North Carolina Economic Survey 1999 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES  
DEVIN JON ANDERSON, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is a senior at Western. He is active in Kappa Alpha Psi, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Music Committee of Last Minute Productions at Western, and Western's Drug and Alcohol Task Force.
 
KELLEY BARNWELL, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, is a senior at Western.
 
TANYA BRACKEN, of Rosman, North Carolina, is a senior at Western.
 
A.J. BELL, Jr., of Salisbury, North Carolina, is a senior at Western. He is active in Phi Beta Sigma.
 
JASON B. CARSWELL, of Connelley Springs, North Carolina, is a May 1999 graduate of Western. He has accepted a position as a Financial Management Trainee with the Spicer Heavy Axle Division of Dana Corporation in Morganton, North Carolina. He completed a dual major in finance and accounting at Western and served as president of the Institute of Managerial Accountants for 1998-99.
 
PEGGY A. CARTER, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, is a May 1999 graduate of Western.
 
KELLEY SEAN CRAWFORD, of Hayesville, North Carolina, is a senior at Western.
 
JONATHAN RHETT ESSER, is a senior accounting major and has been active in Kappa Alpha Order.
 
RYAN FINLEY, of Waynesville, North Carolina, is an August 1999 graduate of Western. He is active in Kappa Alpha Order.
 
DEBRELL GARY, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, is a junior at Western.
 
CHRISTINA ANN GUIDOS, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate who will attend the Samford University School of Law. She has been active in Alpha Xi Delta.
 
BYRON L. McCLURE, of Franklin, North Carolina, is a senior at Western and works as a Loan Originator with Appalachian Mortgages in Franklin.
 
KEEYA McMANUS, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is a senior at Western. She has been active as captain of Western's Division I woman's volleyball and woman's indoor and outdoor track teams. Both indoor and outdoor track teams were 1998-99 Southern Conference champions. She has also been active in the Organization of Ebony Students as treasurer, the Accounting Club, and Alpha Kappa Psi.
 
DOUGLAS MERTZ, of Brevard, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate. He has been active in supporting the Brevard Wesleyan Church as a Youth Sponsor and Sound Technician.
 
ROBERT F. MULLIGAN, of Westbury, New York, is visiting assistant professor of economics, finance, and international business at Western and a research associate of the Department of Economics at SUNY Binghamton, where he received his Ph.D.
 
JASON M. MYERS, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate. He has accepted a position as an Account Executive with Davis Business Systems in Columbia, South Carolina. At Western he was active in the Economics, Finance, and International Business Club, Phi Kappa Phi, and the American Marketing Association. He also participated in the TVA Investment Challenge, managing a $100,000 stock portfolio for the TVA.
 
C. JOSHUA ROPER, of Atlanta, Georgia, is a senior at Western dual majoring in finance and accounting. He is president of the Institute of Management Accountants and is active in Phi Beta Lambda.
 
JASON A. SIMES, of Burnsville, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate.
 
LAURA SHADRICK, of Wingate, North Carolina, is a senior at Western.
 
CHRISTOPHER GEORGE SHOOK, of Franklin, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate who majored in Geography. He has accepted a position with CGI in Greensboro, North Carolina. At Western, he was the Outstanding Senior in Geograpy, and was active in the Economics, Finance, and International Business Club, the Geograpy Club, the Mortar Board Society, and Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society.
 
CYNTHIA E. SMATHERS, of Franklin, North Carolina, is a May 1999 Western graduate. At Western, she was active in the Economics, Finance, and Business Club.
 
SCOTT C. SMITH, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a May 1999 Western graduate. He has accepted a position as a Financial Advisor with A.G. Edwards and Sons in Ft. Lauderdale. At Western he was active in Delta Chi Fraternity, and in Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Fraternities. He helped start the Finance Club for Youth and participated in the TVA Investment Challenge, managing a $100,000 stock portfolio for the TVA.
 
SHAWN M. TIGNOR, of Elkview, West Virginia, is a senior at Western. He plays defensive end for Western's Divison I football Catamounts.
 
BETH WALL, of Greensboro, North Carolina, is a senior majoring in biology and economics at Western.
 
MARK WELLS, of Sylva, North Carolina, is a senior in the Honors College at Western. He is active in Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, and is listed in Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities.