Poole College Accounting Students Receive Scholarships
Twenty-one accounting students in the NC State Poole College of Management were awarded scholarships by the North Carolina CPA Foundation for 2012.
The foundation had received 126 applications from students at 25 North Carolina colleges, universities and community colleges, and awarded 49 scholarships totaling $59,000. As part of their application, the students responded to the question, “What are the three most important skills someone in the accounting field should have, and why?”
“We are very proud of our students, and pleased that so many are benefitting from this NCCPA Foundation program,” said Dr. Frank Buckless, head of Poole College’s Department of Accounting. “I also thank the North Carolina CPA Foundation for its commitment to supporting students aspiring to careers in the accounting profession.”
The following NC State Poole College accounting students were rewarded scholarships this year.
- Molly Pfeiffer, $4,000 Scholarship
- Janey Kuyath, $3,000 Scholarship
- Jeremiah Akinsola, $1,000 Scholarship
- Brian Anderson, $1,000 Scholarship
- Madison Burke, $1,000 Scholarship
- Emily Capps, $1,000 Scholarship
- Anthony Dao, $1,000 Scholarship
- Joseph Fleming, $1,000 Scholarship
- Erica Glasgow, $1,000 Scholarship
- Kyle Kirby, $1,000 Scholarship
- Cody Leach, $1,000 Scholarship
- Meredith McDonald, $1,000 Scholarship
- Mary Newman, $1,000 Scholarship
- Jeanette Paige, $1,000 Scholarship
- Ricky Perry, $1,000 Scholarship
- Laura Scott, $1,000 Scholarship
- Dakota Shoe, $1,000 Scholarship
- Magdalena Szymczyk, $1,000 Scholarship
- Nicole Teibel, $1,000 Scholarship
- Cynthia Winzenz, $1,000 Scholarship
Ezekiel Kayode received a $1,000 Outstanding Minority Accounting Student Scholarship provided by the NCACPA, through the North Carolina CPA Foundation and Minority Action Committee. This competitive, merit-based scholarship is designed to reward minority accounting students for their achievements both inside and outside the classroom and to provide support on their way to a career in accounting.
The North Carolina CPA Foundation, established in 1980, was founded to further the development of accounting education and the accounting profession in North Carolina and has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to aspiring accounting students throughout the state.
The NC State Poole College of Management offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting, business management and economics. Students in the Bachelor of Science in Accounting program may complete concentrations in financial analysis, information systems, internal auditing and managerial accounting. Students in the one-year Master of Accounting program may take concentrations in enterprise risk management, information technology and tax strategy.
