{"id":21301,"date":"2026-03-19T11:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21301"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:25:34","slug":"elizabethtown-college-celebrates-2025-26-educate-for-service-service-through-professional-achievement-award-recipient-at-annual-high-center-business-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/elizabethtown-college-celebrates-2025-26-educate-for-service-service-through-professional-achievement-award-recipient-at-annual-high-center-business-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Celebrates 2025-26 Educate For Service: Service Through Professional Achievement Award Recipient at Annual High Center Business Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College honored Wes Bricker \u201900, the 2025-26 Educate For Service: Service Through Professional Achievement Award recipient, at the annual <\/span>High Center Business Forum <\/span><\/a>on Wednesday, March 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWes has remained deeply connected to Etown, generously sharing his time and expertise with our students while exemplifying what it means to lead with integrity,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cHis professional accomplishments and profound influence in the global business community, along with his commitment to mentoring the next generation of Blue Jays, make him truly deserving of this honor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bricker, who earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Etown, serves as the Global Assurance Leader at PwC, a world-leading professional services network that helps clients create value through quality assurance, tax, and advisory services. He is a recognized expert on leadership in the global market and has been named in <\/span>Accounting Today’s 100 Most Influential People in Accounting<\/span><\/a> list for five consecutive years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEtown gave me the start to a service-oriented career,\u201d Bricker said. \u201cThat has helped me, particularly in my business today, where we focus on accountability and accounting and governance and integrity. Not only seeing the black and the white, but also the gray values and using judgment are critical.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the forum, Bricker was presented with the award, which is among the most distinguished given to alumni of the College who demonstrate a commitment to the institution\u2019s motto, Educate for Service. His <\/span>Educate for Service story<\/span><\/a> was shared at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

More About Wes Bricker \u201900<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bricker sits on the board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and chairs the board of XBRL International. He has served as a member of the Elizabethtown College President\u2019s Leadership Council since 2014, and frequently returns to campus to engage with students through guest lecture appearances in Etown\u2019s auditing classes. Bricker has also served as the featured speaker for the College\u2019s Mars Snacking Lecture Series and Etown\u2019s 125th Anniversary Celebration in April 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bricker and his wife, Cindy Oh, have also been generous supporters of the College through the\u00a0 Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness, & Well-Being; the Wesley R. Bricker \u201900 and Cindy Oh Scholarship; the Elizabethtown College Fund; and the President\u2019s Strategic Initiatives Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Presented annually since 1966, the Educate for Service Awards recognize alumni who exemplify the foundation of the Elizabethtown College spirit and legacy of education. The awards are categorized into three unique areas: Service Through Professional Achievement, Service to Humanity, and Service to the College.<\/span> Learn more about Elizabethtown College\u2019s Educate For Service Awards.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College honored Wes Bricker \u201900, the 2025-26 Educate For Service: Service Through Professional Achievement Award recipient, at the annual High Center Business Forum on Wednesday, March 18. \u201cWes has remained deeply connected to Etown, generously sharing his time and expertise with our students while exemplifying what it means to lead with integrity,\u201d Elizabethtown College […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1339,775],"tags":[351,309,197,1350,2634],"class_list":["post-21301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-campus","tag-accounting","tag-educate-for-service","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-pwc","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21302,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21301\/revisions\/21302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}