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Eighth annual Accounting Symposium
Join us at the eighth annual High School Educators Accounting Symposium at the Radisson Hotel in Madison on Nov. 13. Download a registration form and brochure. Registration deadline is Oct. 30.
AICPA introduces its new “Start Here, Go Places.” Web site
The AICPA recently launched an updated version of the Start Here, Go Places. Web site. The award-winning Start Here, Go Places. program encourages high school and college students to pursue careers in accounting and ultimately to become CPAs. Enhancements include:
• The “FutureMe” feature allowing students to create a future vision of themselves and discover accounting career paths that best suit their goals.
• Meet a CPA feature with testimonials of each individual. CPAs are catalogued by interest and/or state. 3) Detailed information for each step of the journey to becoming a CPA.
• Salary and demand information for dozens of accounting careers.
Student sports enthusiasts may enjoy Financial Football
Get your team ready for the big game with these engaging, football-themed money skills lessons. The Financial Football Training Camp is a lesson plan that will help you teach important financial literacy skills to your students. The four modules, each designed to teach in a 45 minute class, cover skills and information that will be vital to students' futures.
Record number of students receive accounting degrees
According to a new AICPA report, “2009 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits,” a record number of students in the 2007-2008 school year graduated with accounting degrees. More than 66,000 students achieved bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting, a 3.5 percent increase from 2006-2007. In addition, 2007-2008 enrollments in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs achieved a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year, with an aggregate total of 213,000 students.
Exhumed graves, recovered DNA samples, microscopic fibers, and accounting?
For accounting situations, this is figurative language, of course. But there are very close parallels between the cold cases on television and the role of a forensic accountant. Share this article with your students.
Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge: Now through Nov. 25
Register for the Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge now! As a participant in the Virtual Team Challenge, students will roll up their sleeves and face business tasks and challenges that simulate the real-world experiences of professional services employees like the people with careers at Deloitte.
WICPA participates in social networking
Come visit the WICPA's Facebook and LinkedIn pages and sign up to be our friends! Use keyword, "WICPA" to find us. In addition, follow us on Twitter.
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