Accounting Students Honored
The awards were presented during the Department of Accounting’s annual fall banquet held September 16 at the Crabtree Valley Marriott in Raleigh, NC.
The students, along with their professors and staff, and members of the accounting profession, were also challenged by the evening’s keynote speaker to consider the impact that globalization is having on their profession.
“Accounting and auditing in the United States are at a crossroads,” said Bill Gradison, founding member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
“There clearly is tension between developing, maintaining, and enforcing our own U.S. standards and the powerful move toward globalization … of standards elsewhere around the world,” he said.” Time will tell whether or not this tension will ultimately result in U.S. standards being replaced by international standards. But in the here and now multiple standards will coexist. This presents significant challenges for students, educators, auditors, issuers, investors (especially analysts), rating services and, of course, regulators.” Read the full text of Bill Gradison’s remarks on the PCAOB website.
Frank Buckless, head of the college’s Department of Accounting, said the college’s accounting professors are already incorporating discussions about the impact of globalization and international standards into their classrooms.“Our approach is to focus on helping our students develop the problem-solving skills that will enable them to work on the issue at hand, and to know how to apply the appropriate standards.”
During the evening’s awards program, 65 MAC students were recognized for receiving scholarships, fellowships, internships, and graduate assistantships. Eleven undergraduate students also were recognized for obtaining high-profile internships with accounting firms Deloitte; Dixon Hughes; Ernst & Young; KPMG; Thomas, Judy & Tucker; Williams Overman Pierce and XS, Inc.
Following are this year’s Master of Accounting and undergraduate accounting student honorees.
INTERNATIONAL
Montego Bay, Jamaica- David Darby: Ernst & Young MAC Fellowship, NC State Alumni Association Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Almaty, Kazakhstan- Ally Alexandrova: Academic Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship,
FLORIDA
Boca Raton – Robert Hager: Academic Fellowship, , NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Coral Springs -Brian Marynowicz: Academic Fellow, PricewaterhouseCoopers internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
GEORGIA
Stone Mountain- Kossandra McDuffie: Lori and Mike Constantino scholarship, Ernst & Young internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
ILLINOIS
Glen Carbonl.- Brandon Hamilton: Academic Fellowship, Deloitte internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
MISSOURI
St. Louis – Jon Wilkinson: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
MICHIGAN
Royal Oak- Jon Elson: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
NEW JERSEY
Montclair- Brittany Gilliard: Deloitte internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
SOUTH CAROLINA
Camden- Emily Daniel: LarsonAllen Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Conway – Ashley Glasgow: Academic Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Taylors- Jessica Shirley: Ernst & Young Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
NORTH CAROLINA
Angier
Christina Hager: NC State Department of Accounting scholarship and PricewaterhouseCoopers internship, , NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Burlington
Constance Owen: NC State Dept of Accounting scholarship, Johnson Lambert & Co. internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Dave McPherson: Cherry Bekaert & Holland Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Knightdale
Deborah Trout: NC State Dept. of Accounting scholarship
Shelby
Erin Wise: Ernst & Young scholarship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Apex
Stephen Craver: Carl J. Messere scholarship
Asheville
Fred Duyck: PricewaterhouseCoopers internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Bolivia
Ashley Hardy: PricewaterhouseCoopers internship
Cary
Jennifer Parsons: KPMG scholarship
Chapel Hill
Rachel Gable: Cook Family scholarship, Grant Thornton internship
Durham
Tyler Allison: Dixon Hughes internship, Dixon Hughes scholarship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Farmville
Amanda Davis: Cherry Bekaert & Holland internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Fayetteville
Allan Autry: Johnson, Lambert & Co. Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Garner
Ann Wells: Cherry Bekaert & Holland internship
Greensboro
Adam Ward: Johnson Lambert & Co. internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Graham Hunt: PricewaterhouseCoopers internship, NC State Department of Accounting scholarship
Henderson
Matt Choplin: Ernst & Young and Cherry Bekaert & Holland internships
High Point
Alona McCluney: Ernst & Young scholarship and internship, National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Southern Regional Scholarship and NABA RTP Professional Chapter Scholarship
Hillsborough
Andrew Baker: McGladrey & Pullen internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship, NC State Diversity Enhancement Grant
Corbin Hankins: McGladrey & Pullen Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Holly Springs
Lora Blackburn: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Lexington
Amanda Beam: Lori and Mike Constantino scholarship, Ernst & Young internship
Murphy
Gary Brendle: Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young scholarship and internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Goldsboro
Hannah Grantham: William Overman Pierce internship
New Bern
Bekgah Reed: NC State Department of Accounting Scholarship, Triangle NCACPA scholarship, Dixon Hughes internship, Thomas, Judy & Tucker internship
Oriental
Joel Stevens: McNair McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co. Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Raleigh
James Lamb: Ernst & Young Scholarship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Micaela Lees: Lori and Mike Constantino Scholarship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Lindsey Hoch: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistant
Matthew Corey: Deloitte MAC Internship
Justin Sigmon: KPMG Scholarship
Kevin Le: Grant Thornton internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Emily Etter: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Beth Taylor: McGladrey & Pullen Fellowship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Bill Snell: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Charlotte Brewer: Deloitte internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Brittany Thomas: Dixon Hughes, Dixon Hughes Thomas, Judy & Tucker internships, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Dexter Clark: Deloitte and Lynch & Howard internships, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Kernersville
Michelle Plante: Williams Overman Pierce internship
Carey Stewart: Dixon Hughes internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Rocky Mount
Gaither Weeks: NC State Dept of Accounting scholarship, Dixon Hughes internship, McGladrey & Pullen internship
Katie Crane: GRK scholarship, Johnson Lambert & Co internship
Rougemont
Kristin Mangum: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship, Academic Fellow
Ruffin
Amanda Estes: Herman and Beda Lipe scholarship, Deloitte internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Sanford
Jamelia Livingston: Ernst & Young internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Salisbury
Katie Greene: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Shell Rock
Will Rogers: Hughes Pittman & Gupton internship
Wake Forest:
Amanda Fannin: PricewaterhouseCoopers internship, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Wilmington:
Jenny Obernesser: Johnson Lambert & Co and Ernst & Young internships, NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship
Carlton Clarke: Cherry Bekaert & Holland fellowship
Allison Scott: PricewaterhouseCoopers internship
Winston-Salem
Andrew Jolley: Dixon Hughes internship
PENNSYLVANIA
West Chester – Andrew DeMoss: NC State Department of Accounting graduate assistantship, Academic Fellowship
ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Rachel Gable, NCACPA Foundation Scholarship
STUDENT ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION OFFICERS
Accounting Society: President John Shindledecker, Vice President Cait McGowan, Secretary Katherine Merrick. Treasurer Elizabeth Baker
Beta Alpha Psi: President Andrew Cantrell, Vice President Brett Goodman, Secretary Leann Durham. Treasurer Lauren McKenzie
Institute of Management Accountants: President Jonathan James, Vice President Fenge Zheng, Secretary Stephanie Hook, Treasurer Yanjuan Wang
National Association of Black Accountants: President Larissa Shorter, Treasurer Alonzo Horne, Administrative Secretary Barrett Slade, Corresponding Secretary Jason McLeod, Vice President of Membership Roland Martin, Vice President of Chapter Reporting James Broadnax
UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Deloitte: Allison Bell, Jacob Davis, Jennifer Erdman, Chris Haile
Dixon Hughes: Amy Claus
Ernst & Young: Vionette Medero
KPMG: Mary Benson
Thomas, Judy & Tucker: Kelly Ward and Diana Hardy
Williams Overman Price: Brooke Powell
XS, Inc.: Bethany Breeden