Department of Accountancy Blog

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    Winter 2023 Faculty Conference Updates

    The Winter Term offered several faculty members the chance to share, collaborate, and learn from other leaders in the field of accountancy education. International Accounting and Accounting Information Systems Tim Eaton and James Zhang attended the 2023 Joint Midyear Meeting of the AIS, SET, and International Sections of the American Accounting Association held in Las…

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    Accountancy Students Help Oxford Seniors File Taxes

    Under the guidance of accountancy professors Michele Frank and Bill Moser, accountancy students spent the month of February visiting the Oxford Senior Center to assist senior citizens in completing their tax returns.

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    2023 Shade Family CBL Emerging Leaders Consulting Experience Held in Chicago

    Student leaders from different majors, many in accountancy, participated in a two-week experiential, immersive experience living the life of consultants working for a firm.

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    Fifth Annual Douglas Millett Forensic Accounting Case Competition Held in February

    On February 9, twenty junior and senior Accountancy majors participated in the 5th Annual Douglas Millett Forensic Accounting Case Competition. Five teams delivered high-quality presentations on recent topics of accounting fraud in front of a panel of forensic accountants, which included special guests Amanda Malusky Krauss of Axium Consulting and Robert Vaccari of Ingardus. Faculty members…

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    Miami Accountancy Students Participate in U.S. Bank Field Trip to Cincinnati’s Cybersecurity Fusion Center and Cash Vault

    On Friday, February 17, accountancy senior Duncan Fox and MAcc student Abby Larson joined EY Professor Brian Ballou and Deloitte Professor Dan Heitger on a field trip to U.S. Bank’s Downtown Cincinnati Cybersecurity Fusion Center and Cash Vau

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    Jon Pyzoha Named Vice/Incoming Chair of AAA Auditing Section Standards Committee

    Congratulations to Jon Pyzoha, who has been named the incoming chair (and current vice chair) of the American Accounting Association’s auditing section standards committee. Professor Pyzoha and the committee recently wrote a comment letter to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), which oversees audits of public companies, for the PCAOB’s newly proposed standard, A Firm’s System…

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    Accountancy Students Spend Winter Term in New York and Washington DC

    Students in ACC 490D, Accounting and Tax Policy, had the opportunity to visit several important venues in New York and Washington DC as a part of a Winter Term study away class led by Professor Tim Eaton.

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    Eric Marinich Completes Disney Marathon

    Congratulations to Accountancy Professor Eric Marinich, who completed the 30th Annual Disney Marathon held January 8 in Orlando, Florida! The marathon’s “Celebrated Charity” is the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Marinich ran as part of the LLS’s Team in Training, with the goal of raising funds to help find cures for blood cancer and ensure…

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    Annie Farrell Named Editor of CAR Journal

    The Department of Accountancy is pleased to share the appointment of Interim Chair Annie Farrell as an Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR). CAR is noted for its #6 ranking on the 2021 Financial Times Top 50 Journals list and is widely considered one of the top five scholarly journals that publish research across all accountancy sub-disciplines and…

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    Focus on Management Accounting Curriculum

    Department of Accountancy Interim Chair Annie Farrell spent the first week of the year focusing on curriculum development with colleagues at the AAA Management Accounting Section (MAS) Conference in Atlanta. Together with Shane Dikoli from the University of Virginia, she spoke about “Future-Proofing Management Accounting Curricula” at the 2023 Research Conference, IMA Doctoral Colloquium, and…

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    First Year Accountancy Majors Design Solutions in FC Cincinnati Case

    Each year, the First Year Integrated Core engages incoming Farmer School of Business students in a skills-based curriculum that focuses on developing key workplace skills.

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    An Interview with a CFO

    Each year, students in Professor Annie Farrell’s class ACC 635, Financial Leadership in Organizations, get the opportunity to interview a chief financial officer and learn about what it takes to be a CFO.