Education & Careers news April 2009

Education & Careers

Ernst & Young develops unique business course for FAU

Ernst & Young LLP's Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services group recently assisted Florida Atlantic University in the development of a three-credit insurance accounting course for students of FAU's Barry Kaye College of Business. The Global Insurance Accounting course is a DVD-based, 13-class lecture series, the content for which was written and presented by Ernst & Young professionals. The class is proctored by Dr. Mark Kohlbeck, professor of accounting at FAU.
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Education & Careers

Long Island accounting students compete in Accounting Challenge

An audience of hundreds of students and faculty cheered on four teams of accounting majors from prominent Long Island universities as they competed against each other in the first Long Island College Accounting Challenge on March 25th at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.
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Voice of the Editor

What would you do if one of your clients won the lottery? We asked several accountants to weigh in with their advice for the lucky Powerball winner, and the tips we received are useful for anyone who receives a windfall, whether it's a lottery win, an inheritance, a big bonus on the job, or a killing in the stock market.
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Gail Perry, CPA
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, AccountingWEB
editor@accountingweb.com
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This Week on AccountingWEB

CPAs Mira Finé, Scott Hitchcock, Rob Keasal, Kathy Scorcio, and Ken Travis offer ten pieces of financial advice for the newest Powerball winner.
Hang Bower of BDO USA and Dan Black of Ernst & Young share their perspectives on why their firms made the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads 2013 list.
Herbein + Company, Inc. firm members talked with AccountingWEB about their year-round employee wellness program.
Bill Walter of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates and Harold Gaar of TravisWolff LLP weigh in on mobile technology use while employees are at work.
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