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Accounting Calendar

Fall 2012

September ??; "Mixer" with Grant Thornton, CPAs (Tulsa, OK office)

September 7; Accounting Club Field Trip to Abacus, CPAs.

September 13; Interview Blitz (mock interviews for ACC majors by accounting alumni)

September 17; BKD, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

September 20; The Whitlock Company, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

September 27; Abacus, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

October 1; Kirkpatrick, Phillips, and Miller, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

October 2; Elliott, Robinson and Company, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Sr only)

October 5; Advisory Board Meeting

October 6; Accounting Alumni Homecoming Reunion (Mellers Dining Commons)

October 9; ACC Club/IMA Chapter meeting with guest speaker

November 13; ACC Club/IMA Chapter cookout at Mrs. Wagner's house.

Spring 2012

February 21- "Tax Help Night" for domestic SBU students

February 28- Seminar on "Preventing & Detecting Fraud in Your Organization" by Angela Morelock, Partner at BKD

March 8- "Tax Help Night" for international SBU students

March 14- CPA Exam and CPA Review Seminar by Becker CPA Review

March 27 - Missouri State Auditor interviews junior & senior Accounting majors

May 4- BKD CPA firm Field Trip, Steak-n-Shake, Springfield Cardinals game

May 14- End-of-year Accounting Club Cookout and Awards Night

Fall 2011

September 16; Accounting Club Field Trip to The Whitlock Company, CPAs.

September 27; Kirkpatrick, Phillips, and Miller, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

September 28; Elliott, Robinson and Company, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

September 30; The Whitlock Company, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

October 3; BKD, CPAs will interview SBU Accounting majors (Jr and Sr)

October 6; Missouri Society of CPAs "Career Advancement Forum" in Springfield, MO (evening) for interested ACC majors

October 13 is the College of Business & Computer Science Career & Internship Fair.

Schedule for Spring 2011

February 15 - Chelsea Abercrombie, CPA and Kalena Stutenkemper, owners of Integrity Tax & Accounting and 2008 SBU Accounting graduates, speak at monthly Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) meeting.

February 24 and March 15 - SBU Tax Accounting "Help Night" for domestic and international students.

March 2 - Laurie Bebee of RWCK Construction in Branson and Jessica Sawyer, owner of Sawyer Accounting and Tax Services, Hermitage, both 2004 SBU Accounting graduates, speak to Accounting Club and IMA.

March 9 - SBU COBACS Career Fair

May 13 - Accounting Club Filed to Trip to BKD, Steak-n-Shake, and Springfield Cardinals Game

May 16 - SBU Accounting Club cookout and awards celebration

 

Schedule for Fall 2010

September 3 - SBU Accounting Club field trip to Elliott, Robinson CPA Firm

September 14 - First IMA Chapter Meeting for new school year

September 24 - On-campus interviews with Elliott, Robinson CPA Firm

September 27 - On-campus interviews with BKD CPA firm

October ?? - On-camps interviews with The Whitlock Company CPA Firm

October ?? - Laurie Bebee and Jessica Sawyer, 2004 SBU Accounting Grads, share with students

October 23 - SBU Accounting Alumni Homecoming Reunion at 11:00 AM

November ?? - Accounting Club/IMA Chapter Chili Dog Night

Schedule for Spring 2010

February/March - SBU Tax Accounting "Help Night"

March 5 - SBU COBACS Career Fair

March 9 - SBU's IMA Chapter Officially Chartered

April 26 - Mr. Excel Seminar

April 29 - Accounting Club Filed to Trip to BKD, Steak-n-Shake, and Springfield Cardinals Game

May 10 - SBU Accounting Club cookout and awards celebration

Scheduled for Fall 2009

September 8 - Ice cream social and first meeting for our new student IMA chapter

September 10 - Missouri Society of CPAs Kansas City Chapter Career Night

September 22 - Open House at KPM, CPAs in Springfield

September 23 - Elliott, Robinson, CPAs --Interview Accounting Majors on campus

September 25 -BKD, CPAs --Interview Accounting Majors on campus

September 30 - The Whitlock Company, CPAs - Interview Accounting Majors on campus

October 9- SBU COBACS Career & Internship Fair

October 10 - SBU Accounting Alumni Homecoming Reunion, 11 a.m.

November  - Accounting Club/IMA Chapter Fall Cookout

 

HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSSED FALL 2008 - SPRING 2009

September 9 - MSCPA College Accounting Career Event, St. Louis

September 24- Elliott, Robinson, CPAs --Interview Accounting Majors on campus

September 26 - BKD, CPAs --Interview Accounting Majors on campus

September 30 --KPM, CPAs --Interview Accounting Majors on campus

October 11 - SBU Accounting Alumni Homecoming Reunion, 11:00 a.m. Taylor 119

October 21 - MSCPA College Accounting Career Event, Kansas City

March - SBU COBACS Career Fair and Missouri State Auditor Interviews

April - MSCPA "Spring to Success" Seminar, Kansas City

May - Accounting Club Field Trip to BKD, Steak-n-Shake, and Springfield Cardinals Game

HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED SPRING 2008

January 23 - Alumni James Boutwell, CIA, Speaks to auditing class

February 14 - BIG Career Fair in Springfield

February 28 - Tax Help Night (see below)

Kalena Kenney helps with a student's taxes while
Jan Henbest grabs a completed return off the printer.  Kalena now works at Elliott Robinson CPAs in Springfield. 
Tax Help
   

March - Annual Spring Bowling Bonanza! / State Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Contest (see below)

Toni Wade PBL State Winner in Accounting, Toni Wade
Congratulations!  Toni is now an auditor with the Missouri State Auditors Office.

March 7 - SBU COBACS Career Fair

April 21 - Alums Frederick Ricker, CPA (Vice President, Corporate Taxes, Suddenlink) and Brad Hershberger, CPA (Tax Manager, McGladrey &Pullen) speak to Accounting Majors

May 1 - Accounting Club field trip to BKD CPA firm

BKD participants  


BKD Trip 2007 Participants

BKD is the 10th largest CPA firm in the United States and it's based in Springfield, MO.

Our trip includes BKD, Steak-n-Shake, and a Springfield Cardinals baseball game.

May 12 - ACCOUNTING FUN DAY!

 

HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED Fall 2007

August 16 - Help move in new SBU Accounting freshmen and transfers

September 12 - Field Trip to Elliott, Robinson & Co. CPA firm; Springfield, MO

September--Sign up to participate in SBU Accounting Alumni Mentoring Program

September 19 - Elliott, Robinson CPA firm KPM, Springfield (and Panera Bread for lunch)

October 3 - KPM CPA firm interviews on SBU campus

October 4 - BKD CPA firm interviews on SBU campus

kpm girls Brandon taylor
KPM, CPA Firm
Jill Perryman, SBU alum and Barb Houser
BKD, CPA Firm
Brandon Taylor, SBU alum and Jennifer Larkin
 

October 7, 11am--SBU Accounting Alumni Homecoming Reunion (Taylor 119)

November 13 - Accounting Club cookout

December 10 - Mayberry Madness Monday

 

HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED Spring 2007

January 31 - Greene County official spoke on Governmental Accounting

February 27 - BIG Career Fair in Springfield

February 28 - IRS and Missouri State Auditor Speak to ACC majors

March 16 - SBU COBACS Career Fair, Taylor Hall

April - Field trip to BKD, CPA firm; Steak-n-Shake & Cardinals game

May - Accounting FUN DAY Monday of Finals Week

Freshman Shannon Kirkpatrick from Wichita makes fast friends with  SBU freshman ACC major, Kim Steinkruger from Amarillo, Texas.  In the background is one of our COBACS "Psalm 15" themes, humility.  The other themes (one per semester) are:  integrity, truthfulness, faithfulness, service, respect, charity, and perseverance.  Shannon was honored with the "Psalm 15 Student Award."


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Shannon and Kim

David Olson, senior Accounting major from Kansas City, served as the SBU Student Government Association Treasurer. David "interned" through the Kansas City Rubin, Brown CPA firm in summer 2006 and now works for the Missouri State Auditors Office. Olson

 
Nascar 2006 NASCAR "chicks" can't get away from the tube long enough to start Intermediate Accounting class.  These two "honors" grads from 2006 are serving in the International Tax Dept. at Fortune-500 firm, Leggett & Platt.
RIGHT: Jesse Dziurawiec (we call him DZ) interned at BKD in Springfield summer, 2005.  DZ was the SBU Bearcats baseball catcher and began his permanent job at BKD in January, 2006.

Jesse

2004 accounting seniors and Mr. ClarkBrandon Taylor

 

LEFT: May 2006 grads, Rhi Hickman, Candice Ferrell, and Brandon Taylor visited Buffalo High School to talk to accounting students and give helpful insight about college education and accounting careers. Brandon began his BKD career in 2006 and is in an ELITE group--he passed the ENTIRE CPA exam his first time.  Rhi and Candice are international tax accountants for Leggett & Platt in Joplin.

 

 

 

 

BELOW: Toni Wade and Kesha Wieskamp enjoyed attending the SBU accounting field trip to Elliot Robinson & Company in Springfield, MO, September, 2005.  SBU accounting majors take a field trip each fall to a small Springfield CPA firm.

                 Toni and Kesha

After the field trip, accounting majorsTerrance Avery, Isaac Swick, and Daniel Prerad (SBU's #1 Tennis player from Australia) enjoyed lunch at Panera  Bread.     

       Students

 

BELOW: Chelsea Kenney from Stockton, MO stayed very busy with SBU volleyball and our rigorous accounting program.  Kenney was one of the MIAA leaders in assists per game and also found time to work with a local accountant (plus, she speaks to high school students, below, about why she chose ACCOUNTING). Visit Day Cookout

Chelsea Kenney

Brooke Vercellino

Above:  Brooke Vercellino, a transfer from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale also lead many campus ministry activities.  She coordinated all the Disciple Now programs that SBU students help lead throughout the area.  Brooke interned with an Atlanta-based Christian ministry provider in summer, 2006.

Starting BlocksHigh Jump Lisa Bunn, ACC graduate from Stockton, MO competed for SBU in Cross Country and Track (shown, at left, in pentathlon events).  Lisa is an accountant with the Marks, Nelson CPA firm in Kansas City.