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a c c o u n t a B i l i t y JANUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER

Spring Showcases With the start of a new semester comes new recruiting events and oppor-tunities for students to both learn about and network with accounting firms. The first of the four Spring Showcases begin on January 29th in McCoy College and provides students a exceptional way to start off the semester as they work to secure internships. The evening will begin with firms making presentations to students about their firm’s history, client profile, and cul-ture, which differentiates this event from Meet the Firms. After firm information sessions, students are invited to network with recruiters during a reception to further discuss career opportunities. Twenty-three firms will be participating over the course of four evenings. Continued on page 2

Showcase #1Briggs & Veselka

Lane Gorman TrubittMelton & Melton

NovogradacWeaver

Showcase #2ADKFATKG

Calhoun Thomson + MatzaChevron

Malone BaileyRidoutBarrett

Showcase #3Baker Tilly

BDOBKD

CliftonLarsonAllenCohnReznickMoss Adams

Showcase #4Deloitte

EYGrant Thornton

KPMGPwCRSM

1/22 First Day of Class

1/24 1st Joint Meeting

1/29 Spring Showcase #1

1/31 Spring Showcase #2

2/5 Spring Showcase #3

2/7 Spring Showcase #4

2/11-3/27 VITA Clinic

4/23 ACC Excellence Banquet

Upcoming Events

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Continued from page 1. Students can register online through the ac-counting website. The attire is business professional and students can submit their resumes by Friday, January 25th to be included in the resume book provided to recruiters prior to the event. To prepare for the event, students can contact Mr. Bruce Howard, McCoy College Career Advisor for help with interviewing, resumes or regarding profession-al business attire from Career Closet.

1st Joint Meeting The 1st Joint Meeting of spring 2019 will take place on Thursday, January 24th, at 6 p.m. in the LBJ Teaching Theatre. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the accounting student organizations, meet faculty, and gain insight about upcoming events. The presidents of Accounting Club, BAP, and NABA will discuss their organizations’ accomplish-ments, events, and volunteer opportunities. The Accounting Stars students who received an “A” in ACC 2361 Intro to Financial Accounting on their first attempt will be recognized and awarded for their academic success. Additionally, information regarding the Spring Showcases will be provided to help students prepareThe 1st Joint Meeting is open to all students and check in begins at 5:30 p.m. Pizza will be provided.

Summer/Fall 2019 Internship or Full-Time PositionsStudents may accept an offer at any time. However, they may request for the offer to stay open up to 3 weeks while they interview with other firms example:

Fall 2020 InternshipsStudents may accept an offer at any time. However, they may request the offer stay open until Thursday, June 6, 2019 while they interview with other firms or up to two weeks. Whichever is longer.Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Offer Received Offer Deadline

Once a student accepts an offer, they should notify all other interested firms that they are no longer available.

Offers

Spring 2019 Recruiter Guidelines Recruiting Events

Interviews

Spring Firm ShowcaseTuesday, January 29th at 5 PM Thursday, January 31st at 5 PMTuesday, February 5th at 5 PMThursday, February 7th at 6 PM

Accounting Excellence Awards BanquetTuesday, April 23rd5:30 PM

STARTFriday, February 8th(after Meet the Firms)

NO CONTACTMonday, May 6th at11:59 PMto Wednesday, May 15th at 11:59 PM

Office visits are prohibited before final exams, but may begin after the “No Contact” period.

*Some firms may not hold campus interviews. In such cases, you may take an office interview prior to the “No Contact” period.

Offer Received Offer Deadline

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Spring Graduate Assistants

This spring, we have 6 Graduate Assistants (GAs) who will be assisting our accounting faculty and students. Five of the GAs will be assisting ACC 2301, ACC 2361, ACC 2362, and ACC 3313 in order to help students understand the material by holding additional office hours outside of those offered by faculty. Our GA currently pursuing an M.F.A, Abigail Kipp, will help grade written assignments. All of our GAs will contrib-ute to grading, proctoring, and other department tasks. The GAs have been selected based on their strong academic performance in both their undergradu-ate and master degrees. They play a vital role in helping students and our department succeed.

Jennifer Acero MAcy

Rylee Cheney MAcy

Emily DodsonMAcy

Tristan HortonMBA

Jacob Perales MBA

Abigail KippM.F.A.

Graduate Assistants This semester, the department has hired Ac-counting Instructional Support Leaders (AIS Leaders) to assist with ACC 2301, ACC 2361 and ACC 2362. These undergraduate students were chosen based on their previous success in the courses and will hold review sessions several times a week. The following students have been selected as AIS Leaders:

We look forward to having another successful semester with the help of our AIS Leaders.

Amanda CraigAmber HicksGerald Byrd

Lauren ChrietzbergLiesel Bass

Olivia SantamariaRoxi Reese

Shayne CarnesVictoria Duggins

Walter Murray

AIS Leaders

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All students who intend to graduate or participate in the commencement ceremony this spring semester must com-plete a Graduation Application through CatsWeb by Friday, March 8, 2019. It will be available on the first day of classes (January 22nd). You can access the application via

CatsWeb > Student > Student Records > Apply to Graduate.

If you have questions about the application, please contact the Advising Center in person (115 McCoy Hall), via phone (512-245-1993), or by email (businessadvising@txstate.edu).

Applying for Graduation

Do you have quick questions about your spring or summer schedule?

Come See Us!Walk-In Academic Advising is available the

following days this Spring:

January 4 March 21January 8 March 29January 17 April 1March 1 April 9March 5 April 17March 13 April 25

Check in between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.(Expect a 60-120 minute wait, with longest wait around lunch time)

Check out our previous Accountability newsletters to learn more about prior student and faculty successes, events, and accomplishments by visiting:

http://accounting.mccoy.txstate.edu/dept-newsletters

McCoy College of BusinessDepartment of Accounting

phone: 512.245.2566

www.accounting.mccoy.txstate.edu

Editor: Caroline CriderPhotography: Amanda Craig

accounting@txstate.edu

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