Scholarships

Salisbury University takes first place in Goodman Accounting Challenge

A team from Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD was the winner in the eighth annual Goodman Accounting Challenge held at Goodman & Company's Richmond, VA office.
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Hispanic associations serve accountants and students

Two accounting associations serve a growing population of Latino professional accountants and accounting students.
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Education & Careers

AICPA announces 'Start here, rock out' iPod sweepstakes for students

The AICPA has announced a "Start Here, Rock Out" iPod sweepstakes designed to inform high school students about exciting career opportunities in accounting.
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Education & Careers

Roth IRA book author offers $1000 scholarship

Read the book “ Roth IRA: Exploding the Myths, to Convert or not in 2009/2010,” and write a 500 word essay that describes, "What you have learned from the book that will make a positive change in your life and what that change will be.”
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Education & Careers

Scholarships for accounting students offered through the Illinois CPA Society

Times continue to be tough, especially for college students - costs are increasing, funding sources have been cut back, the competition is greater for a smaller number of part-time jobs and there's less support from parents facing their own financial problems.
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AccountingWEB announces 2010 Accounting Student Scholarship Program

AccountingWEB is pleased to announce its second annual scholarship competition for undergraduate accounting majors throughout the country.
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Community News

Virginia CPA firm provides $50,000 to establish scholarship

The $50,000 named scholarship from Murray, Jonson, White & Associates will be established in conjunction with the firm's 50th anniversary in 2009.
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Massachusetts Society of CPAs to honor five women to watch

The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. (MSCPA) will honor five women CPAs at its inaugural Women to Watch Awards Reception on September 30, 2009 at the Westin, Waltham.
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Education & Careers

Help wanted: Accounting PhDs

The accounting profession is facing yet another challenge: a severe shortage of doctorally qualified faculty to teach the next generation of accountants.
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Community News

J.H. Cohn donates $150,000 to Cohn for Kids

Through its 18th Annual Charity Golf Invitational, J.H. Cohn LLP, one of the largest independent accounting and consulting firms in the United States, donated a total of $150,000 to two Cohn for Kids affiliated charities: Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation. Longtime J.H. Cohn Charity Golf Invitational supporter Capital One Bank was the Presenting Sponsor of the outing, held at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, NJ on June 8.
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Practice

AccountingWEB 2009 Accounting Student Scholarship Essay

AccountingWEB 2009 Scholarship award-winning essayBy Hannah Weisner, University of Massachusetts
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Practice Management

Accounting firms leading green change

AccountingWEB 2009 Scholarship award-winning essayBy Molly Klusek, The University of ScrantonEnvironmental responsibility is a prevailing issue among businesses in the modem age. With growing media scrutiny and investor expectations, in addition to deteriorating environmental conditions, it is necessary that corporations formulate methods of promoting green causes for the coming years. Regarding sustainability, companies must recognize that their actions impact the environment in the short- and long-term.
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Green accounting firms

AccountingWEB 2009 Scholarship award-winning essayBy Jill Kershaw, Saint Martin's UniversityPower strips, fluorescent lighting, post-recycled paper, and webcasts. The list of how to have a green office includes these ideas and many more, with the goal being to minimize an office's carbon footprint. The Obama administration has called for 'going green,' and champions of the cause are applauding as the idea becomes popular.
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AccountingWEB announces 2009 accounting scholarship award winners

AccountingWEB, the online daily news magazine and resource center for members of the accounting profession, is pleased to announce its 2009 scholarship winners. Entrants were required to write a 500-word essay on the topic of "Green Accounting Firms." Essays were judged in a variety of areas including creativity, innovation, quality of writing, structure, logic, and sources/research.Each winner will be awarded a $500 scholarship to assist with education costs.This year's winners are: 
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Community News

CRI awards scholarships to top students

The Nashville office of public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, one of the Southeast's 'Top Four' accounting and business consulting firms and a top 40 firm nationally, has announced that Tien Nguyen and Heather Witty of Middle Tennessee Statue University have been awarded CRI Accounting Scholarships for 2009-10.
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Parents are putting children's college costs ahead of retirement planning

A majority of parents (61 percent) are not letting the recession change their plans for their children's college education, according to a survey by Country Financial. Further, 47 percent say college plans are a higher priority than retirement savings (41 percent).
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Recession inspires mothers to return to school; business, accounting popular options

Earning a degree has long been a dream of many working mothers. While it might seem the recession would put that dream even further out of reach for most, many working and single mothers are actually drawing inspiration from the economy to pursue their dream of getting a higher education.
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Beta Alpha Psi & AICPA join forces to inspire greatness in students

Beta Alpha Psi, the honorary organization for financial information students and professionals, and the AICPA are teaming up again this year to offer a sponsorship program designed to inspire greatness in future accounting professionals. An advisory board will select up to three winners and each will receive a cash scholarship of $5,000 and a Medal of Inspiration Award.
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Community News

Chattanooga-based Joseph Decosimo and Company announces scholarship program

Two scholarships bearing the Decosimo name were recently established in the College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) to reward outstanding accounting students. These student scholarship awards are among the largest provided in the College of Business.The children of Rachel and Joe Decosimo established the Decosimo Family Scholarship and principals at Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC, funded Decosimo & Company Awards in Accounting Excellence.
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Education & Careers

2009 Accounting Student Scholarship will honor three students

AccountingWEB, the Web site dedicated to providing news and resources for members of the accounting profession, is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship that is offered to undergraduate accounting majors throughout the country. Three scholarships will be awarded to students who are declared accounting majors based on the submission of an essay and the subsequent judging thereof. Funding is provided by AccountingWEB with the goal of encouraging accounting as a major and a career choice.
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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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