Department of Accountancy Blog

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    ACC 221 Hosts Alumni Speakers

    Students in ACC 221, Introduction to Financial Accounting, were treated to a discussion on careers in accountancy with visiting alumni.

  • A group of four students pose with Bob Guido, all in business attire

    Accountancy Students Take on PwC Challenge Case Competition

    The PwC Challenge Case Competition took place on November 9, 2023, at the Farmer School of Business. Participants were tasked with delving into the business obstacles encountered by a rapidly growing workout equipment company.

  • Dan Perschke of E.W. Scripps poses in front of a group of students in a lecture hall.

    Miami Alumni Speak about Accounting Careers in ACC 222

    This semester, several Miami accountancy alumni came back to Miami to speak to Professor Eric Marinich’s students in ACC 222 (Introduction to Managerial Accounting).

  • Group photo of AAG members Fall 2023 Meeting

    Accountancy Advisory Group Meets to Strategize Pathways to Accounting Careers

    Members of the Accountancy Advisory Group (AAG) gathered on October 26 and 27 to discuss updates on the department’s curriculum and outreach efforts, and to brainstorm strategies to meet the increasing demand for accountants.

  • BriAuna Keys '20 presents the use and risks of ChatGPT

    BriAuna Keys ’20 Discusses AI Benefits and Risks with Accountancy Students

    Students in ACC 495 (Accounting Analysis) welcomed MAcc graduate BriAuna Keys ’20, a Digital Assurance & Transparency senior associate at PwC, along with PwC campus liaison Christine Frederick, who presented the benefits and risks of using generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT) for accounting tasks.

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    Faculty and EY Collaborate on Audit Curriculum Development

    Accountancy faculty members Jon Pyzoha, Matt Wieland, and Brian Ballou were busy in the month of June as they worked on restructuring the financial statement audit (ACC 453/553) and graduate assurance (ACC 653) courses to reflect the industry’s shift to a digital, platform-based audit approach and expansion of the service from financial reporting to financial/ESG…

  • Photo of Anne Farrell Presenting at the OSCPA Workforce Development Summit

    Professor Anne Farrell Speaks at OSCPA Workforce Development Summit

    On September 27, Professor and Interim Department Chair Anne Farrell gave a spoke at the Ohio Society of CPAs Workforce Development Summit from her perspective as the American Accounting Association’s VP-Finance about the national accountancy pipeline challenges.

  • Group photo of accountancy faculty and KPMG Cincinnati staff

    KPMG Staff and Accountancy Faculty Discuss Changes to the Audit Landscape

    In August, Professors Jon Pyzoha, Brian Ballou and Dan Heitger visited KPMG Cincinnati to advance their understanding of audit technologies and ESG audit methodologies in the quickly evolving audit landscape. They spent a day with a number of KPMG professionals in audit technology and ESG methodology, including Brian Foster (audit technology business office lead partner), Carl…

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    Accountancy Alum Seals Plumbing Acquisition Deal

    Miami accountancy and finance alum Aizik Zimerman ’15, who recently completed an MBA at Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) program, became the first in this program to complete an acquisition of a business, J. Blanton Plumbing, while still enrolled as a full-time student.

  • Balloons spelling out the word "Accounting" in an arch in the Forsythe Commons lobby at the Farmer School of Business

    Make it Miami Accounting Camp

    The 12th annual Make it Miami Accounting Camp welcomed high school students from the surrounding area to the Farmer School of Business on July 20-22 for three days of self-development and team-building activities while discovering more about college life and exploring the possibility of an accounting career.

  • Accountancy Alums Share Their Stories

    To bring the real world into the classroom, alumni are regularly invited to speak at our introductory accounting courses, ACC 221 (financial accounting) and ACC 222 (managerial accounting).

  • Photo shows Professor Michele Frank with a table of students making an excited gesture

    Middle Schoolers Explore Accounting at Camp Excell

    This week, over 100 kids from the Middletown and Cincinnati regions attended Camp Excell, a 4-day and 3-night camp introducing underrepresented youth in the 6th to 9th grades to various disciplines at Miami’s campus, including the arts and humanities, science, technology, engineering, education, and of course, accountancy. On June 27 and 28, accountancy professors held…