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Greetings to You from the Beta Alpha Psi Executive Office!
by Dassie Baum
Executive Director, Beta Alpha Psi
Greetings from the Executive Office! Our new year is already off to a great start with the addition of two new staff members, Cortney McCullough and Amber Johnson. We also are excited to announce the formation of several new taskforces. Make sure to read the rest of this article for more details on our new staff, taskforces and more.
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Feature Article
In the Black? In the Red? Or Green All Over?
The Wide-Open World of Sustainability Accounting
by Tim Gearty, CPA, MBA, JD
National Director and Editor-in-Chief, Becker Professional Education
Carbon footprint. Greenhouse gases. Climate change. Sustainable development. If you haven’t heard these words in your accounting classrooms yet, it’s only a matter of time. And if not there, you’ll surely encounter them once you enter into professional practice. Take a look at what’s happening in the corporate world, and you’ll quickly understand why.
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In Memory - Newt Becker
The Becker Story
Like many successful companies, Becker began small in size and inspired by a great idea. The year was 1957. One man stood in front of eight of his colleagues in the Cleveland offices of their employer, Price Waterhouse. Their common goal was success on the CPA exam. Their path to that goal was a previously untested approach, the brainchild of a man who had studied and sometimes struggled, mostly on his own, to pass the exam just a few years earlier.
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Alumni News
My Involvement with BAP as a Chapter President for the University of Sydney
by Charlie Law
Establishing Beta Alpha Psi in a non-US environment was a particularly challenging task. In addition to the difficulties associated with starting any student society on campus, we had to work on improving the awareness of the BAP brand in the eyes of the stakeholders which included students, faculty and recruiters.
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Awards & Recognition
Are You Golden? - What It Takes To Become a Gold Chapter
by Beta Alpha Psi Executive Office
What does it mean to be Gold? Definitions of the word "gold" include: precious, valuable, and highly sought after. That was the rationale when Beta Alpha Psi, KPMG LLP, and the KPMG Foundation came together to take the Superior award status to the next level — Gold status.
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Career Tips
The Path to Your Career: Tips to Get You There
by Shawn Harter
Senior Vice President and Director of Talent Acquisition, Fifth Third Bank
As a university student or young professional, you’re embarking on an exciting phase of your life: taking the first steps on the path to your career. Ideally, your first employer provides an environment that has a lot in common with your college experience. It should be motivating and enjoyable while enhancing your skills and readiness for increased responsibility. Finding the right career opportunities can be challenging, but there are things you can do to get started in the direction to success.
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Chapter Spotlights
Moving Treasures
by Caitlin McAlpin & Sarah Smith
Louisiana Tech University
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Planting the Seed
by Mary Stevens & Iris Smith
University of Texas at El Paso
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Leveraging Core Competencies: The Transition to Focused Service Activities
by John Burleson, President
Mu Kappa Chapter at University of Texas at Tyler
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2012 Regional Meeting Schedule
Western – February 17-18, 2012
Harrah's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Website: http://www.wrconference.org/
Keynote #1: Rick Arpin : Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at MGM Resorts International
Keynote #2: Kim Wallin: Nevada State Controller
Southeast – February 24-25, 2012
Sheraton Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
Website: http://clubs.ncsu.edu/frat/beta_alpha_psi/regconf_index.html
Keynote: Jose R. Rodriguez is an audit partner in the New York office of KPMG
Southwest - March 2-3, 2012
Sheraton Gunter, San Antonio, TX
Website: http://www.bapsouthwestregional.org/
Keynote: Gordon S. Massie, Author: The Whistleblower's Dilemma, Confronting Fraud at AIG
Atlantic Coast – March 23-24, 2012
Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Greenwich CT
Website: http://www.bap.org/AtlanticRegional/
Keynote: Michael Venuti: Former Chief Financial Officer, Energy Brands Inc.
Rocky Mountain – March 23-24, 2012
Campus Meeting: University of Wyoming, Laramie WY
Website: http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/BetaAlphaPsi/2012RegionalMeeting/index.html
Keynote: Rita C. Meyer: Vice President for Rocky Mountain Power in Wyoming
Missouri Valley – March 30-31, 2012
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, MO
Website: http://www.wiu.edu/bapsoaqc/
Keynote: Rex Carter: Director of Finance for the St. Louis Cardinals
Midwest – April 13-14, 2012
Doubletree Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL
Website: http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/F474EEC9-FB25-D6C8-48A6FE355EBDE141/2012midwestregionalmeeting/index.html
Keynote: Mary Moore Hamrick: National Managing Principal of Public Policy at Grant Thornton
Northwest - April 13-14, 2012
Campus Meeting: University of Washington, Bothell, Bothell WA
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/bbustech/bap/index.html
Keynote: Christopher S. Lynch – Independent Consultant
Oceania Regional Meeting - April 11-13, 2012
Campus Meeting: Massey University