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PSU Alumnus Establishes $1M Scholarship to Support Accounting Student Parents

PSU Accounting alumnus Bob Hormel, '62, has made a $1 million estate gift commitment providing scholarships for accounting students with dependent children. “I don’t think I would’ve gone to college if it hadn’t been for PSU,” he says. Hormel is fulfilling his commitment now by giving $100,000 each year for the next 10 years.
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BAP Chapter Wins NW Region Competition

Congratulations to Bailey Vetter ('21, Accounting) and Romita Sekar (current MSF/MBA student) for winning 1st place in the NW Region Deloitte Best Practices Competition! They will now compete against the other regional winners at the BAP Annual Meeting in July. Their initiative is to empower community college students to pursue careers in data analytics. 
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Faculty Publications
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Internal Audit Stigma

Associate Professor Joleen Kremin and colleagues published the study “Internal Audit Stigma Impairs Internal Audit Outcomes” in Corporate Ownership & Control.
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Growing Popularity of Non-traditional Doctoral Accounting Programs

To understand the characteristics, popularity and level of acceptance of Doctor of Business Administration (“DBA”) programs, Senior Accounting Instructor John Eckroth and colleagues recently published the study “U.S. research-focused nontraditional doctoral accounting programs: A status update” in the Journal of Accounting Education.
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Gender Equity in Public Accounting

Accounting Professor Elizabeth Almer and colleagues published the study “Gender Equity in Public Accounting: Evidence from Single Audit Partner and Director Engagement Leaders” in The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
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Data analytics and emerging technology tools continue to evolve the business world, and employers expect new skillsets from graduates. Professor Emeritus Raymond Johnson recently published Auditing: A Practical Approach with Data Analytics, 2nd Edition.
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Professional Clothing Closet

Have unused business clothing? Consider donating it to the PSU Professional Clothing Closet.
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Introducing New Chair and Vice-Chair for Accounting Advisory Board

We are pleased to introduce our new Accounting Advisory Board Chair, Gary Homsley and Vice-Chair, Jim Brown. They will serve in their roles for two-year terms from 2022 through 2023. They will lead the 22-member advisory board that serves to strengthen ties to the region’s accounting community and assist the Accounting and Tax programs in supporting student success.
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Faculty in the News and Media
  • Professor Joleen Kremin was quoted in The Oregonian about the pause in KinderCare's IPO, saying, "It is our public responsibility to provide ‘reasonable assurance’ that these financial statements are accurate ... that’s why we call ourselves independent auditors.”
  • Professor Cass Hausserman provided tax tips on KPTV evening news.
  • Professor Kristi Yuthas, interviewed by Cryptoadvisor on Blockchain Employment Opportunities, said, "Students taking the program now will likely graduate in the next two years, placing them in companies just as the technology begins to become mainstream."
  • In a story on the impact of sluggish entry-level public accounting salaries, Professor Elizabeth Almer was quoted in Bloomberg Tax, saying, "Students are making economically rational decisions. Faced with mounting housing costs and student loan debt, they opt to pursue other fields," she said
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The PSU Spring Day of Giving on April 13th was extremely successful for the Accounting Program. We exceeded our goal of $10,000, raising a total of $15,425 from 18 donors and a generous match from our School of Business Accounting Faculty.
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Alumni Spotlight
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Todd Bedrick (MSFA '07) Played Key Role in Leading Absci IPO 

Six months into his new position at Absci, a Vancouver, WA-based biotechnology company working on next-generation biologics using its AI-based drug discovery platform, Todd played a key role in leading the company’s IPO. 
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Sharona Shnayder (B.S. '20): Making a Difference

Founder of Tuesdays for Trash, a movement that encourages people all over the world to pick up trash in their local areas, used her downtime in quarantine to start the movement, and now she’s set her sights on getting politicians and corporations involved.
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Alumni Notes
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Fatoumata Kone
(MTAX '21)
Accountant, United Fund Advisors. Recently featured in The School of Business MTAX recruitment video
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Kandy Sage
(BS '08)
Promoted to CFO at Home Forward
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Sammi Pahlow
(BS ‘07)
Sr. Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, joined the PSU Foundation Board

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