Willie graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S., Accounting at the end of fall semester, December 2018,
suma cum laude,by the way. He'll participate in graduation events this week on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 4. He began his tenure at the U in the fall of 2013 after high school graduation. Winter 2014 brought about a new experience, called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Baltic State of Lithuania, Lithuanian speaking. Upon return home in March 2016, he got a job working at Cyprus Credit Union and spent the spring and summer reconnecting with friends and a more temporal life style. He started back at the U fall 2016 as a Business Scholar, an amazing college transition program associated with the David Eccles School of Business at the U. Over the course of the next two years he was very involved in the Business Scholars (or the b-schols as we know it) program which included a trip to Seattle, a summer experience to Scandinavia, a fall trip to Atlanta, a spring trip to Guatemala, and other amazing experiences. He managed to get a job as a peer adviser for the College of Business which has worked out to be a pretty decent part time job.
Eventually, Willie landed on accounting as a major and mapped out a pathway to a big four accounting firm internship at Deloitte Teusch during spring semester this year. At the conclusion of the internship, he was offered a position with Deloitte Teusch and will begin working there upon completion of a masters of accounting 2019-2020. Phew!!! Needless to say, Karl and I and the whole family are very proud of Willie Petersen!!
Hold on for what's next!
As a graduation present of sorts, Willie is headed away for a month to travel the world. From May 4 - 12, he be leading a trip of Business Scholars students and staff through Central Europe - Budapest, Hungary; Krakow, Poland; and, Prague, Czech Republic. On May 11, nephew/cousin, Parker Wood will meet up with Willie
In the spring, of 2018, Willie met Danielle Ashby. Their friendship has progressed over the year to be ready to commit their lives to each other and plan to be married on June 29, 2019. Exciting times ahead. Danielle is a graduate of BYU and teaches dance and yoga at Viewmont High School is Davis School District. We are excited to have her in our family.
