Katie Whalen
- Hometown: Alexandra, VA
- Concentration(s): Accounting and Finance
- Minor: Economics
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led programs provide key business skills and fluency in many business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led programs provide key business skills and fluency in many business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
About me:
My name is Katie Whalen, and I am a fourth-year student at McIntire! I am absolutely ecstatic to return this year as a McIntire Ambassador and cannot wait to advise, give tours, and meet our prospective McIntire students! Applying to McIntire has been one of the best decisions I have made in college.
Not only have I found a deeper passion for my core business classes through McIntire’s enthusiastic professors and rigorous curriculum, but I have also been enriched by the McIntire community. My fellow McIntire students inspire me every day with their ambition, enthusiasm, and kindness, and I truly feel that I have found my people at UVA. I love that, as an ambassador, I am able to share this experience with others.
Outside of McIntire, I love all things health and exercise, so you can find me at Memorial gym, running around Charlottesville, or at Hot Yoga Cville in the Downtown Mall! I also adore coffee, so you might find me at Grit or Mudhouse! In terms of academics, I have a passion for national defense, accounting, and public policy. I spent last summer in Huntsville, AL, working for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and this past summer I interned in KPMG’s Federal Advisory division in Washington, DC. I am looking forward to using the tools that I have developed at McIntire to merge my intersectional interests in policy and commerce in my future career!
Fun fact: I memorized 101 digits of pi in fourth grade!