Greetings from Alter Hall! Here is your Fall 2018 Footnotes from Fox. What have the students, faculty, and our alumni been up to? We search out and dispense the news about department doings to our loyal readers.
We begin with a story about data visualization and analytics. Under the guidance of our departmental curriculum committee, headed by Professor Elizabeth Gordon, we are refurbishing our courses to incorporate career-relevant training. MAcc students work on a case that requires they use Tableau to illustrate visually the whys of decision-making. Undergraduate auditing students have been trained in ACL software. Successful completion of the work they’re given leads to Data Analyst Level I Certification.
Speaking of Elizabeth Gordon, she was chosen to lead the 2019 New Faculty Consortium by the American Accounting Association. Over 130 Assistant Professors assemble bearing newly-minted PhD degrees, to be initiated and acculturated by over 30 senior faculty between January 31 and February 3, 2019 at the Lansdowne Resort and Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, a convention center in Virginia.
The Fox School Department of Accounting is honored to have been chosen as the newest home for the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT). This group focuses on ethical decision making and leadership. The group hosts speakers who come to share their experiences dealing with challenges related to ethics in corporate settings.
Our next story reports on the honors, research accomplishments, and recognition afforded three of our number: Professors Jayanthi Krishnan, Sheri Risler and Cory Ng. In an article in the Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Cory and Sheri discuss how they developed their data visualization courses, referred to above.
In late September, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Management Accountants hosted a panel discussion on how technology is impacting accounting and auditing. About 60 students—plus a number of faculty including yours truly—attended the event, held in the “Egg” on the first floor of Alter Hall.
We welcome SIX new members to the leadership group—the Accounting Circle Executive Committee—that guides the Department of Accounting. Who might they be? Read the piece and find out! PLUS, the other six communiqués we prepared for your illumination await your attention.
Before I quit, let me remind you that—if you know of a Fox Accounting graduate young or old, just starting or winding up a distinguished career—use the link in the Accounting Achievement Awards advertisement to submit your nomination. I hope you will be able to attend the May 1, 2019 awards banquet, where the honorees will be honored.
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