When Jack Nowling returns as an alumnus to the College of Business at the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno a few years from now, he’s going to know the ins and outs of the newly built Mathewson Gateway Project well.
Very well, in fact.
Nowling, a senior majoring in finance and accounting, worked during the summer as an intern with , the Virginia-based company that’s developing the five-story, 128,000-square-foot Mathewson Gateway Project at Ninth and Virginia streets. The building will be the new home for the College of Business.
As an intern, Nowling was closely involved in the project. He tracked construction progress, drafted weekly and monthly reports to key stakeholders, took photos and documented community outreach efforts.
The internship directly supported his classroom learning.
“My communications skills have improved exponentially through managing meeting schedules, relaying information to upper management, and supporting external reports,” Nowling said. “My studies in Accounting 402, which covers financial reporting, taught us how to write business memos. This directly helped in writing research memos during my internship.”
His accounting classes also provided a solid understanding of the financial tools used in the public-private partnership to develop the new home for the College of Business.
Edgemoor, meanwhile, provided Nowling with weekly training classes, educational literature and the mentoring of managers Thomas Keiffer, Geoffrey Stricker and Donald Gibson.
Nowling, whose hometown is Truckee, learned of the opportunity in Edgemoor’s summer associate program through an online job posting. The summer-long internship whetted Nowling’s interest in the possibility of a career in commercial real estate.
“My internship with Edgemoor showed how dynamic and fast-paced the development field really is,” he said. At the same time, he’s still interested in earning designation as a certified public accountant and pursuing a career in public accounting.
Nowling is on track to graduate in May 2025, a few months before the scheduled completion of the new home of the College of Business.
Still, he’s excited about the collaborative spaces and state-of-the-art learning environment that the Mathewson Gateway Project will offer to his classmates and future students in the College of Business.
In fact, Nowling already can picture his return to campus once the building is completed.
“I’m looking forward to visiting campus post-graduation and having a cup of coffee from the café in the beautiful outdoor terrace,” he said.
Through his pursuit of knowledge and experience, and his dedication to bettering himself and future Business students, Nowling embodies The Wolf Pack Way.
