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Granting success
Twenty-one Wisconsin high school
teachers have been awarded Accounting Career Awareness Grants by the
WICPA Educational Foundation, Inc. The Foundation awarded $39,380 for
local projects that promote accounting as a career and involve
interaction with Wisconsin CPAs.
Read the full article.
Fall Symposiums scheduled
New this fall, the WICPA will host a
mini version of its annual High School Educators Symposium at the
Wisconsin Business Educators Association conference, 2:30 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday, Sept. 25 in Appleton. In addition, the full-day event will
be on Friday, Nov. 14 at Sheraton Madison Hotel. Survey results from
last years Symposium evaluations showed Madison as the top choice for
location.
Accounting careers on YouTube
Have your students watch a nine
minute video on accounting careers produced by the Massachusetts
Society of CPAs. Hear from a variety of CPAs from organizations like
the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, New Balance shoes and more.
Visit YouTube.
CPAs Care
With the new 2008 CPAs Care
Campaign, we will highlight the exceptional things that CPAs are doing
in their communities. This spring and fall, the WICPA is running
lively new print ads in business-related publications. The ads feature
seven CPAs who perform extraordinary deeds.
Read more about these CPAs here.
YES program introduces students to accounting
Since 1999, high school students
travel to Oshkosh each year to participate in the Young
Entrepreneurial Scholars program. The YES program was launched in 1999
to attract more minorities into CPA careers. Supporters and sponsors
of the program include the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, College of
Business at UW-Oshkosh, its Center for Academic Support and Diversity
and National Association of Black Accountants Milwaukee Chapter.
Read the full story.
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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