STUDENT NEWS
SOA ACCOUNTING CAREER FAIRS Held at the start of the fall 2024 semester, the School of Accountancy Fall Career Fair provided over 300 undergraduate and graduate students access to 44 SOA Partners. The spring semester career fair – Meet the Firms – is open to all Coles students. 45 employers connected with over 175 students at the Spring 2025 event. Employer Partners use these events to build brand recognition and to act as a recruitment drive for summer leadership programs, internships, and full-time employment. ACCOUNTING ACHIEVERS This event exposes top-performing undecided KSU undergraduates to the accounting profession. Students who performed well in the first two accounting principles courses are invited. Faculty also nominates the top ten students from their classes to attend. In 2024, 65 students from across 13 majors attended Accounting Achievers and learned more about career opportunities and majoring in accounting. Of our 2025 MAcc graduates, three attended this event during their early undergraduate program. WHAT IS ACCOUNTING PANEL With such success of this panel in the 2023-2024 academic year, the SOA continued the “What is Accounting?” The Panel comprised of high-level professionals in the accounting profession to highlight the many opportunities accounting can offer to graduates. Students from our first
FINANCIAL REPORTING ROUNDTABLE The School of Accountancy proudly continued its sponsorship of the Financial Reporting Roundtable (FRR), a premier forum for financial reporting leaders from Georgia’s 20 largest publicly traded companies. In 2024, SOA hosted one of the seven meetings and facilitated the
was an event that underscored the Roundtable’s influence and relevance. In 2025, SOA launched the official FRR website, offering a window into the Roundtable’s mission and showcasing the distinguished speakers hosted by KSU.
two Principles courses, students interested in learning more about accounting, and others interested in the subject itself, joined to hear the professionals’ stories. We now plan to add this event as a staple of accounting industry promotion. Over 200 students attended one of the panels this year. CURRICULUM UPDATES Building on the successful integration of Microsoft Excel certification, the School of Accountancy has embedded Tableau certification into the undergraduate curriculum. Tableau projects are incorporated into four undergraduate courses, preparing students for the certification exam to be given during the accounting capstone course. A grant from RSM helped students cover the cost of the exam. At the graduate level, the Master of Accounting (MAcc) program introduced an updated Data Analytics course, now a core requirement taught by Dr. Sunay Mutlu. All 35 MAcc students completed a four-exam series and earned their Alteryx certification through this course. In addition, students in the Audit/Advisory track now have the potential to graduate with three professional certifications (CPA, CIA, and Alteryx) along with the Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) certificate from the Institute of Internal Auditors.
remaining six, each offering a confidential space for candid dialogue, experience-sharing, and insights on emerging accounting issues. A hallmark of the FRR is its connection to standard-setting bodies. In August 2024, the group welcomed Rich Jones, Chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), for an in-person session hosted at KSU. This
Under the continued leadership of Dr. Mary Hill, Director of the FRR, the organization is thriving. Dr. Hill’s research in financial reporting aligns seamlessly with the FRR’s objectives, and her guidance has been instrumental in the group’s ongoing success.
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