This year, as the School of Accounting moved into its state-of-the-art MANGO building, we brought faculty and staff offices under one roof for the first time in many years. With new spaces to collaborate, we took the opportunity to reflect on some of our accomplishments in the past year, and make exciting plans for the future.
Thanks to our dedicated faculty and staff and funding from the State of Florida’s TEAm grant, we are proud to announce that our multi-faceted effort to improve student success in our field has yielded impressive results, including a Boot Camp that helped raise the passage rate of our school’s challenging entrance exam by 20 percent.
Our accounting students are known for their ability to prioritize their tasks and work harder and smarter than the majority of their peers. Most of them hold down jobs to help support their families while earning excellent grades in our challenging curriculum. They also participate in co-curricular honor societies, ALPFA and Beta Alpha Psi, that prepare them to succeed in the professional world. We are grateful for the scholarship support that enables them to focus on their studies.
We are proud of working relationships with the top accounting firms of our region and our nation. PwC, which supports the College of Business through its generous grant for our Welcome to the BizLife orientation, stepped forward with a $100,000 gift that will allow us to grant additional scholarships, and name one of our high-tech classrooms in its honor.
EY also continued its legacy of scholarship endowment.
Our upcoming offerings in forensics and analytics, as well as a well-received specialty in tax and new joint offerings for international students on the graduate level, will bring expanded opportunities to students, enable students to achieve new certifications, and bring new skills to service the needs of the business community.
We hope you’ll take the opportunity to become more involved with our school and our students. Engage with us as we help build the professionals of tomorrow.
Enjoy this issue of Ledger!
Ruth Ann McEwen
Senior Associate Dean,
College of Business
Director, School of Accounting
Florida International University
