{"id":2714,"date":"2024-10-11T18:44:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:44:31","slug":"high-schoolers-get-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-accounting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/2024\/10\/high-schoolers-get-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-accounting\/","title":{"rendered":"High Schoolers Get a Glimpse into the World of Accounting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fake-figCaption\">(L-R) EY Professional Development Advisor Amanda Pyzoha with panelists Isabella Hughes, Gina Cardinale, and Nathan Schuster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accountancy students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gina-cardinale\/\">Gina Cardinale<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/isabella-hughes22\/\">Isabella Hughes<\/a>, along with recent graduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathan-schuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nathan Schuster<\/a> &#8217;24, gave insights into their college lives as accounting majors <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">at a panel discussion during the Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiocpa.com\/quick-links\/the-ohio-cpa-foundation\/recruiting-students\/accounting-career-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accounting Career Day<\/a>. The even<\/span>t, which was held on September 26 at\u00a0Miami University&#8217;s Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester, was attended by about 75 high school students from the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day started with an introduction by OSCPA President &amp; CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scottwileycae\/\">Scott Wiley<\/a>, followed by a talk by E.W. Scripps SVP &amp; Controller <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/2024-annual-report\/alumni-profile-dan-perschke-svp-and-controller-at-e-w-scripps\/\">Dan Perschke<\/a> &#8217;01, who described how an accounting degree can open the door to careers in many different fields. This was followed by an accounting panel featuring representatives from accounting firms, who shared their daily experiences working as accountants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu2\/files\/2024\/10\/Scott-Wiley-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Scott Wiley\" class=\"wp-image-2719\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">OSCPA President &amp; CEO Scott Wiley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2024\/10\/1727364953813-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A photo shows Dan Perschke speaking in front of students, some of whom have their hands raised.\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E.Y. Scripps SVP &amp; Controller Dan Perschke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu2\/files\/2024\/10\/Amanda-Jon-and-students-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A photo showing two accountancy faculty and two student representatives with the auditorium seats in the background\" class=\"wp-image-2716\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R) Accountancy Professor Jon Pyzoha, Gina Cardinale, Isabella Hughes, and EY Professional Development Advisor Amanda Pyzoha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2024\/10\/Nathan-Schuster.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Nathan Schuster holding a microphone\" class=\"wp-image-2733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2024\/10\/Nathan-Schuster.jpg 900w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2024\/10\/Nathan-Schuster-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2024\/10\/Nathan-Schuster-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Schuster &#8217;24, now an analyst at Kirsch CPA Group, LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, Cardinale, Hughes, and Schuster rounded out the discussion by answering questions about their experiences transitioning from high school to college, their favorite parts of being an accounting major, and tips on succeeding in college. Schuster also shared some slides highlighting the combined <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/fsb\/graduate-programs\/accountancy\/index.html\">B.S.\/MAcc program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(L-R) EY Professional Development Advisor Amanda Pyzoha with panelists Isabella Hughes, Gina Cardinale, and Nathan Schuster Accountancy students Gina Cardinale and Isabella Hughes, along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2567,"featured_media":2728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}