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Accountancy News

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Dennis Nally, PricewaterhouseCoopers, visits campus.

On February 19, Dennis Nally, chairman and senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), met with faculty and students in the Department of Accountancy.  Nally (’71, BBA) was recently re-elected to serve a second term in his position at PwC.

Nally’s visit (photos, below) included meetings with students and faculty regarding the various opportunities available in the accounting profession, what he anticipates are major issues facing the field, and suggestions for how accountancy educators might help public accounting firms meet these challenges

Since joining PwC in 1974, Nally has had extensive experience serving large multinational clients in a variety of industries, principally focusing on the technology market, including computers and life sciences.  A frequent speaker and guest lecturer on issues affecting the accounting profession and the US capital markets, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs, the US Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, The Business Roundtable, The Carnegie Hall Society Board of Trustees, and the Partnership for New York City Board of Directors.  Mr. Nally is a graduate of Western Michigan University.

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY 2008-2009

BDO Seidman - Megan Horn

Crowe, Chizek and Company - Katherine Kistler

Deloitte - Allen Roiser

Doeren Mayhew - Sarah Lutz

Ernst & Young - Lance McFarlin

Fred Everett - Parina Patel

IMA - Michael Verstraete

Jansen Valk Thompson Reahm - Kevin Cradduck

Maner, Costerisan & Ellis - Jennifer Wolowicz

William Maze - Halli Borgfjord

Neubig - Jessica Boyer & Anna Harrington

Roger & Kim Pitzer - Amy Buxton

Plante & Moran - Austin Sloan

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Jordan Triezenberg

David L. Rozelle Presidential - Floretina Marconi

Seber Tans - Benjamin McCann

Yeo & Yeo - Quang Nguyen

Ernst Award - Colleen Mead

FSA Award - Jeremy Sikkema

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XACT - The xTREME Campus Competition

xACT (short for extreme accounting) is PwC’s xTREME Campus Competition designed to give students experience and exposure to real world accounting and auditing issues. It’s a chance for students to test their critical thinking, team-building and presentation skills against hundreds of the best accounting students around the country.

This year, four WMU teams competed in PwC’s xACT competition for the chance to win $1,000 and consideration for the National Finals.

Teams were given two weeks to research an accounting case. This year’s case involved certification of professional accountants in a mythical foreign country. Multiple stakeholder viewpoints were taken into consideration and a course of action was selected. Though there was no one correct answer, the object was for teams to prepare a presentation that would convince experts that their solution was the best one.

Presentations took place on November 1st at the Radisson attended by team competitors, PwC partners, and Department of Accountancy chair and staff. Teams were judged on the basis of their critical thinking, presentation quality, and teamwork skills.

In the end, it was team Depreciators that came out on top! They were selected as the best WMU team in PwC’s xACT competition and walked away with a check totaling $1,000! Team members included Beth Watson, Brandon Potts, Chris Reynolds, Hirotaka Nakatomi, Paul Buckles. Teams were required to include 1 junior, 2 sophomores and 2 others.

Congratulations to all WMU teams who participated in the xACT competition! And a special congratulations to all members of WMU’s team Depreciators! Great job! The tape of the Depreciators presentation will be considered for the National Award of $10,000.

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The International Association for Organ Donation selected HCOB associate professor David Rozelle to receive a major award for 2005. The organization will make the award Thursday, April 21 at the Michigan Conference on Organ Donation in Dearborn. The award is the 2004 Transplant Recipient Outreach Award.

The association chose Rozelle, for “outstanding dedication towards raising organ donor awareness…[that] significantly impacted the organ donor registry.”The Michigan Gift of Life maintains a database of organ and tissue donors in the state of Michigan. The existing protocol in Michigan hospitals calls for accessing this registry whenever someone is declared dead so as to determine that person’s wishes concerning organ and tissue donation.

 

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