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Brookfield, WI 53005
Contact: Mary Murray
Manager of student initiatives and
financial literacy
mary@wicpa.org
P: 262-785-0445 x3005
F: 262-785-0838
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Accounting Resources
For Teachers
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UPCOMING DATES
Nov 9: High School Educators Symposium, Ho-Chunk, Casion, Hotel and Conference Center
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October articles |
Join us at Symposium.
Register for our annual High School Educators Symposium taking place on Nov. 9 at Ho-Chunk Casino, Hotel and Conference Center. This year's Symposium should be a hit with interesting speakers and presentations! Attend and you will be eligible to enter our 150 Words for $150 contest, can apply for a WICPA grant and can submit a curriculum idea for a chance to win a $50 Best Buy gift card. See the brochure for more details. To register, you must complete the registration form on the brochure. The fee to attend is $45 and the deadline for registration is Oct. 31.
Tales from the field
Click here to read the full story of a fresh faced accounting intern and his first accounting project that took him outside into below zero temperatures and two feet of snow. This story proves that accountants really don’t sit behind a desk all day.
Trends and Tudes
Read Trends & Tudes, a newsletter to keep you connected to today’s youth audience written by HarrisInteractive. This issue answers the question, “What is life like for today’s college student?”
CPAs on YouTube
Do you want to tell your students what a CPA does? Use today’s popular Web site, YouTube, and have them watch a video which was created by the Maryland Association of CPAs, titled "Defining America's CPAs: Maryland," the video is a compilation of 30 interviews conducted during the MACPA's "road show" in early December 2006. MACPA Executive Director Tom Hood, Editor Bill Sheridan and a video team from the AICPA's MultiMedia Group spent four days traveling throughout the state and interviewing members about their jobs and their inspirations.
Supply and demand: accountants are a hot commodity
Read an article from AccountingWEB that talks about predictions from the U.S. Labor Department about the number of accounting jobs increasing by 18 percent to 26 percent from 2004 to 2014.
Visit the new financial literacy page at wicpa.orgs
Visit the WICPA’s financial literacy page to find personal finance tips for all ages.
What are college accounting students reading?
Print a copy of CPA2B, WICPA’s newsletter for college age accounting students.
Feedback requested
What topics would you like to read about in this newsletter, Accounting for the Future? Send your ideas to Mary Murray at mary@wicpa.org. | |
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