STUDENT NEWS
BAP The Iota Tau Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) had an excellent year in terms of events and activities. In November 2023, for the 6th consecutive year, our chapter was recognized as a Superior Chapter by Beta Alpha Psi International. Students completed a collective of 717.3 professional development hours and 618.5 community service hours in the 2023-2024 academic year, including a new service opportunity with Junior Achievement at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. KSU’s BAP chapter hosted 20 companies and has nearly 120 members. NABA The School of Accountancy has a National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) chapter. NABA promotes the tremendous benefits of studying accounting and exposes its members to a vast array of career opportunities as well as several social outlets. INTERNAL AUDIT CENTER ACTIVITIES As an approved Internal Auditing Education Partnership Center of Excellence, the School of Accountancy’s Internal Audit Center continues to influence accounting students at the undergraduate and graduate levels by offering IAEP Certification and access to case competitions, conference participation, career
fairs, and professional guest lectures. These activities place a high demand on students. More than 90 students earned IAEP certification this academic year, more than any other institution in the country. Some key events for the Internal Audit Center this year included the 18th Annual Internal Audit/ Advisory Student Day and Career Fair, the 5th Annual IA Awareness Day, participation in the IIA Atlanta and IIA Global Student Conferences, where our students placed among the top 3 winning teams. The 18th Annual Internal Audit/Advisory Student Day and Career Fair, co-hosted by the Internal Audit Center, the School of Accountancy, Beta Alpha Psi, and NABA, drew over 80 students and 25 professional stakeholders. Students were able to connect with practitioners on how to apply knowledge from courses in accounting, finance, information systems, and information security to their professional careers. The Annual IA Awareness Day event exposes students majoring in accounting, finance or information systems to career pathways in Internal Audit and Advisory. In 2024, more than 75 students from colleges across Georgia connected with over 20 professionals to learn about their experiences in Internal Audit. The Internal Audit Center (IAC) received $8,500 in grant funding for a graduate research assistant from the Institute of Internal Auditors’ global
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