SBU Accounting Majors Win Scholarship Designated for Future CPAs

For four of the last five years, an incoming Southwest Baptist University freshman Accounting major has been awarded one of the ten state-wide Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) LEAP Scholarships. The LEAP (Lead and Enhance the Accounting Profession) program is the MSCPA’s initiative to inform quality high school students about the wide-ranging career opportunities for accountants, especially those who are able to earn the coveted CPA credential.  The 2009 freshman winner was Caleb Harris from Jackson, Missouri.

	Past winners were: 2003 - Jeff Case 2005 - Katy Stanford 2006 - Rachel Tag 2007 - Mike Conrad, Rachel Tag, Amy Wilson,             Kristin Edwards, Becky Jolliff 2008 - Rachel Tag, Rachel Greene 2009 - Caleb Harris, Kristin Edwards, Rachel Tag

                                                        

For information about the LEAP program and the LEAP Scholarship, visit www.leap-forward.com.