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Innocence lost: Class of 2013 comes of age in a weak economy Accounting and Business Administration graduate Steve Heiss '13 enters the shaky job market with solid footing. (5/2013)
Technology Entrepreneur Center's Cozad New Venture Competition Jenni Salisbury, MAS student, was a member of the third place team at the Technology Entrepreneur Center's Cozad New Venture Competition. Her team, CELLular Diagnostics, received $5,000 for their venture to develop a smartphone biosensor for on-site diagnosis of disease and malnutrition. More ... (5/2013)
2012 Illinois CPA Society Excel Award Winners Katherine Davidson (BS 2012), Zhao Wang (MSA 2012) and Ruixue Yao (MSA 2012) were recipients of the Illinois CPA Society Excel Award. The Excel Award is granted to Illinois CPAs who achieved a total average score of 90 or more and completed all four parts of the exam within two consecutive testing windows and were in the top five percent of the scores of those who completed all the requirements in 2012 in Illinois. (5/2013)
Paper Acceptance - Kristi Rennekamp Kristi Rennekamp's paper titled “Does Coordinated Presentation Help Credit Analysts Identify Firm Characteristics?” coauthored with Rob Bloomfield, Frank Hodge and Pat Hopkins has been accepted for publication at Contemporary Accounting Research. (5/2013)
Illinois Ranks 5th in Businessweek Survey The University of Illinois Department of Accountancy ranked 5th in the Bloomberg Businessweek the Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Accounting survey. Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed undergraduate business students from the Class of 2013 and asked them to rank their business school experience from getting in to getting a job. More . . . (4/2013)
2012 Elijah Watt Sells Award Winners Ms. Mingyuan Wang (MSA 2012) and Mr. Po-Feng Yu (MSA 2012) were recipients of the AICPA 2012 Elijah Watt Sells Award for their performance on the 2012 CPA Exam. The Elijah Watt Sells Award is bestowed on candidates who have obtained a cumulative score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, completed testing during the 2012 calendar year, and passed all four sections of the exam on their first attempt. (4/2013)

Innocence lost: Class of 2013 comes of age in a weak economy
Accounting and Business Administration graduate Steve Heiss '13 enters the shaky job market with solid footing. (5/2013)

Technology Entrepreneur Center's Cozad New Venture Competition
Jenni Salisbury, MAS student, was a member of the third place team at the Technology Entrepreneur Center's Cozad New Venture Competition. Her team, CELLular Diagnostics, received $5,000 for their venture to develop a smartphone biosensor for on-site diagnosis of disease and malnutrition. More ... (5/2013)

2012 Illinois CPA Society Excel Award Winners
Katherine Davidson (BS 2012), Zhao Wang (MSA 2012) and Ruixue Yao (MSA 2012) were recipients of the Illinois CPA Society Excel Award. The Excel Award is granted to Illinois CPAs who achieved a total average score of 90 or more and completed all four parts of the exam within two consecutive testing windows and were in the top five percent of the scores of those who completed all the requirements in 2012 in Illinois. (5/2013)

Paper Acceptance - Kristi Rennekamp
Kristi Rennekamp's paper titled “Does Coordinated Presentation Help Credit Analysts Identify Firm Characteristics?” coauthored with Rob Bloomfield, Frank Hodge and Pat Hopkins has been accepted for publication at Contemporary Accounting Research. (5/2013)

Illinois Ranks 5th in Businessweek Survey
The University of Illinois Department of Accountancy ranked 5th in the Bloomberg Businessweek the Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Accounting survey. Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed undergraduate business students from the Class of 2013 and asked them to rank their business school experience from getting in to getting a job. More . . . (4/2013)

2012 Elijah Watt Sells Award Winners
Ms. Mingyuan Wang (MSA 2012) and Mr. Po-Feng Yu (MSA 2012) were recipients of the AICPA 2012 Elijah Watt Sells Award for their performance on the 2012 CPA Exam. The Elijah Watt Sells Award is bestowed on candidates who have obtained a cumulative score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, completed testing during the 2012 calendar year, and passed all four sections of the exam on their first attempt. (4/2013)

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