Category: Student News

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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.

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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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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.

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Accountancy Students Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma

Twenty Accountancy students were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society, via a virtual event held April 26, 2023.

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Accountancy Junior Elle Scott Awarded FEI Scholarship

Accountancy major Elle Scott has been awarded the Financial Executives International (FEI) scholarship. Ms. Scott was nominated by the accountancy faculty, and nominations were reviewed by the FEI scholarship committee, led by Mr. Brian Tibbs, CFO of Monti, Inc., and 2021 Cincinnati CFO of the Year. Nominees are chosen for their “enthusiasm, hard work, and…
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Accountancy Senior Anthony Patrick Recognized among “Best and Brightest” by P&Q

Congratulations to Anthony Patrick, who is one of two Farmer School of Business seniors recognized by Poets & Quants among the 100 Best and Brightest Business Majors of 2023! We first featured Patrick as a second-year student in the “Profile of a PCAOB Scholar” article of the 2020-2021 Annual Report, which announced his $10,000 award…
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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