For Maggie Weddle, it's all adding up

Maggie Weddle

“She will undoubtedly be a success in the accounting profession. She has my highest recommendation.”

Those are strong words of praise from Dr. Doug Schneider of COB’s accounting department.

She is a reference to Maggie Weddle, a go-getter in the department who’s currently pursuing her Master of Science in accounting degree. She also is a recent winner of a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Weddle is one of 234 students from U.S. colleges and universities that were selected to receive the scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year.

“Our PCAOB scholars represent the future leaders of the accounting and auditing profession,” said PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke. “We congratulate them for their academic dedication and achievements, and we wish them the best as they complete their education and begin their careers in the profession.”

Future Leader

Looking at Weddle’s resume and her ECU/College of Business (COB) accomplishments, “future leader” is an appropriate description. She was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society and Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honor Society. Weddle also is a member of the Student Accounting Society.

Additionally, Weddle served as vice president of risk reduction and management for ECU’s Panhellenic Association and was treasurer of her sorority, Phi Mu. She used her accounting expertise to help fellow students by serving as a peer mentor and appointment tutor for economics and accounting at the Pirate Academic Success Center. Weddle also has been awarded several other scholarships and made the Dean’s Lists and ECU’s Chancellor’s lists numerous times.

This past May, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with her BSBA in accounting and is currently a federal audit intern with KPMG.

“I feel that the College of Business and the accounting department are a part of my extended family,” said Weddle, a Raleigh-native. “The relationships I hold with my fellow colleagues and professors are what has made these past four years so special, (and why I am coming back for graduate school). The COB and the accounting department care so much about its students. They go above and beyond to help students reach their goals.”

Added Weddle, “the accounting department also is who I have to thank for my recent scholarship and my employment endeavors with KPMG, a Big 4 accounting firm. “

Those endeavors have paid off for Weddle. KPMG offered her a full-time position in the firm’s Federal Audit practice with a start date of August 2021, once she finishes her MSA.

Maggie with Dr. Doug Schneider (taken before COVID-19 safety protocols)

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