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<\/a>After she graduates, Cassie Hanshaw will take a job in Columbus with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the Big Four auditors along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a very analytical person,\u201d Hanshaw said. \u201cI\u2019m a to-do-list kind of a person; I like to get things done, get it off the list and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanshaw, who had always liked math, discovered she liked business as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you put math and business together, you get finance and accounting,\u201d she said. \u201cI declared finance first and added the dual major of accounting because it is a fairly easy thing to dual-major in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today, Hanshaw is working on her master\u2019s degree at the Raj Soin College of Business, serves as a graduate assistant and has an auditing job waiting for her at a well-known accounting firm in Columbus, Ohio, after graduation in May.<\/p>\n
Hanshaw, who grew up in nearby Beavercreek, chose Wright State because it was nearby and offered a quality, affordable education.<\/p>\n
When she was an undergrad, she discovered that auditing was one of her favorite classes and set her on her career path.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn external auditing, you work with many different clients so I would be working with different businesses,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd even though I\u2019m an accountant who likes to do things by a list, I enjoy some diversity and I enjoy getting to work with different people and on different projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
As an undergrad, Hanshaw was heavily involved in Beta Alpha Psi, an international honors business fraternity for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. The fraternity provides opportunities to develop professional skills and participate in community service. And it enabled Hanshaw to meet with accounting and finance professionals in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat ability to network at such a young stage in an undergraduate degree is crucial to the success of a graduate,\u201d she said. \u201cI was able to meet with people I later interviewed with; I was able to obtain an internship and gained experience and knowledge from professionals in the working world versus just in the academic setting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanshaw interned in Miamisburg at NewPage Corp., a leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America. She worked in the internal audit and corporate tax departments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really loved the experience I gained in both departments \u2026 and learning what it means to be an auditor in an actual setting within an actual company and learning skills that you wouldn\u2019t get from a textbook or a professor on campus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hanshaw won a scholarship from the Finance Department her junior year and a scholarship from the Accountancy Department in her senior year. Then she was selected to be a graduate assistant as a master\u2019s student, a high honor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout all my years I\u2019ve been here, I\u2019ve always felt like I was not one of many, but a student who could excel in the program and be recognized for that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hanshaw said the master\u2019s program at Wright State has enabled her to apply the learning she got as an undergrad and focus more on cases involving real companies and real situations.<\/p>\n
When she is not crunching numbers, Hanshaw enjoys playing soccer. (She began playing when she was 6 years old and still fantasizes about being a professional soccer player.)<\/p>\n
After she graduates, Hanshaw will take a job in Columbus with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the Big Four auditors along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG.<\/p>\n
PricewaterhouseCoopers has offices in 776 cities across 159 countries and employs more than 180,000 workers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be working in the assurance practice, meaning I\u2019ll be an external auditor with them,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m excited, very excited at the opportunity and excited to start my career in something that will make these five years at Wright State and getting a master\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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