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With pledged gifts totaling $1 million, the Deloitte Foundation has established an endow-ment for the J.M. Tull School of Accounting.

The Deloitte Foundation Endowed Accounting Support Fund will provide new annual funding to attract and retain outstanding faculty, who will be designated as Deloitte Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellows, and provide scholarships to deserving graduate and undergraduate students, who will be recognized as Deloitte Foundation Scholars.

In addition, during the five-year period in which the endowed account is funded, Deloitte

employees and the Deloitte Foundation will continue their support of the Deloitte Teaching Fellowship, which provides resources for faculty research and teaching, graduate fellowships, stu-dent organizations, and other priorities in the Tull School of Accounting.

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The Fund will provide new annual funding to attract and retain outstanding faculty...and provide scholarships to students.

John DavisJohn Davis graduated from UGA in June 1976 with his bachelor’s degree in accounting, and served as President of Beta Alpha Psi his senior year. John currently serves on the Advisory Board for the J.M. Tull School

of Accounting and is a Partner with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.

A native of Athens, with many fond memories of Barrow and Alps Road Elementary Schools, John has been a Bulldawg since birth. His dad played football at UGA in the 1940s when Walley Butts was head coach. John’s parents passed away when he was young, causing him to spend his middle and high school years away from Athens while liv-ing with relatives. His love for Athens

never ceased, and he returned for his college years. After graduation, John joined a national accounting firm in Atlanta.

Several years later, he joined his friend, David Johnson, in creating Johnson & Davis, PC. The firm was located in the Dunwoody area with its primary focus on serving the accounting, tax and consulting needs of retail automotive dealerships.

“Serving the automotive industry has been a very interesting and reward-ing experience,” says Davis. “The owners are each unique and very good business leaders, always leading the way with new and innovative business practices. I have really enjoyed over 25 years of practicing in this industry.”

John and his wife, Yvette, live in the Virginia Highland area of

Atlanta. They have two energetic children, Jack, 4, and Vivienne, 2. He also has two older children, Matthew and Michael, who live in the Atlanta area.

John and Yvette are active members at Druid Hills Golf Club; John spends time on the golf course while Yvette is a very accomplished tennis player and active in the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) and the United States Tennis Association (USTA). John is a “scratch” golfer and has competed in numerous State and National golf tournaments. Most recently he qualified to play in both the 2010 and 2011 United

Davis continues to be recognized as a leader in the automotive dealership industry niche by working with local, privately held dealerships.

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As you can tell, the Tull School newsletter has had a facelift this spring. Specifically, we have redesigned the newsletter in our continuing efforts for external communications to reflect

the quality of our programs while also maintaining cost efficiency. We hope that you find the newsletter an informative way to recon-nect with the Tull School in this more aesthetically pleasing format! I also encourage you to update your contact and email information with the Tull School by joining the Terry Online Community at www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/GAUB/. The Tull School and Terry College increasingly use email to communicate with alumni and friends. Our efforts to contact electronically are only as good as our contact information. Thus, please be sure to update your information so you can share in all of the Tull School and Terry College news.

In the spring newsletter, I typically get to share positive news regarding the School’s CPA exam pass rates. While similar this spring, the news is a bit dif-ferent (in a great way). For the first time in the School’s history, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy reports that our MAcc students earned a first-time pass rate that exceeds 90%. Specifically, ninety-two percent of our MAcc students passed all four parts of the CPA exam on their initial attempt, which ranks third in the country among all institutions. This pass rate is the highest ever achieved by our students and marks the ninth consecutive year that the Tull School has ranked in the top ten for first-time CPA exam rates! Job well done!

The Public Accounting Report also recently released their annual rankings of undergraduate, masters, and PhD programs. The Tull School’s undergraduate and masters programs both ranked twelfth among all institutions (ninth and eighth, respectively among public institutions). This marks the fifth consecutive year that our undergraduate and masters programs have ranked in the top twelve among all institutions. Additionally, the Tull School’s PhD program ranked fifteenth among all institutions and tenth among public institu-tions. These accolades reflect very positively on the quality of our programs, students and fac-ulty and would not be possible without the generous support of our alumni and friends. Thank you for your investment in the education of our students!

Last year, I mentioned that the School planned to expand our programs in the coming years. In large part, we have already achieved the expansion in our MAcc program this academ-ic year. Currently, we have our largest MAcc class on record of 172 students and anticipate that 132 of these students will graduate this year. (The remaining will graduate in 2013.) For com-parison, 94 students graduated from our MAcc program in 2010 and 73 students graduated in 2006. Expanding the MAcc program has allowed the School to meet the increased demand for the program from our own undergraduate students as well as from top undergraduates across the Southeast and nation. This expansion has also helped the School increase its foot-print of employment opportunities as a larger number of students with more diverse interests have resulted in more placements in New York and other cities outside the Southeast. These opportunities, along with traditional impressive employment options that our students enjoy in Atlanta, throughout the state and Southeast, bode well for the future of our programs and stu-dents. If you represent one of the firms or companies that provides these opportunities to our students, thank you for the impact that you are having on the lives and careers of our students! If your firm or company is not currently recruiting our students but would like to do so, please do not hesitate to contact our graduate coordinator, Laura Clark.

Message from the Director Voynich Awarded AICPA Gold

Scott Voynich (BBA ’75) was awarded the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service, the highest honor given to a CPA by the American Institute of CPAs. Voynich was presented the award at the fall meeting of the AICPA in Phoenix in October.

Currently managing part-ner with Robinson, Grimes & Company, P.C., Columbus Georgia, Voynich served as AICPA chair from 2003-04. In 2005, Voynich received the Terry College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award.

For the first time in the School’s history, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy reports that our MAcc students earned a first-time pass rate that exceeds 90%.

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States Golf Association Senior Amateur Championships. John was runner up this past year in the Druid Hills Golf Club Championship and also is the current Senior Club Champion.

In 1998, Johnson & Davis merged with Dixon Odom PLLC, a North Carolina-based firm that also had a large presence in the automotive industry. A merger between Dixon Odom and Crisp Hughes Evans LLP in 2004 formed Dixon Hughes PLLC and another with Goodman & Company LLP in 2011 created Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. Dixon Hughes Goodman has more than 1,700 professionals across 30 offices in 11 states and D.C. It is recognized as the largest CPA firm headquartered in the Southern U.S., ranking among the nation’s top 15 in size. In addition to focusing on the dealership industry, John is influential in growing the firm’s seven other industry focuses, which include Financial Institutions, Government Contracting, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing/Distribution/Services, Construction & Real Estate and Not-for-Profit & Government.

John continues to be recognized as a leader in Dixon Hughes Goodman’s dealership industry niche by working with local, privately held dealerships as well as large, publicly traded dealership groups. He can still be found on cam-pus at Beta Alpha Psi meetings where he also helps with the firm’s recruiting efforts.

John has been very active in profes-sional organizations during his career. He has served on the steering com-mittee for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Auto Conference for over ten years, including five as Chairman. He is involved with the Georgia and Metro Atlanta Auto Dealer Associations, as well as the National Auto Dealer Association, and is a frequent speaker at automotive conferences. John also serves on the Advisory Board for the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sports Network.

John has several golf goals remain-ing on his “to do list,” including the desire to play in the US Senior Open and the British Senior Amateur.

In November, the MAcc team of David Barker, Eugene Kim, and Alex Pirie won

first place in the First Annual Internal Audit Case Competition sponsored by The

Institute of Internal Auditors Atlanta Chapter and Georgia State University. They

competed in oral finals against nine other teams from universities and colleges

throughout Georgia, those ten teams being selected from numerous others based

on written submissions.  Each team member received a cash award of $1,000. 

Denny Beresford served as the faculty advisor for the team.

The winning team in action: (L to R) Alex Pirie, Eugene Kim, and David Barker.

Tull MAcc Team Wins Annual Internal Audit Case Competition

“As a leading employer of our students, we greatly appreciate the outstanding career opportunities Deloitte provides to our students and the multitude of profes-sional successes that our students have enjoyed with them,” said Ben Ayers, the Tull School’s director. “The generous support of Deloitte professionals and the Deloitte Foundation led us to establish the Deloitte Foundation Endowed Accounting Support Fund. It is a great testament to their vested interest in the education of our students and their commitment to accounting excellence.”

“I am happy to announce this gift on behalf of the more than 250 UGA alumni at Deloitte,” said Will Herman, a partner in Deloitte’s Atlanta office. “Supporting educational initiatives is strategic to Deloitte and the Deloitte Foundation, and we are proud to support the Tull School of Accounting and the Terry College of Business.”

Ed Heys, the managing partner of Deloitte’s Atlanta Office, added, “We are pleased to be able to demonstrate our commitment to the Tull School of Accounting through this endowment. Our firm has benefitted greatly from the education that our UGA alumni received from the Tull School, and we appreciate the hard work of the faculty and leadership.”

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In November, a memorial bench was dedicated to honor Dr. Ken Gaver. Three former Ph.D. students, Penny Bagley, Sarah Clinton, and Isabel Wang coordinated the efforts to raise money for the bench and memorial plaque. Other contributing students include Aamer Sheikh, Barb Chaney, Betsy Haywood-Sullivan, Bill Henniger, Chad Simon, Dahlia Robinson, Danny Lanier, Ed Douthett, Enya He, Jason Porter, Jeff Patterson, John Jiang, Jon Duchac, K.C. Rakow, Lee Warren, Mary Calegari, Melanie McCoskey, Neil Bhattacharya, Skip Hughes, Suzanne Sevin, Tina Yang, Youngsoon Cheon, Sean McGuire and Ted Christensen.

The bench is situated in the Mary Virginia Terry Garden between Brooks and Sanford Halls. Ken was a member of the Tull faculty from 1990-2005. The bench will serve as a quiet spot of relaxation and reflection for those impacted by his work and friendship.

Memorial Honors Ken Gaver

Ken’s wife, Dr. Jenny Gaver

Deloitte LLP has committed to provide finan-cial support to the Terry Accounting Residency Program, a summer program hosted at UGA for high school students interested in studying busi-ness and accounting.

Deloitte, the largest professional services orga-nization in the U.S., has pledged $100,000 in sup-port of the accounting program and a second sum-mer program called the Terry Business Academy. Both programs will be offered in two summer sessions, introducing up to 150 outstanding high school students to coursework and career options in accounting and business, while sampling cam-pus life at UGA.

Deloitte’s investment in the program is a part of the firm’s multimillion-dollar national commit-ment to help prepare all students for college and career success.

With Deloitte’s involvement, this year marks the first time both summer programs will be offered free of charge to participants.

“Deloitte’s support is a game-changer in terms of the value high school students will take from the Terry Business Academy and the Terry Accounting Residency Program,” said Randy Groomes, who directs the summer programs. “Spending time on our campus will open par-ticipants’ eyes to career options they may want to pursue, and we hope it helps them prepare for the demands and expectations of higher education and the job market after college.”

The Terry Accounting Residency Program is a four-day program with a targeted focus on the accounting profession. It exposes students to the basics of accounting, as well as career prospects with regional and national accounting firms and related fields. The program also introduces some job-skill fundamentals, like resume writing, busi-ness etiquette and workplace ethics. This summer, the accounting program is offered June 17-20 and July 8-11.

The Terry Business Academy is an intensive one-week residential program. Students learn about different business majors and career paths and work in teams on developing and presenting a business plan. The week also includes site visits to the headquarters of leading corporations and innovative companies and scheduled social events. The academy is scheduled for June 3-9 and June 24-30.

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Seth Abrams (BBA ’97 & MAcc ’98) has been named partner at Gifford Hillegass & Ingwersen, LLP, Atlanta.

PhD student Ann Backof discussed the paper “Speak Up or Shut Up? The Moderating Role of Client Importance on Auditor Defense Tactics” at the AAA Auditing Section’s Midyear conference.

Amanda Chamberlain (BBA & MAcc ’11) and Aylssa Jaklitsch (BBA ’11) have passed the CPA exam.

Hope Ham (BBA & MAcc ’07) and husband Ben Ham announced the birth of son Jediah Benson Ham on December 14. Hope is employed by American Express and Ben will soon complete medical school and plans on an orthopedic resi-dency. The family lives in Augusta.

Home Depot in Atlanta has promoted Clay Jones (BBA & MAcc ’05) to Accounting Manager.

Ernst & Young has promoted Steve Konenkamp (BBA ’79 & MAcc ’81) to be their America’s Chief Operating Officer – Assurance. Steve will spend much of his time in NYC, but continue living in Atlanta.

Ph.D. student Jason Matthews discussed the paper “Client Supply Chain Relationships, Audit Firm Selection, and Implications for Audit Quality and Pricing” at the AAA Auditing Section’s Midyear conference.

Trinity Accounting Group of Athens has hired Jandi Todd (BBA ’10 & MAcc ’11) to their Client Accounting Services Staff.

Ashley Marsh Tyndal (BBA ’04 & MAcc ’06) and husband Chris Tyndal (AB ’03) welcomed their first child, daughter McClendon Bridges Tyndal, on August 11.

News About Graduates and Students

Jane ThayerJane Thayer is finishing her fourth year at the Tull School this spring. UGA became her home after she completed her PhD at Emory University in 2008. Jane, originally from Alabama, moved back to the Southeast from Texas upon beginning her studies at Emory. She was

excited to remain in the Southeast upon receiving an offer to become an assistant professor at UGA.

For her undergraduate studies, Jane attended Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. As BSC was a liberal arts college, she was required to take most of her classes outside of the business school. However, account-ing quickly became her favorite course. Classes at BSC were small and fostered student-teacher relationships. Jane remembers vividly the day she attended her office visit with Ernst & Young, receiving an offer during the visit. After

leaving her interview, she stopped at the business school to tell her pro-fessors of the offer, even before she called her parents with the news. “I had such a close relationship with my professors and I was so excited to tell them about my offer.” Today, Jane enjoys being the recipient of that news from her own students. “That is such an important and exciting time in our students’ lives. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to cel-ebrate that milestone with them.”

Jane worked with E&Y in the Birmingham office as a staff auditor for two years before taking a position with one of her clients, EBSCO Industries. After two years, she left EBSCO to pursue an MBA degree at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. At McCombs, Jane had the opportunity to teach in their Supplemental Instruction program. This program, geared toward courses with high dropout and failure rates, provided students an opportunity to attend extra, non-mandatory lectures. She was the supplemental instructor for Accounting 311, the first accounting course for all McCombs’ students. It was during this experience that Jane realized how much she enjoyed teaching. During her MBA program, she also attended workshops con-ducted by the accounting faculty at McCombs for visiting researchers. These workshops gave Jane a sense of what accounting researchers stud-ied. She was hooked. She knew a PhD was in her future.

Before applying to doctoral programs, however, Jane worked in Dallas, Texas for three years as a valuation consultant in Deloitte’s Financial Advisory Services (FAS) group. She left Deloitte as a manager in FAS and began her studies at Emory in fall 2003. During her doc-toral studies, Jane focused her research on the judgment and decision making of users of financial accounting information. Since completing her PhD, she has published her research in The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research.

Jane is an avid reader and enjoys travelling. In the last few years, she has traveled to the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Turkey, and South Africa. She also loves visiting any of the small towns on Highway 30-A in the Florida panhandle for a relaxing beach vacation!

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$100K and UpErnst & Young

$50K and UpDeloitte Dixon Hughes GoodmanKPMGPricewaterhouseCoopers Reznick Group

$25K and UpAICPA FoundationJ. Bradford BranchWilliam W. Douglas III and Lisa Layman Douglas

$10K and UpR. Edwin Bennett and Terry BennettDennis R. Beresford and Marian BeresfordTerry Steven Brown and Lisa BrownWarren G. Carson Jr.Donald B. Carter and Gretchen CarterGeorge T. Ethridge and Alecia H. EthridgeDeborah H. Hembree and Hal HembreeEdward Scarborough Heys Jr. and Lori HeysPhillip S. Hodges and Catherine D. HodgesStephen M. Joiner and Margaret C. JoinerTimothy Allen Keadle and Kathryn Thomas KeadleKarole F. Lloyd and John P. LloydJon D. McKee Rand MeyerRobert C. Patton and Cornealia H. PattonPorter Keadle MooreB. Keith RuthGerald A. Shirk

Keith H. Shurbutt and Tiffaney ShurbuttJohn Michael Voynich and Susie Voynich

$5,000 to $9,999M. Brantley Barrow and Sharon B. BarrowDonnie B. Blackburn and Pamela L. BlackburnThomas W. Breedlove and Heather BreedloveRandy D. Butler and P. Beth ButlerCoca-Cola CompanyCoca-Cola EnterpriseFrazier & DeeterGrant ThorntonChristopher M. Griffin and Jennifer L. GriffinSwinton A. Griffith, IIITravis J. HannonLester L. Harper, Jr. and Katherine W. HarperWilliam A. Herman, IV and Lonii V. HermanGail C. Hughes and Tim HughesJoseph W. Reid and Elizabeth S. ReidRichard L. Rodgers and Lara N. RodgersAnn M. ScheuermanJohn F. Schraudenbach and Terri K. SchraudenbachR. Travis Storey and Margaret W. StoreyClarence B. StoweMichael L. ThompsonTruistMary Alice Trussell and Philip E. TrussellWilliam T. Walton and Darlene Walton

$2,500 to $4,999 Benjamin C. Ayers and Marilyn Ayers

BDO USA LLPTim E. Bentsen and Elesa BentsenMaxwell E. Blocker and Marlene M. BlockerDonna V. Bolien and Jacques BolienFrancis A. Brown and Jan T. BrownBritt Kyle Byrom and Frances Cobb ByromTodd A. CameronCarl W. Duyck and Dennis J. FloodCharlie Britt FiveashRobert FleshmanGifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen, LLPHabif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLPKevin P. HeslinChristopher G. HinesScott C. McGeeMoore Stephens Tiller LLCNichols, Cauley & Associates, LLCMitchell L. SiegelWilliam Edward Smith and Camille O’Neill SmithHolly Adams Thibault and Robert Stephen Thibault

$1,500 to $2,499Sylvia Harley ArantCraig Randal BrownEmily M. CochranWanda Irvin DeLeo and Gene DeLeoWilliam George DodgeChristopher E. Etheridge and Ellen L. EtheridgeExxonMobil FoundationJon Milton Glazman and Marsha Jay GlazmanCarey L. Gordon and Eileen GordonMark GreeffMatthew Wayne Hunt and Cathy Lynn Hunt

William F. KimbleF. David Leiter Jr. and Michelle Kelley LeiterDexter ManningJason F. Martin and Sarah Catherine MartinMauldin & Jenkins, LLCWilliam E. McLendonMary A. Middelton and Steven MiddletonMoore ColsonWilliam B. Peard and Carey PeardTracy PeconeRobert E. PoundAshley P. Scott and Carr D. ScottLindsey SelleckSmith & Howard, PCRichard B. Taylor and Sherrie TaylorEdwin E. Thomas and Amy Ruth ThomasHolly D. ThomasGregory A. Thompson and Maria G. ThompsonTurner Broadcasting SystemsWilliams, Benator & Libby, LLP

$1,000 to $1,499Alexander S. AldworthAmgen Foundation, Inc.Liberty S. BermanMichael P. Berrigan and Blair S. BerriganKaren W. BraunCharles P. Butler, Jr.Edward L. CaseyCrowe Horwath LLPRobert J. Dumas Jr. and Rene M. DumasJames Don Edwards and Clara M. EdwardsKarl James EhrsamJohn L. ErwinKenneth M. Gaver and Jennifer J. Gaver

We thank the following individuals and companies for their contributions to the Tull School in 2011.

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Jonathan Robert Hanak and Bethany Joy HanakRobert G. HealdDanielle R. HolyokeTerry Ray Huggins and Katherine HugginsHyslop Shannon FoundationJonathan Kent Korol and Janet KorolJames R. MortonLauren A. OlsonCarter R. Posner and Angela L. PosnerJason P. RogersMarc D. Sasser and Lauren A. SasserDavid Howell Scott and Jill F. ScottAdrienne B. SeymourWilliam Charles Shimp and Laurie R. ShimpAnita C. Soucy and Bruce SerchukBrian StaniszewskiHarvey E. Tarpley and Sylvia TarpleyW. Marks Towles Jr. and Jane S. TowlesMr. Jonathan R. TuckerSouraya T. Jammal UniejewskiJohn M. WatersJerry M. WeilJ. Paul Whitehead, IIIBrett M. Williams

$500 to $999Duff B. AyersBarton W. Baldwin and Brenda S. BaldwinM. Brantley Barrow, IIDaniel Alexander Bennett and Jessica D. BennettN. Fife BentleyJohn William Bishop Jr.William Thomas Bradfield and Joan G. BradfieldMichael J. BrakeWindham BrannonBlaney G. CarterJennifer L. ChapmanCherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLPChristopher Scott Cooper and Melissa S. CooperPatrick William Crouch and Ashley C. CrouchThomas M. DohertyElliott Davis, LLCJoseph R. Estes

Georgia-Pacific CorporationMichael Fernando GonzalesRodger Edwin Herndon IIJ. Dennis HesterPatrick Rush Hickey Scott B. JacksonJeremy Daniel Jones and Corrie L. JonesWilliam J. KennerlyAllison R. KesslerCameron K. KingAdam Ryan LeBlanc and Christy Anne LeBlancJason Matthew LevinLaurence A. Madeo and Silvia A. MadeoDiana MillerKatherine E. MorrisNorthwestern Mutual Life FoundationMissy M. Paris and Taylor W. ParisWilliam Todd RahnJessica S. RhodesCaleb R. RichRödl and Partner USAPaige N. RoperAllen L. RyanWes Smith and Catherine Megan SmithSouthern Company Services, Inc.Jonathan R. ThompsonJames K. UnderwoodDeborah Ross Urquhart and Richard V. UrquhartKyle M. Veal and Valerie P. VealBryan S. WarnockMarla M. Watson and James T. Watson Jr.Kenneth B. WilliamsF. Jenine Woodley

$100 to $499W. Gregory AdkissonCharles Lester Bagby and Judy P. BagbyJohn Benjamin Barrack and Patricia D. BarrackMichael V. Barrett and Natalie Ann BarrettRyan James Barrow and Susan Paige BarrowMary Beth BereznakDavid G. BergmanSteven Robert BiagioniJeffrey Michael Bicksler and Leslie Jane Bicksler

Adam Christiansen Blakely and Gina Maria BlakelyJohn James Blee, IIKayla Renae BlyTimothy Patrick BrunelleClaire Tobin BrutonCharles J. Butler, IIIAnonymousJames Robert Carter and Susan Gail CarterMClifford W. CasteelThomas W. Cervino Jr.Shannon ChenTiga Yves Wai Yip ChoiMonalisa A. ChowdhuryJohn M. ClarkMaggie E. ClemonsStephen James Cornwall and Helen CornwallMichael A. CumminsSarah Jayne DarvillMark C. DawkinsChristopher Ryan DeitrichSarah Anne DonaldJessica M. DraperMyles Dayton EmmertEquifax FoundationDavid Andrew FallisAkbar Hussain Firdosy and Nisreen A. FirdosyJian Nan Fu and Jing LinAdrianne A. GainesStephanie C. George and Noah R. GeorgeSamuel Jason Grant and Tracey Lynn GrantChelsea R. Gray and David D. GrayGinger Michelle Brown HackettJustin H. HarmonEric Anthony HauffHeather B. HerndonKyle R. HerndonJoseph Mills Hollis and Megan M. HollisBrian P. HollowayNeal A. HousworthPaul ImSarah C. JakelskiHaiying JiangMatthew A. Johnston and Lana Brooke JohnstonGeorge Herbert Jones IVStephen Louis Kahn and Debra KahnMegan E. KellerGretchen R. KentPhilip E. Laminack and Elizabeth A. Laminack

William C. Lankford Jr. and Ann Courtney LankfordDavid Jon Lerner and Melissa H. LernerJason Alan LevittKristina F. LischkeKelli Nicole LovettJoseph Edwin Lowe and Edith C. LoweJulie Y. Lyon and John L. LyonLinda Bartlett MarettJames MastersonKelly N. McCauley and Patrick M. McCauleyEmily A. McGeeDavid Judson McGowanRyan Joseph Meccarielli and Tonya MeccarielliLindsey Patricia MedberyRalph V. Melbourne, Jr.Joyce Marie MiddletonJessica Drew MilesG. Lee Mimbs, Jr.Arun T. MisraSuzanne Byrd MonsenPerry Glen Moore and Dawn R. MooreEllie May MorrisCorey Scott Mullins and Rebecca W. MullinsGrant Joseph NelsonJason M. NorrisAllene M. NorthcuttNovelis CorporationDavid J. O’HareMargaret J. O’SheaGregory P. O’SullivanCourtney S. ParsonsZubin Nilesh PatelFrederick PengTara N. PierceLucy Ann PollardMr. Scott R. QuesnelLauren Odmark ReidCharles Maclean RenwickTodd Steven Restel and Eva Marie RestelMonty C. RhodesJacob Scott Richardson and Susan G. RichardsonJoseph A. RichwineSusan Miller RobinsonLaura Christine RoseRebecca I. RosenbergJ. Matt RoyalLynn Holtz Sandry and James Vincent Sandry

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Steve Baginski’s “Management Earnings Forecasting Policy and the Cost of Equity Capital,” co-authored with former doctoral student K. C. Rakow (St. Xavier University) has been accepted by the Review of Accounting Studies.

Additonally, Advances in Accounting has accepted “An Examination of the Effects of Management Earnings Forecast Form on Financial Analyst Forecast Revisions,” which Steve co-authored with John Hassell (Indiana University) and Matt Wieland.

Steve also presented his paper with former doctoral student Sean McGuire, Nathan Sharp, and Brady Twedt (all at Texas A&M University), entitled “To Tell the Truth: Management Forecast Characteristics During Periods of Accounting Fraud,” at both UGA and Penn State University.

Steve continues to serve on the editorial board of The Accounting Review and an as associate editor at Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and he remains involved in international research activities by co-authoring current work-ing papers with faculty in France, Italy, and Singapore.

Linda Bamber served on the panel, “Life as an Academic Scholar” at the American Accounting Association (AAA) New Faculty Consortium in Washington, D.C. in February.

Linda is listed on the Honor Roll of The Accounting Review’s Most Frequent and Timely Reviewers.

She is a member of the AAA’s Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association’s Annual Conference Scientific Committee.

Michael Bamber was one of two featured speakers at the AAA’s Auditing Section Doctoral Consortium in Savannah, Georgia in January. At the Auditing Section’s Midyear confer-ence that immediately followed, Michael discussed the paper “The Effects of Auditor Rotation, Professional Skepticism, and Interactions with Managers on Audit Quality.”

In October, Denny Beresford participated in a panel dis-cussion on current accounting and auditing issues at the PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Committee Current Issues Conference in New York City.

Later that month, he spoke to the Richmond, Virginia chapter of Financial Executives International on accounting and corporate governance issues.

Denny participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the Center for Audit Quality on “Recent Regulatory Efforts – What is the Nexus to Audit Quality?” at the AAA’s Auditing Section Midyear conference in January in Savannah, Georgia.

Also in January, Denny was interviewed for Current Accounts, the monthly publication of the Georgia Society of CPAs on “The FAF Debate – Key Points Discussed,” a con-versation on Private Company Finance Reporting Standards and the need for a separate board.

FACULTYactivitiesHe served as a panelist for a discussion on financial report-

ing/accounting and hot topics at the 2012 Audit Committee Issue Conference sponsored by KPMG in Miami, Florida at the end of January, and spoke in February to the Dallas, Texas chapter of the national Association of Corporate Directors on current governance and disclosure issues.

As of January 1, 2012, Denny began his re-appointed two-year term on the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and his re-elected three-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

The Accounting Review has accepted for publication Margaret Christ’s paper, “Framing Sticks as Carrots: An Experimental Investigation of Contract Frame and Effort in Agency Relationships,” co-authored with Kristy Towry (Emory University) and Karen Sedatole (Michigan State University).

In January, Margaret’s paper, “Integrated Information Systems, Risk Sharing, and Alliance Risk,” co-authored with Andreas Nicolaou, (Bowling Green State) won the Outstanding Research Paper Award at the Accounting Information Systems Section meeting of the AAA. Also that month, Margaret presented the paper at the Management Accounting Section meeting of the AAA in Houston, Texas.

Jackie Hammersley has been named to the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society.

In January, Jackie participated in the Career Advice panel discussion and was a discussion group leader at the AAA’s Auditing Section’s Doctoral Consortium in Savannah, Georgia. She served as the Vice-Chair of the Auditing Section’s Midyear Meeting that followed.

Also in January, Jackie presented her paper “Auditing Estimates: A Task Analysis and Propositions for Improving Auditor Performance,” co-authored with doctoral student Emily Griffith and Kathryn Kadous (Emory University), at Florida State University.

Stacie LaPlante presented “Does Tax Deferral Enhance Firm Value?,” co-authored with Ben Ayers and Casey Schwab, at the University of Arizona in October, the University of Toronto in December, and the University of Tennessee in January.

In November, Stacie discussed a paper on accelerated depreciation take-up rates at the National Tax Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jane Thayer’s paper “Do Financial Statement Users Judge Relevance Based on Properties of Reliability?,” co-authored with Lisa Koonce (University of Texas at Austin) and Kathryn Kadous (Emory University) has been accepted for publication by The Accounting Review.

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Stephen J. SchlesserEric T. SconyersHenry Scrudder and Susan ScrudderJeffery J. Seay and Rebecca K. SeayJohn Edward Seymour and Jill SeymourKeith M. Slagle and Candace Ashley SlagleBob SlussChantelle C. SmithNicholas Alexander SmithKari A. StarkRandolph A. Starnes and Mary-Evelyn N. StarnesBradley David Stephens and Laura Elizabeth StephensThomas P. Sterne and Kathleen H. SterneBryan Andrew Stillwagon and Courtney R. StillwagonMichael Travis Storin and Saba N. StorinClinton Emory Thompson and Mary Anne ThompsonDouglas Drewry Thornton and Elizabeth Paulk ThorntonIlan A. TobinJerry E. Trapnell and Sally D. TrapnellCarly A. TrittChristopher Jay Wesley Turner and Elizabeth H. TurnerAmrita M. VeliyathMelissa K. WaltersAlexia Courtney WardRichard D. WardMindy WheelockCasper Eldredge Wiggins Jr. and Connie S. WigginsMark Edmond Young and Diane M. Young

$99 and UnderMr. and Mrs. James F. Becker and FamilyNancy Hall Brunner and Michael John BrunnerAnthony G. ChalkerTheodore E. ChristensenJ. Ken Collins and Lucy CollinsJames T. Cook and Elaine D. Cook

Brittany J. DeHavenPaul Joseph Dubsky and Elizabeth A. VerEecke DubskyAllison Roberson DyerSirmantha Celesta EllisonRobert W. FilibertoLindsey M. GoughMichele Cox Henderson and Steve K. HendersonJoshua C. HolleyLeslie Brooke Holley and Adam PolakovRobert Lee Howren and Gina H. HowrenSusan Hermanson IvancevichDeborah May Johnston and James R. JohnstonWilliam F. Kauder Jr. and Doris D. KauderAmirouche KherboucheGregory D. Kirby and Mary Katherine KirbyWilliam Robert Kuhn Jr. and Marian C. KuhnClaire G. Lipson and Stephen Joe LipsonHomer Terrell McMichael Jr. and Jaime Lane McMichaelTravis Christopher Miller and Katherine S. MillerRobert Cameron MurrayKeith M. Oelke and Lisa K. OelkeRoger T. PalmerThomas C. Presley and Lindley Nicole PresleyChase R. QuinnBruce A. Quinnell and Lynn M. QuinnellDouglas Kenneth SchneiderBrittany V. ScrudderMarc F. SmithBenjamin Sims Stein and Nadine SteinTaran StringerMackenzie A. WalkerElizabeth Mayo Watts and Dennis A. WattsMitchell Welch and Mary Helen WelchMatthew M. WielandRicardo A. Zertuche

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Jeremy Griffin (Tull PhD, 2010; Assistant Professor at Notre Dame) received the Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award presented by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association for his dissertation “The Effects of Uncertainty and Disclosure on Auditors’ Fair Value Materiality Decisions.” Jeremy was presented the award at the Auditing Section’s Mid-year meeting in Savannah in January. Michael Bamber was Jeremy’s dissertation chair and received an award for his outstanding service in this capacity.

(Pictured: (L-R) Jeremy Griffin and Michael Bamber)

Jeremy Griffin and Michael Bamber Receive Awards at AAA Mid-Year Meeting

Laura Clark has been named 2011 Terry College of Business Academic Advisor of the Year. Dean Sumichrast will present the award on Terry Honors Day in April.

Daniel Bennett Awarded ICMA Bronze MedalThe Institute of Certified Management Accountants, the certification division of the Institute of Management Accountants, recently announced the leading performers on its Certified Management Accountant Exam.  Approximately 4,200 individuals worldwide took the two-part CMA exam during the September/October 2011 testing period.  The ICMA Bronze Medal was awarded to Daniel Bennett (BBA ’07 & MAcc ‘08) for achieving the third-highest exam score.  Daniel is employed with Home Depot in Atlanta.  In June of last year, Daniel married Jessica Doles (BBA ’08 & MAcc ‘09).  Jessica is employed with Wood Partners.

Tull’s Laura Clark Named Advisor of the Year

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Mr. William W. Douglas, III CFO, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

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Mr. Kenneth G. Jackson CFO, Shaw Industries

Mr. Timothy A. Keadle Partner, Porter Keadle Moore

Mr. Tim Kemper Principal, Reznick Group

Mr. William C. Lankford Jr. Partner, Moore Stephens Tiller

Mr. Rand M. Meyer Partner, KPMG

Mr. B. Keith Ruth Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mr. John F. Schraudenbach Partner, Ernst & Young

Mr. Charles W. Schulze Partner, Elliott Davis

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Most Tull students find the school’s accounting curricu-lum no small challenge and have their plates fairly full just pursuing that single major. For many, the idea of a double major sounds rather daunting. But Tull senior Meredith Lind is obviously up to that challenge…and more. Meredith is a triple major in accounting, finance, and psychology.

Lind didn’t originally intend to pursue three majors, or even to earn an accounting degree, when she entered UGA. She planned on double majoring in finance and pre-med. “I had big plans to open my own dentist office,” she says, “until summer of my sophomore year when, one day into a dental internship, I quickly realized that I did not have the stomach for the medical field. In fact, all things medical make me want to faint.”

With all the science core curriculum she’d completed, and a developing interest in behavioral economics, Meredith continued with the finance major and replaced pre-med with psychology. After taking Steve Baginski’s Intermediate Accounting as a business elective, her interest was piqued enough to add an accounting degree to her bucket list.

“I fully expect to utilize all three of my majors in the busi-ness world,” says Lind. “The combination of finance and accounting has truly been invaluable to me, and has enabled me to develop strong financial analysis and decision-making skills. My psychology degree has provided me with insight into human behavior and taught me how to communicate effectively with a variety of personality types, manage con-flict, and handle working relationships. My psychology stud-ies have also taught me to consider the emotional aspects of business decisions in addition to the financials. Through these studies, I have gained a unique perspective on manag-ing human capital.”

Meredith credits her ability to prioritize as key in manag-ing what would seem to most an overwhelming course load. “I have found that focusing on the most relevant tasks at any given time allows me to achieve my best work without becoming overly stressed or overwhelmed. In addition, while I am extremely focused on my schoolwork and education, I also realize the importance of getting out, meeting new peo-ple, and enjoying life. It also helps that I have a great support network of friends and family.”

Last summer, Meredith was a Financial Advisory Services

intern with Deloitte within the Business Valuation group. “This intern-ship utilized both my finance and accounting skills and allowed me to understand how theoretical princi-ples have real-world application. I also did some forensic accounting work on a potential fraud case, which was very interesting.”

Meredith will graduate this May and head to

New York City to intern with Morgan Stanley as a Financial Summer Analyst. She will then begin full time with Deloitte in Atlanta as a Business Valuation Associate. While working at Deloitte, Meredith plans to continue her studies and earn her Masters of Accountancy, and has made it one of her many goals to pass all parts of the CPA exam within the next year.

Even with what would seem an overwhelming schedule that shows little signs of slowing down even upon graduation, Meredith makes time for hobbies including photography, sports, and travel. “In fact, my graduation present is the trip I am most looking forward to – the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia with my mom. It’s not until 2014 but I’m already

planning it! I grew up playing soccer and I play on an intra-mural team whenever I get a chance. I mostly try to get out and experience new things every chance I get.”

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The combination of finance and accounting has truly been invaluable to me, and has enabled me to develop strong financial analysis and decision-making skills. My psychology degree has provided me with insight into human behav-ior and taught me how to communicate effectively with a variety of personal-ity types, manage conflict, and handle working relationships.

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