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The Park Place EconomistVolume 13 | Issue 1 Article 72005The Class of 2005James R. Glenn '05This News and Commentary is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricularand Faculty Development, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons@ IWU by the faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Recommended CitationGlenn '05, James R. (2005) "The Class of 2005," The Park Place Economist: Vol. 13Available at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/parkplace/vol13/iss1/7The Class of 2005This news and commentary is available in The Park Place Economist: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/parkplace/vol13/iss1/7Want to know the truth about Illinois Wesleyan'sEconomics majors? Well, below they tell it all aboutthemselves, including future plans, favorite classes,favorite professors and more.Xun BianXun is an economics and mathematics double majorfrom China. After graduation he plans on attendinggraduate school in economics with the expectation ofearning a Ph.D in Economics. He eventually wants tobecome an economics professor and work at aresearch university or to obtain a research positionwith the government, an international organization,or within industry. He says that the one nice thingabout being an Economics major at IWU is that "Itgave me the opportunity to study with intellectual andeasygoing people. It made my four years in the USboth interesting and inspiring." His favorite course,although he has many wonderful memories about allthe courses, was Microeconomics with Dr. Durbal.After taking Micro with Dr. Durbal, Xun decided topursue a Ph.D in Economics. Good job Dr. Durbal!However, Dr. Chapman gets credit for making him anecon major.Samantha DietzSam is an econ major from Manteno, IL. Her favoritepart about being an economics major is that she isn'ta business major. After graduation, she plans to joinAmericorps for a year. She then plans to pursue adegree in law.Adrien GatesmanAdrien, or A.J. as she is known to the Econ facultyand students, is a double major in Economics andBusiness Administration from Melrose Park, IL.After graduation she plans on going back to theMelrose Park area and hopefully getting a job close toher home. Adrien writes that she initially started as aBusiness major but decided to add Economics as adouble major after taking Econ 100 with Dr.Chapman. In her own words, "econ theories justcame easy to me." She isn't quite sure what she isgoing to do with her econ major in the future, but sheknows that the research experience she acquired inher Econometrics and Research Honors classes willbe helpful when looking for a marketing research ordata analyst position in the future. Adrien will defi-nitely miss all of the Econ professors, and "reallyappreciated the close-knit atmosphere of the depart-ment and how professors are always working withstudents,  whether on research or class material." Herfavorite memory is the party at Dr. Seeborg's house tocelebrate Dr. Durbal's tenure. She thinks it was greatto see the faculty outside of an academic setting.James R. GlennJames is an Economics and Business Administrationdouble major with a minor in French from Lincoln,IL. He has thoroughly enjoyed his academic careerhere at Illinois Wesleyan. He chose to pursue a dou-ble major because both of the subject areas compli-ment each other extremely well. He also thanks Dr.Chapman for signing him up as an Econ major (sec-ond person to be converted by Dr. Chapman!). Hisbest memories of being an econ major are tutoring,the Senior Seminar class, and Dr. Seeborg's jokes,which are often unexpected yet funny. His favoriteclasses were all the ones he took for his major. Hethinks all the faculty members are wonderful, andwouldn't single one of them out as being his favorite.He also notes that the faculty was very accommodat-ing when he continuously asked questions in class.James had a wonderful experience as an economicsmajor and would definitely recommend it to anyonewho hasn't decided on a college major because thesubject matter is applicable to everything in life andthe faculty is phenomenal.His Labor Economics course with Dr. Seeborginspired his interest in unions. This ultimately led toThe Class of 2005James R. Glenn11The Park Place Economist, Volume XIIIhis decision to apply for a seat in the Labor andIndustrial Relations Institute at the University ofIllinois for the fall of 2005. His future academic plansare to get a Master's in Human Resources andIndustrial Relations (M.R.I.R.) and then enroll in Uof I's law school and receive a J.D. degree. As a futureemployment lawyer, he hopes to make a small for-tune and come back as alum to endow a faculty posi-tion in the economics department. Finally, he'd like tothank all his fellow students and professors for fourunforgettable years.Tim HachmeisterTim is a Mathematics and Economics double majorfrom Elmhurst, IL. Tim has signed a contract withKimberly-Clark and will be working in Nennah,Wisconsin for a few months before heading to BeechIsland, South Carolina as a product supply analyst.Tim writes that working for Kimberly-Clark will givehim the opportunity to apply both his majors. Hisfavorite classes include "Econ Goes to the Movies", aMay Term class taught by Dr. Durbal. He writes,"What could go wrong with playing games andwatching movies? Ahem, and I guess learning somestuff as well." His favorite econ memory was realiz-ing that his Senior Seminar presentation was done!But, according to Tim, the real question we should beasking seniors is if they had a good experience inEconomics. His answer? Heck yeah!!!!!! Finally, Timwants it to be noted that as much as he was interest-ed in the subject, what truly made his work hereworthwhile were the people he was working with.Adam HouserAdam is an Economics and Business Administrationdouble major from St. Charles, IL. He writes that heis still looking for "that elusive full-time job offer inthe financial services industry." He feels hisEconomics major will certainly help him in the finan-cial services field as it has introduced him to severaltopics that the business administration major does notencompass. His favorite Economics classes were Dr.Chapman's "Money and Banking" class and Dr.Seeborg's Senior Seminar.Stephen MohrmanStephen is an Accounting and Economics doublemajor from St. Louis, MO.  After graduation he plansto attend a one year Masters in Accountancy programwith the intention to concentrate in passing the CPAexamination. After finishing the Master's program hewill seek a position in the public accounting field.Steve thinks the critical thinking skills he has attainedin his Economics major will facilitate his goals.Sean MoranSean is a Political Science and Economics doublemajor from Naperville, IL. His plans for next year areto get a job, but he doesn't know what the job will beyet, though he's looking at jobs in banks, politicalthink-tanks, or anything that involves some sort ofresearch that involves economics and politics. Hisfavorite econ class was "Economics of DevelopingCountries" with Dr. Durbal. Sean writes, "It was oneof the most interesting and informative classes I'vehad here at IWU." "Economics of the Environment",with Dr. Leekley, because "I got to see the economicapproach to conservation as well as what the govern-ment has done positively and negatively to affect nat-ural resources." Senior Seminar with Dr. Seeborg wasalso very enjoyable to him. His favorite econ profes-sors are Dr. Durbal (his advisor) and Dr. Chapman,who convinced him to become an econ major (thethird one for Dr. Chapman!). His favorite econ mem-ory would probably be typing in data for twelve hours"only to have the computer reformat the documentinto read only, then crash and lose everything Iworked on. Oh wait, that's the worst!" Best memorieswould probably be working with Dr. Seeborg and Dr.Leekley to "figure out how in the world I would setup my senior seminar and advanced research model."He's had great experiences in economics with thefriendly department and positive attitude.Elizabeth PlanasElizabeth is a Hispanic Studies and Economics dou-ble major from Wauconda, IL. As of this spring,Elizabeth was accepted into the Spanish school atMiddlebury College in Vermont. During the 2006school year she will be studying in Madrid, workingtowards a Master's degree. She writes, "I had a lot offun as an econ major at Wesleyan. My favorite classwas probably Senior Seminar, where I got a realopportunity to use some of the things I learned inother classes. All of my classes were super fun class-es full of super fun kids!" Elizabeth also had the ideaof getting a t-shirt for the 2005 Economics class!John PritchardJohn is an Economics and Business Administration12 The Park Place Economist, Volume XIIIdouble major from Galesburg, IL. After graduation hewill be working for Hewitt and Associates inLinconshire, IL. He writes, "I've had a lot fun beingan economics major here at IWU. I have reallyenjoyed the classes, the professors and my felloweconomists. I feel that economics was definitely aworthwhile major and will help me enormously in myprofessional life."Ana María RomeroAna María is an Economics and Accounting doublemajor from Barranquilla, Colombia. After graduationshe will be joining the Ernst & Young office inChicago, in their audit practice. While working forE&Y she will also be pursuing a Master's inAccountancy at the University of Notre Dame,through Ernst & Young's master's program. Herfavorite econ memories include going to Econ 100classes with Dr. Seeborg to try and win over newecon majors (Dr. Chapman beat them at that) and theannual Movie Night at Dr. Seeborg's home.Andrew TarmanAndrew is a Business Administration and Economicsdouble major from Carol Stream, IL. Andrew will beworking for Prudential Capital Group in Chicago, ILas an Investment Analyst. In the future he plans onattending graduate school for BusinessAdministration. He really enjoyed Senior Seminarbecause he got a chance to use all of his skills toresearch the baseball industry and get some greatresults for his project. He also enjoyed his "LaborEconomics", "Microeconomics" and "Money andBanking" classes. Andrew writes, "Being an econom-ics major helped me with my investments/financeskills by being able to look at what the government isdoing to stimulate the economy using both monetaryand fiscal policy. I can actually look at bonds andpublic policy and understand why the government isdoing what it does. I think its important for financemajors interested in investment to take econ classes."Amanda ThorsonAmanda is an Accounting and Economics doublemajor from Cornell, IL. After graduation she will beworking at Thomas & Associates, CPAs, a small pub-lic accounting firm in Bloomington-Normal. She willbe sitting for the CPA exam in May of 2005. Shewrites, "I enjoyed the camaraderie among the econstudents and the wonderful faculty."13The Park Place Economist, Volume XIII

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