Accounting, Current Students - Southwest Baptist University

Current Accounting Students

(it's not all about the books)


Our SBU Accounting Club takes in a Springfield Cardinals game following our field trip to the BKD CPA firm and dinner at Steak-n-Shake. About 35 SBU Accounting majors attend the annual spring event.
ACC majors enjoy Steak-n-Shake before the Cards game (L to R); SR Nikki Bullard (SBU singer), JR Adam Lotz (SBU golfer), SO Matt Hefley (SBU golfer), FR Katie Ware (SBU Track), graduated Brandon Taylor (SBU Football), and JR Chelsea Kenney (SBU Volleyball).
Kim Steinkruger (left) graduates December 2009 and was selected by her peers as the "Psalm 15 Plus" Award Winner for 2009. Kim's classmates honored her for her willingness, preparedness and thoroughness, in addition to the other Psalm 15 characteristics. Kari Mooney (right) graduates May 2010 and was the SBU winner of the Stanley Dill Scholarship.
Carmen Lambird and the rest of the May, 2009 class found a good use for their "used" Wall Street Journals.
This is Ashley Herod (on the left) and Jessica Aug (on right)---- Ashley was the winner of the Stanley Dill Scholarship for 2007 (the largest single private scholarship awarded by SBU) and the Junior Accounting major Psalm 15 Plus Award. Jessica was honored as the "Outstanding Accounting Scholar for 2007." —- Jessica also won the Senior Accounting "You can observe a lot by watching" Yogi Berra Auditing Award. Ashley now works at the CPA firm of JPMS Cox in Little Rock and Jessica is a tax accountant at the BKD firm in Springfield.
Accounting students at Steak n' Shake on the BKD field trip. Katy Stanford, top right, interns as the Business Manager for the Bolivar YMCA and is a current BKD Scholarship recipient. Rachel Greene, bottom right, is the 2008-2009 SBU Stanley Dill Scholarship winner, the largest private scholarship awarded at SBU.

Accounting Fun Day 2008

Jan Henbest (shown with Mr. Clark), senior ACC major from Cassville and outgoing State Treasurer of PBL, was awarded the prestigious Stanley Dill Scholarship at SBU for her senior year. The Dill Scholarship goes to ONE SBU student who exemplifies scholarship, character, witness, and service and is the largest private scholarship awarded at SBU. Jan finished 3rd in 2007 and 2nd in 2008 in the accounting events at the National Phi Beta Lambda Accounting events.

YES! These SBU Warriors survived the Intermediate Accounting Year-- the toughest year in the program And they are still smiling (because when they graduate most of them will have the 150 hours completed to sit for the CPA exam)!

Senior Jessica Aug receives her birthday cake from Mrs. Sharla Bailey of the SBU Accounting faculty. Mrs. Bailey bakes each Accounting major a birthday cake during the year----- energy for studying, I'm sure. Jessica passed the CPA exam (SBU students pass the CPA exam at a faster rate than the national average).

Senior Rachel Nibbe (Houston, TX) helps prepare a tax return as a service of our SBU Accounting Club (Delta Epsilong Chi). Each year SBU's Accounting Club assists students and community members in preparing basic federal and state income tax returns. Rachel is now an auditor with Grant Thornton, CPAs, in Dallas.

Brooke Vercellino, Junior transfer from SIU-Carbondale, is under the accounting club banner. The club's official name is Delta Epsilon Chi, which stands for "debits = credits." Brooke graduated in 2007 and is now an accountant with a Christian ministry in Atlanta.

Junior Laura Freeman (Pocahontas, AR) enjoys a break during our annual bowling night. Laura interns at Keeling Accounting and Financial Services.

Accounting majors Kim Steinkruger, Rachel Tag, and Andrea Biederman (all a long way from home over Labor Day weekend) were hosted at home of the Accounting Department Chairman, Mr. Clark. It was a break from "cafeteria food" for at least one meal.