunities old said she by refusing to be graduated with her bachelor's in accounting employed far away from your last spring, but took classes hometown. "To get the job, you have to be all summer and will have one really persistent and confident course left in the spring to finish her education with a master's in and humble yourself," Allred said. Last year Allred said she accounting. In September, Allred became discouraged and was submitted applications to tempted to drag out her school 10 different accounting to avoid having to begin looking firms around the state. After into the competitive job market. "It was just kind of depressing interviews from all companies, to think that the numbers might she received five job offers and narrowed down her decision to not work out in your favor," she one firm. She will be interning said. for a local accounting firm in January, and then in September See Mastering page 4 Athletes after grad Football seniors hope for post-college field time By Cimaron Neugebauer news editor I The Signpost By Matt Maynes sports editor I The Signpost PHOTOS BY BRYAN BUTTERFIELD | Hit VCNPOST Hop) Weber State University accounting major Amanda Allred talks about her path towards graduation. (Below) WSU senior Trevyn Smith pulls ahead of a defender in a game this season. According to Weber State University Head Coach Ron McBride, the seniors from this year's team were the foundation of the football program's success over the past few years. "We're proud of them," McBride said. "This group of seniors, particularly about five or six or seven, were the ones who built this program. This was the foundation that this program was built on." Last season, the WSU Football Team was nationally ranked for the first time in eight years and made it to the second round of the FCS playoffs. This year the team again made it to the playoffs but lost in the first round to the College ofWilliam and Mary. Over the past two years, the Wildcats have a combined record of 17-9. For some of the seniors, the chance to continue playing football at the highest level in the National Football League may present itself. "There's probably four or five of these guys who are going to have a shot," McBride said. "It's a little too early to tell who's going to be invited to the combine and who's going to be invited to the all-star game and things like that. Obviously (Tim) Toone, (Josh) Morris, Trevyn Smith and (Kevin) Iinehan are probably the top guys, just depending on how people have them ranked." Morris said he hopes he will make it to the NFL but isn't making any promises. "I'm going to work for it and hope for the best," Morris said. "If it happens then that's something I can be proud of. I'm just going to take it one day at a time. I don't want to tell'you what's going to happen in April that I don't have control over. I'm just going to take it one day at a time and hope for the best." For the rest of the seniors, their athletic abilities gave them a way to pay for their college education, an opportunity many of them may not have received. In addition to that, senior Beau Hadley said that playing football has helped him in other ways. "I just always loved the game and loved playing it. The things that football has taught See Seniors page 4 The years between WSU Third time's the charm for one persistent student By Cina Barker managing editor I The Signpost WEBER STATE COLLEGE MELANIE JONES SOURCE: MELANIE JONES Melanie Jones in three of her WSU students IDs. The top dates from 1983 issued from Weber State College. The middle I D is from 2002 and the bottom I D is the current card. Melanie Jones is graduating this fall semester, 25 years after her first course at Weber State University. Jones has been attending WSU on and off over a quarter of a century. But she kept coming back even after ended marriages, after she had her daughters and after complicated medical issues reshaped her life. Her WSU career has been a long road, beginning in the fall of 1983 just after high school. With money left to her from her grandparents, a young Jones enrolled in her first semester of college, back when WSU was known as Weber State College. Jones has earned her associate in general studies, an emphasis Jones attributes to her inability to find the perfect major. Calling Jones enthusiastic seems to shortfall her wide array of interests. Since attending WSU she has taken classes across the board, from Classical Guitar to Biomed Corps, from American Sign Language to Criminal Investigation to Russian 1010. See Years page 5 P H O I O BY BRYAN BUTTERFIELD I THE SIGNPOST Weber State University students look on during the commencement ceremony last fall. 'Doing the impossible' Wildcats prepare for graduation ceremony By Frances Kelsey editor-in-chief I The Signpost Nearly as soon as one graduation commencement ceremony at Weber State University ends, the planning for another ceremony begins. From mailings to scheduling, planning, organization, flowers, scripting and many other aspects, a long list of tasks have gone into planning the 134th commencement ceremony for WSU graduates. Marsha Richter is the assistant to the president for Special Events and Projects and also chairs the commencement committee, Richter oversees every aspect of the preparations, including working with volunteers, the alumni center, the Dee Events Center staff and many other organizations that are involved in the planning of commencement. See Graduation page 4 |