On October 5, the Department of Accountancy partnered with Women in Business (WIB) to develop and deliver a great evening panel discussion event to highlight the theme of “Using an Accounting Education to Pursue Your Passions!” The event was very well attended, with 88 WIB participants.
Three Miami accounting alumnae served as panelists:
- Cassidy Hicks ’20, Senior Analyst at the Kirsch CPA Group (Hamilton, Ohio)
- Jen Kemp ’07 (MAcc ’08), Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Clearcover (Columbus, Ohio)
- Julia Poston ’82, Managing Partner (retired), EY (Cincinnati, Ohio)
The Department’s goal is to develop a mentorship for interested WIB participants and help them further understand how an accounting education can be instrumental in pursuing their personal and professional passions. One way we hope to do this is through a new program called “Coffee with Accounting Faculty” that partners WIB members with an Accounting faculty member. Our hope is that such casual conversations will help to build on the positive momentum developed during the October event and develop accounting mentorships, and ultimately, to grow the number of women interested in pursuing an accounting education (major, minor, or simply a few more courses).
