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AICPA Creates Social Networking Site for Aspiring Accountants

02/08/2012 - 13:20 - 1057 reads

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has partnered with Telligent to create a social networking site - This Way to CPA - for college students aspiring to become accountants. This Way to CPA is designed to increase awareness of AICPA and to drive its recruitment efforts.

Ernst & Young Hosts Events to Enhance Diversity and Inclusiveness

02/03/2012 - 17:48 - 767 reads

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Nearly 150 ethnically diverse students from 73 US campuses traveled to NYC to attend E&Y's sixth annual Discover Ernst & Young event. Accounting and business majors interacted with firm leaders and E&Y personnel, who were eager to present the challenges and exciting potential of an accounting career at E&Y.

North Carolina State University Students Win AICPA National Accounting Competition

12/21/2011 - 18:10 - 1475 reads

On December 17, the AICPA named seventeen students from North Carolina State University winners of the AICPA National Accounting Competition. The case competition focused on a fictional Texas company looking to expand its business into the Nigerian oil fields. The team received a $10,000 award.

College of William & Mary Winner of Deloitte Foundation's FanTAXtic Tax Case Study Competition

12/20/2011 - 15:37 - 1462 reads

The College of William & Mary was the winner of the tax case study competition – FanTAXtic – sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation. Nine teams participated. Each student on the winning team received a $2,000 scholarship, while the winning school pocketed an institutional award of $10,000.

AICPA Foundation Awards $233,300 to Seventy-Eight Minority Accounting Scholars

12/05/2011 - 13:08 - 2249 reads

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The AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students program began in 1969, with the aim of increasing ethnic diversity in the CPA profession. Since the program's inception, the AICPA Foundation has awarded more than $14.6 million in scholarships to approximately 8,000 accounting students.

New Jersey CPA Candidates Remain in Limbo

10/20/2011 - 12:47 - 1149 reads

According to reports from the New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJSCPA), some candidates for the CPA Examination in New Jersey recently had their applications rejected due to confusion over certain education requirements. But class hasn't been dismissed quite yet.

PCAOB selects academic institutions to receive scholarships for 2011-2012 year

07/25/2011 - 15:47 - 2012 reads

Accounting students from 52 undergraduate and graduate institutions will be the recipients of scholarships awarded by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

UCBerkeley accounting students win Deloitte Student Case Study Seminar competition

04/21/2011 - 11:57 - 2364 reads

A team of accounting students from the University of California, Berkeley took top honors at the 16th annual National Student Case Study Seminar against five other national finalist schools from across the country,

Globalsym: International accounting students lock business horns in this fierce competition

04/07/2011 - 10:42 - 2975 reads

It's not often you find a heated contest between Texans and… the Irish. No, it's not sports, dancing celebrities, a weight-loss challenge, or politics. This competition involves bean counting and business know-how.

University of Texas at Dallas team takes top honors in AICPA competition

01/26/2011 - 11:13 - 3099 reads

Can a hotel become more sustainable and reduce its carbon footprint by using LED lighting and installing a rooftop garden? A team of four accounting students from the University of Texas at Dallas thinks so. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a popular luxury hotel think so, too. Jason Bramwell reports.