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winter 2012-2013
The Commission on Accounting Higher Education released its highly anticipated
Pathways Commission report last July. The report, titled “Charting a National Strategy for the Next Generation of Accountants,” in-cludes seven recommendations that, accord-ing to the authors, will provide a “strategy and structure for accounting education that will have long-term implications for the next generations of accountants and the entire education process.”
Each of the report’s recommendations includes additional objectives supporting the recommendation. The first recommen-dation calls for a learned profession that integrates accounting research, education and practice for students, practitioners and educators. The second recommendation suggests flexibility in obtaining terminal degrees to address the shortage of account-ing faculty. The third and fourth recom-mendations call for placing increased value on high-quality teaching and opportunities for development and sharing of curricular models for the future. The fifth recom-mendation addresses the need to attract high-potential, diverse entrants into the accounting profession, while the sixth recommendation calls for mechanisms to
provide information on current and future markets for accounting professionals and accounting faculty. The seventh and final recommendation calls for an implementa-tion process to convert the report into action.
The American Accounting Association (AAA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) have endorsed the recommendations included in the Pathways Commission report and have committed to supporting its ongo-ing implementation. In fact, a number of recommendations in the Pathways Commission report echo those included in previous studies that had similar purposes. These earlier studies resulted in some suc-cessful new directions and innovations but lacked an explicit implementation strategy. To overcome this limitation, the AAA and AICPA will continue their support of the Commission for the next three years. The implementation effort will be co-chaired by Bill Ezzell, a former partner with Deloitte, LLP and past chairman of the AICPA Board of Directors, and Mark Higgins, the Dean and Alfred J. Verrecchia and Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business at the University of Rhode Island and a past presi-dent of the American Taxation Association.
The Pathways Commission was created by the AAA and the AICPA to study the future structure of higher education for the accounting profession and to develop recommendations for educational pathways for students, academics, practitioners and others in the practice and study of accounting. The Commission was chaired by Bruce Behn, the Ergen Professor of Business and accounting faculty member at the University of Tennessee. Other Pathways commissioners include William Ezzell, Leslie Murphy, Judy Rayburn, Jerry Strawser and Melvin Stith, dean of the Whitman School of Management.
The Pathways Commission was formed in August 2010 and grew out of recom-mendations by the U.S. Treasury’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession. The Pathways report culminates two years of effort by more than 50 individuals representing a diverse array of stakehold-ers in the accounting profession. The Commission’s recommendations are expan-sive and reflect its mission to consider accounting education and the accounting profession in the broadest sense.
— Randy ElderSenior Associate Dean, Professor of Accounting
Whitman School of Management
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J To view and download a copy of the report, visit pathwayscommission.org.
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syneRgy And oPPoRtunity Abound At LubinLubin School is a culmination of efforts begun by the Accounting Department 25 or more years ago. Syracuse always had a uniqueness in its Accounting Department that welcomed the wonderful partnership of theory and practice. Horace Landry, a partner in Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, taught and prac-ticed full time for more than 50 years. This combination of practice coupled with tenured doctorate-level scholars made for a strong lineup of courses and professors. From that base, under the leadership of Senior Associate Dean Randy Elder, the department began to establish and build on its relation-ships with international accounting firms.
Another key to our placement success has been the Accounting Advisory Board. Currently chaired by distinguished alumnus and PricewaterhouseCoopers senior tax partner Don Favre, the Board is a living example of this dynamic partnership. Three times each year, the Board, along with an alumni council made up of more recent graduates and one current graduate student, meets with the accounting faculty for a vibrant exchange of ideas.
The representation of the Board is, by and large, the senior partners of the very firms who are hiring our students. It is synergistic. Our faculty relies on the board to keep our curriculum current, while the board members invest their time and talent
— William J. WalshDirector, Lubin School of Accounting
The Fall semester is a great time of year here at Syracuse University. Warm
September days and the beginning of classes help create a heightened sense of optimism for the beginning of the new academic year. The focal point for the Accounting Department is the fall recruiting season. It begins with our Accounting Career Day. Sponsored by our Career Center, this initial meeting of students and recruiters develops into countless interviews for our students at all levels. Sophomores and juniors interview for leadership programs, seniors for intern-ships, and graduate students for full-time employment.
The placement statistics at the Lubin School of Accounting rival any school in the country, in that we have been most fortunate to place nearly 100 percent of our domestic students over a long period of time. Students who come to us from other institutions for their fifth year are absolutely in awe of the opportunities available. It is not uncommon for these students to end up with three or four offers from interna-tional firms. In today’s economic climate, this is no small deal. Indeed, there are few opportunities available that are better than beginning your career with an international CPA firm in New York City, Boston, or Washington, D.C.
Is it just simply good fortune? I don’t think so. What we are experiencing now in the
in their most important asset: the young people that they hire. As the recruiting process continues, partners check with the faculty for their observations on people they are interviewing; and faculty work with the students so they can best showcase their skills and education during interviews.
One of my favorite days usually happens just about this time of year, when a distraught student with a terribly worried look stops in with a “problem.” They’ve just received three offers from three major firms and are unable to decide what to do. There's nothing I enjoy more than giving the old “this is the best kind of problem to have” speech.
It is truly our good fortune at the Lubin School to be able to continue this unique partnership of tenured faculty, professors of practice and an active and involved advisory board. We don’t take it for granted—it is a key to our success—and the people who ben-efit the most from it are our students. At the end of the day, that’s what really counts.
a message from
William J. WalshDirector, Lubin School of Accounting
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Each year, Whitman accounting stu-dents participate in the xTAX Case
Competition hosted by “Big Four” account-ing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in which 10 teams vie for a prize of $1,000 and the chance to compete against other schools at the national level.
The first round of this year's competition was held at SU on November 7th. The first round's winning team, Team Alpha, consisted of juniors Daniela Rodriguez, Cody Wojtanowski and Tao Lu and graduate students Jiuchao Li and Ruoxi Li.
For the competition, students form groups of five—consisting of two upperclassmen and three underclassmen—and are given two weeks to devise a solution to a real-life tax case. Each team gives a 12-minute presentation to a panel of PwC judges,
followed by a question-and-answer session. “Any group can ask a faculty member to as-sist them in their findings,” says Stephanie Crivello, this year’s xTax competition coordinator. “Professors are more than willing to help; they love participating in the competition.”
Each team is assigned a PwC mentor. This provides students with the opportunity to network and build relationships with industry professionals.
“The xTAX competition is beneficial to students in developing their teamwork skills, enhancing their resumes and for networking with PwC professionals,” says Professor Susan Albring, xTAX Case Competition faculty advisor. Students who participate in xTAX are often first to get leadership, internship and job opportuni-
ties because PwC already recognizes their skills and passion. Likewise, the PwC xTAX Case Competition encourages dedicated faculty members, like Albring, to work with students to hone their interest in tax as a career.
Although Whitman’s winning team did not advance to the national level of competition this year, Albring says the team was strong in many important areas of the competition.
“Team Alpha’s command of the techni-cal tax issues in the case, their excellent presentations skills and ability to work as a cohesive team were inspiring to see. I am very proud of them all,” adds Albring.
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Syracuse University football quarterback Ryan Nassib was honored as a 2012
National Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation (NFF) at its 55th an-nual awards dinner on December 4th at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
The esteemed award, presented by Fidelity Investments, was given to 15 student-ath-letes who excelled both on the field and in the classroom, and who displayed a strong commitment to community involvement. Each student received a post-graduate scholarship of $18,000.
At the NFF Scholar-Athlete press confer-ence, Nassib, a West Chester, Pa. native, said his greatest career highlight was
graduating from Whitman in four years with a double major. Nassib earned a degree in finance and accounting last May and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in accounting at Whitman.
On the football field, Nassib holds the school record for completions and ranks second in SU history for career touchdown passes. He has served on the SU Football Team Leadership Council since 2009, and also volunteers at the Onondaga County Justice Center.
The 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class was chosen from a pool of 300 nomi-nated players from all divisions of college football nationwide.
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mitch Franklin Assistant Professor of Accounting Practice
It didn’t take Mitch Franklin very long to figure out what he wanted to pursue as
a career. Once he taught his first classes while completing his master’s degree in accounting at Whitman, he never stopped. After receiving his MSA, Franklin was offered a position as an adjunct faculty member teaching night classes. “I jumped at the opportunity,” says Franklin. “From there, I decided to complete my CPA, get my PhD and move forward to become a full-time faculty member.”
Had it not been for people like Badr Ismail, then MSA director and now professor emeritus of accounting, and Bill Walsh, director of the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting, Franklin might not be at Whitman today.
Franklin says it was his experience working with Walsh that made him realize he wanted to work with college students. As an undergraduate, Franklin intended to enroll in law school after he received his bach-elor’s degree. He realized it wasn’t the best fit after interning with a law firm. Franklin explored his other interests. “It was really my love for working with students that got me into teaching,” continues Franklin.
On top of his position as an assistant pro-fessor of accounting, Franklin is the faculty advisor for Beta Alpha Psi, the honor soci-ety for accounting students, and an advisor for more than 100 undeclared freshmen and sophomores. “Working with students is where I want to be,” says Franklin. “I have the flexibility to flourish in the environ-ment that we have at Whitman.” Like many other faculty members and students, Franklin acknowledges that the atmosphere in Whitman is unlike other institutions.
Franklin is deeply invested in preserv-ing the close relationship students and faculty share year after year. His goals as an instructor are to not only meet necessary learning objectives, but to help students develop and enhance the skills needed to be a successful professional in the industry.
As an advisor, Franklin is able to build close bonds with students from the beginning, and he continues to keep in touch after students graduate. “Since our courses are not taught in large lectures, we are not just professors, but we are also mentors,” adds Franklin. Smaller classrooms mean more personal interaction between students and faculty. Students feel comfortable reaching
”out to professors like Franklin, knowing they are available and willing to help.
But students aren’t the only ones who bene-fit from the tight-knit community. Franklin is surprised that he still feels as passionate about teaching as he did when he started almost 14 years ago. “If I could not spend as much time as I do with students—helping them reach their full potential as successful graduates—there’s no way I could be as happy as I am,” shares Franklin. “We are a family and we always put students as the number one priority.”
“Working with students is where i want to be. i have the flexibility to flourish in the environment that we have at Whitman.
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Two students from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management
received Excellence in Accounting Scholarships from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) and its Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) for the 2012-2013 school year. Joanne Jinfang Chen, a senior CPA accounting major from New York, N.Y., and Samantha Ackley, a senior CPA accounting and finance double major from Poughquag, N.Y., received the awards last August.
“Jin and Samantha are excellent students, and the Lubin School of Accounting is pleased that they have been recognized with NYSSCPA Excellence in Accounting Scholarships,” says Randy Elder, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at Whitman. “The New York State Society of CPAs has been generous in its funding of scholarships for students in accounting, and Professor Joyce Zadzilka has done an excellent job of coordinating the applica-tions from Whitman.”
The $2,500 scholarships provide financial assistance to encourage and assist candi-dates entering the accounting profession. Student recipients must be a declared accounting major, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher and be eligible for financial aid to receive the scholarships.
The FAE and NYSSCPA awarded a total of 51 scholarships to New York students for the 2012-2013 school year. Forty-eight students received $2,500 scholarships. Three $10,000 scholarships were awarded to high school students who had previously graduated from the FAE’s Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program.
Established in 1990, the Excellence in Accounting Scholarships are supported by contributions from members of the statewide NYSSCPA. The FAE currently provides campus liaisons at 47 colleges in New York state to help identify students eligible for scholarships.
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samantha ackley ’13 Bs and Joanne Jinfang chen ’13 Bs
Members of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), the professional service fraternity for
accounting, finance and IST majors, put their skills to use each year for their Tax Assistance program, offering full federal tax assistance to anyone in the Syracuse community at no charge. Since BAP works from the Syracuse University campus, the majority of clients are SU faculty, staff and students.
“Common concerns are just understand-ing basic tax rules,” says Professor Mitch Franklin, BAP's faculty advisor. “Our tax system is so complex that even the most basic requirements can produce significant anxiety.”
The BAP Tax Assistance program serves to answer questions and assist with preparing forms. Taxpayers can then take their com-pleted tax forms and report electronically through free services from the IRS.
BAP offers assistance only with returns that do not require a Certified Public Ac-countant, so they do not help with compli-cated tax situations. Instead, BAP aims to simply educate taxpayers. “We place a lot of effort on not only answering the questions, but also helping to teach the taxpayer the basic rules so that, next year, they may feel more comfortable completing their return on their own,” says Franklin. The goal of the BAP Tax Assistance program is to help
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taxpayers understand enough about basic tax rules so they become confident and self-sufficient in the future.
The Tax Assistance program allows BAP members to gain experience in a real-life capacity. Many accounting graduates look for jobs in taxation. The program allows BAP members to take some of the skills and concepts learned in tax courses and put them to use. Not only do the BAP students gain valuable experience, but members of the com-munity also benefit from the program. “To me, this is a great example of scholarship in action,” adds Franklin. “Community members are helped by students through direct use of skills taught at Whitman.”
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Student Recognition
iNstitute of iNterNAl Auditors AwArd uyen ‘Winnie’ Nguyen
NY stAte societY of cpA’s cAreer prepArAtioN AwArd sarah green and greg Jarvis
NY stAte societY of cpA’s AcAdemic AchieVemeNt AwArdTim Kineke (undergraduate) and chenfeng chu (graduate)
whitmAN scholArsTim Kineke, roers Janku, laura cawley, J.J. li and hunt lau
gAllowAY scholArsWill evans, steven Kolodny and Jeffery ricker
bAdr ismAil ms AccouNtiNg AwArd howard rim
outstANdiNg teAchiNg AssistANt AwArd annie Kim
trAcY hAlpiN AwArd chris Bender
AnnuAL betA ALPhA Psi bAnquet Recognizes students’ AcAdemic Achievements
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Accounting Department Student AwardsAccouNtiNg depArtmeNt AcAdemic AchieVemeNt AwArderica Berg, Tim Kineke, amy yu, lu yu and Kangping yu
AccouNtiNg depArtmeNt leAdership AwArd Jessica santana, laura Brichke, michael ruh and shannon flattery
ms iN AccouNtiNg AcAdemic AchieVemeNt AwArd chenfeng chu, Jigme sherpa, Diana campeau, Thuong huang and greg Jarvis
ms iN AccouNtiNg leAdership AwArd Jill Dintino, Kanitha Teng, Bethany lillie, erica lemon and michael Kandel
Accounting Department Scholarship AwardshorAce lANdrY scholArshipsteven Bukolt, Wanting Wu, Timothy Kineke and arria singer
A. williAm trelAwNY AwArdemily Deshaies
dAVid e. tosh AwArdTom carino
deloitte emergiNg leAdership AwArd alyssa Brennan
eisNer llp JuNior leAdership AwArd shannon flattery
pwc seNior leAder AwArd chris Bender
ANchiN, blocK & ANchiN grAduAte AwArd Will evans
rothsteiN KAss outstANdiNg pledge AwArd ashley Thombs
crowe horwAth outstANdiNg AccouNtiNg studeNt AwArdDanielle matfess
erNst & YouNg outstANdiNg studeNt AwArdmatthew palermo
The Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting was pleased to recognize
the following students at its annual spring banquet on April 19.
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2012-2013 BAP OfficeRS
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On December 3, a team of Whitman students competed at the regional level
of the Deloitte FanTAXtic Competition. The event featured 74 student teams from 51 schools competing head-to-head in 16 Deloitte offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New York, San Diego, Salt Lake City and Seattle. Whitman was represented by Courtney Merton ’13 MS, Joseph Morgan ’15 BS, Jacqueline Coudriet ’14 BS, Gianna Conte ’15 BS and Corey Dowling ’15 BS.
The competition, sponsored by Deloitte Tax LLP and the Deloitte Foundation, is designed for future tax talent to gain exposure to tax opportunities early in their academic careers. It also gives students a look into the consultative aspects of tax, the application of tax codes and regulations, as well as introduces them to many of the experiences they can expect in today’s business environment.
“Though our Whitman team did not win this year, I think the students had a great time competing, interacting with their counterparts at other schools and learning about opportunities in tax,” says Whitman’s FanTAXtic faculty advisor, Mitch Franklin. “This experience not only lets students see opportunities available within Deloitte, it also shows that there is much more to being a tax professional that just complet-ing tax returns. Students learn that this profession also entails providing important planning services to clients.”
The winners in each region advance to Deloitte’s National FanTAXtic competition, where they compete for more than $50,000 in individual scholarships and institutional awards. The event is scheduled for January 18-20, 2013, at Deloitte University, a state-of-the-art learning and leadership develop-ment center located in Dallas.
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Daniel J. Busby, a Whitman graduate with a BS in accounting and finance who holds a Master of Accountancy from the University of
Georgia, was announced as a winner of the 2011 Elijah Watt Sells Award by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) last May. Busby is currently an employee of Ernst & Young in Atlanta.
The 2011 award was presented to candidates who obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, completed testing during the previous calendar year and passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt. More than 90,000 candidates sat for the Exam in 2011. Thirty-seven candidates met the criteria.
The Elijah Watt Sells Award program was established in 1923 by the AICPA to recognize outstanding performance on the Uniform CPA Examination. Elijah Watt Sells, who passed away in 1924, was one of the country’s first CPAs under the provision of a New York State law enacted in 1896 and a leader in advancing professional education. He was active in the establishment of the AICPA and was a founder of New York University’s School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. The Sells award was created by the AICPA in 1923 in his honor.
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Eight teams of four students from Whitman participated in the KPMG
International Case Competition (KICC) on November 8th. Syracuse University was one of 30 U.S. schools selected to partici-pate in the competition, which involved schools from 22 different countries. The teams had 48 hours to review a case, and then provided their recommendations in a 20-minute presentation to a panel of
judges. The winning team of Erika Yiu ’14 BS, Rachel LaMantia ’14 BS, Benita Mach ’14 BS and Ruoyu Chen ’14 BS will compete in the semifinals in Miami, Fla., on January 10-11, 2013 for the opportunity to participate in the U.S. finals in New York City. Terry Li will serve as a replacement for Benita Mach who is studying abroad. The winning U.S. team will then participate in the global finals in Madrid, Spain.
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Had you asked him 10 years ago, Willie Reddic would have never guessed
where he would end up today. Reddic recently defended his dissertation proposal on fair value accounting in the insurance market and will graduate this spring. But 10 years ago, he was working as an insurance regulator in Florida and was doing research at Florida State University when he was introduced to Melvin Stith, who was dean of Florida State’s College of Business at the time. The meeting proved to be a turning point in Reddic’s life.
Dean Stith happened to be one of the founding fathers of the PhD Project—a program that aims to increase the number of underrepresented students, including those of African American, Hispanic American, and Native American descent—in colleges of business. The PhD Project provides connections and establishes bonds of fellowship and unity.
Without the PhD Project and Stith’s men-torship, Reddic would not have pursued a doctorate. “It’s a great networking outlet,” says Reddic. “But it’s more than just a network, it's a family.”
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2012-2013 Advisory Board
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2012-2013 Alumni council
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Reddic taught financial accounting during his time at Whitman and, after graduation, plans to become a professor. For him, successful teaching is what elevates education to the next level. He sought advice from many faculty members including Joe Comprix, Susan Albring, Randy Elder and Kofi Okyere. “Great teaching comes with the business at Whitman,” says Reddic. “We’re forced to use the faculty as a benchmark level—we try to exceed them or at least reach them.”
Reddic hopes to one day become a dean at a major institution. He plans to continue his involvement with the PhD Project as an outlet for helping others. Though he does not believe he could ever match Dean Stith’s legacy, Reddic wants to emulate some of Stith’s characteristics, particularly how Dean Stith has been a resource for students. “Stith has not just been a dean or faculty member,” says Reddic. “He’s more of a friend or a father.”
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Since her time earning an undergraduate degree at SUNY Geneseo, Erica LeMon
has always found herself a little ahead of the game. LeMon received her B.S. in accounting in just three and a half years. She was ready to move onto graduate study but did not want to wait nine months to start. Her search for a master’s program that started in the spring led her to the Whitman school.
LeMon graduated in December with a master’s degree in accounting. She has just recently accepted a job offer from McGladrey LLC's DC office, and will start after graduation. LeMon attended a career fair last February and met a recruiter who put her in touch with a contact from McGladrey. She kept in touch over the summer and visited the office. In September, she had a phone interview and a job offer soon followed. “The Whitman Career Center was very helpful,”
says LeMon. “Finding a job without their help would've been much more difficult.”
Between classes, the CPA exams, obliga-tions as a teaching assistant and her part-time job, LeMon has had to focus a lot of her energy on time management. LeMon’s direct personality has allowed her to get things done and keep it moving. “Put in the hard work, put in the effort, and you’ll be just fine,” says LeMon.
LeMon’s strong work ethic makes her a per-fect fit for accounting. “Accounting is pretty straightforward—it’s called a balance sheet because it needs to balance,” says LeMon. “Things aren’t as difficult as you think. Don’t think too much into things and you’ll be okay.” Effortless or not, LeMon is ready to slide into her new job and start the next phase of her life.
Xiaolu Xu is in her fifth year as a PhD candidate in the accounting program.
Originally from China, Xu studied at Nanjing Audit University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in account-ing in 2005. She wanted to study abroad for her master’s degree and ended up at SUNY Binghamton. Xu’s aspirations to become a professor brought her to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management to pursue her doctorate.
Xu has been most impressed by the access to Whitman’s databases and the research support she receives from faculty. “If I want to go to a conference and present or discuss my papers, my department allows me to attend those conferences,” says Xu. Coming into Whitman, Xu had little experience con-ducting research in accounting. Professors taught Xu how to work with the databases, improving her programming skills along the way. “If you have any questions, you can always ask the professors,” says Xu. “The close relationship between students and professors is one of the very good things about Whitman.”
Xu uses her time at Whitman to develop her own teaching style. “As a PhD student, we must teach three courses before we
graduate,” says Xu. “It’s good because you have some teaching experience before you graduate and you can prove to schools you have the ability to teach.” Xu has worked closely with many professors, including Randy Elder, Susan Albring and Mitch Franklin. Elder, Xu’s advisor, has helped her in her research, teaching and job search. Xu has collaborated with Albring on a paper that will be published in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Franklin has helped Xu develop her own teaching style. “[Mitch] is a great teacher and offers good teaching experience and evaluation,” says Xu.
As Xu looks to enter the job market, she feels prepared in all areas—research, experience and confidence. Xu’s disserta-tion combines her interests in financial accounting and auditing. She has taught introductory financial accounting classes that typically include more than 50 stu-dents. Xu says she used to be very shy and standoffish, but has forced herself to attend and network at conferences and workshops. “I love Syracuse and I love this program,” says Xu. “I’ve learned a lot and gained a lot of experience here. When I’m looking at jobs, I can be more confident.”
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Lubin gRAds enjoy continued PLAcement success
The following placement data and salary information reflects information provided voluntarily by students as of August 15, 2012. Information in this report is preliminary and based on national standards. Salary figures reflect only those students who are going on to
full-time employment immediately. The students obtained placement with the following companies. Some opportunities are for internships; some are full-time placements.
For information on recruiting Lubin School of Accounting graduates, contact Angela B. Petrucco, assistant dean of Whitman Career Services, at (315) 443-9611 or [email protected], or Bill Walsh, director of the Lubin School of Accounting, at (315) 443-3589 or [email protected].
nAME coMpAnYLesley Antwi JpMorgan chase & co. David ben-hayun pwc Erica berg pwc bradley biederman kpMg Laura brichke pwc Steven bukolt pwc Jeremy burke Ernst & Young David buziashvili Rothstein kass Joshua cantor citrin cooperman heather carrozo pwc Robert cavallo citrin cooperman bianca chih textron Yae Jin cho Samsung card Ryan cohen pwc peter Dallalah JpMorgan chase & co. Jillian Dintino Deloitte christopher Dowd Jefferies & company Joseph Dunaway bowers & company cpAs catherine Duquin Deloitte William Evans Ernst & Young noah fleischman Rothstein kass chelsea flores pwc William foreman philadelphia flyers/global Spectrum Shannon ganther pwc Matthew gigliotti crowe horwath Michael gray Manning & napier Advisors Sarah green JAt capital Management Evelin hernandez pwc Xiaowen hu Deloitte Roers Janku Deutsche bank Rong-Mai Jiang JpMorgan chase & co. Yena kang kpMg Matthew kay Jr kpMg brian kim kpMg Susan kim the boston globe timothy kineke Ernst & Young Scott klebanow Major League Soccer Steven kolodny Mcgladrey
hunt Lau citigroup Sung Yup Lee pwc Junjie Li general Electric Matthew Loftus Ernst & Young hui Jia Luo JpMorgan chase & co. Daniel Marcus pwc Stacy McDonald Deloitte Andrea Mendler citi habitats Anthony Mendoza Deloitte gianna Migliaccio Mcgladrey Donald Mimnaugh JpMorgan chase & co. Michael Morisseau Ernst & Young Max Moskovitz Mcgladrey nicole negrepont pwc Michael nelson pwc Rebecca ng Ernst & Young Matthew palermo Ernst & Young peter Raco kpMg Jeffrey Rickert Ernst & Young frank Sambor iii Jh cohn brandon Schwartz Ernst & Young Lee Serel bDo uS Ariel Shamir Deloitte David Skubis pwc patrick Smeeding northwestern Mutual financial networkAbigail Spohn pwc Rufeng tang hSbc bank Alexandra tartell Rothstein kass ivan thevaranjan kpMg chong Wang chinal Railway cable Works Michael Weiss JpMorgan chase & co. Matthew Wolfe Ernst & Young Jenny Wu kpMg kangping Yu Ernst & Young kurt Yuen kpMg
Jessica zarecki Ernst & Young
Yuhan zhou Marcum LLp
UNDeRgRADUAte StUDeNtS mediAN stArtiNg sAlArY: $55,000 bAse sAlArY rANge: $35,000—$70,000
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mediAN stArtiNg sAlArY: $57,000 bAse sAlArY rANge: $37,500—$73,000gRADUAte StUDeNtS
nAME coMpAnYpaul barbosa Ernst & Youngchristopher bender pwcDiana campeau crowley & halloranMichael chau EisnerAmperAlan cheng Rothstein kassJames choi pwcSimon choi Mcgladreychenfeng chu Deloitte consultingpatrick cooney Anchin, block & Anchinpatricia De Los Santos Ernst & Youngnicholas Della pella Deloittekevin Didio pwcMichael Dietrick pwccory falade Deloittezifang fan Ernst & YoungDanielle fiorentino pwcpatrick freise cbizbrandon gessner Ernst & YoungJeff gilbert testone, Marshall & Discenzahui gong Ernst & Youngthuong hoang Mcgladreygregory Jarvis firley, Moran, freer & EassaMichael kandel Ernst & YoungJared kass DeloitteAhreum kim McgladreyMinji kim kpMg
kathryn kinsman Ernst & YoungLauncelot Li kpMgXiaohui Li Ernst & Youngzhaodan Li Deloitteguosen Liang Ernst & Youngbethany Lillie Anchin, block & AnchinLily Mei kpMguyen nguyen Ernst & YoungLauren oppong DeloitteAndrew pia pwcpreetham poonati Ernst & Younghyung (howard) Rim kpMgkelly Ryan pwcMatthew Santucci pwcJigme Sherpa kpMgbrian Sloan grant thorntonJennifer taurisano D’Arcangelo & cokanitha teng Ernst & Youngbenjamin tornatore Ernst & YoungJennifer tung kpMgScott VanDerpool kpMgJohn Whitaker Anchin, block & AnchinJoseph Winderl Rothstein kassJanessa Wolf McgladreyAlexander Wronkowski grant thornton
More than 200 students and representatives from 35 corporations attended the Accounting Career Fair at the Whitman School of
Management on October 1.
Angela B. Petrucco, assistant dean for career services at Whitman, says that the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting remains a destination point for recruiting highly regarded accounting professionals. More than 90 percent of Whitman’s accounting students receive internship or full-time employment offers. In addition to the career fair, Petrucco says firms from across the nation visit campus throughout the academic year to meet with Whitman students in an effort to recruit them.
Amanda Bieber, KPMG’s senior associate for campus recruiting, says the Accounting Career Fair was very beneficial to the KPMG Campus
Recruiting team this past fall. “It provided us a great opportunity to connect with students at all class levels who are interested in learning about KPMG,” shares Bieber. “The students were prepared with insightful questions and always remained professional. We were able to identify outstanding candidates thanks to this successful event.”
Bieber also commented on the welcoming atmosphere of the Whitman building and the services of the Whitman Career Center. “The environment was open, comfortable and professional,” Bieber says. “The Career Services team made the process logistically very smooth. I am looking forward to participating in years to come.”
toP coRPoRAtions RecRuit At AnnuAL cAReeR FAiR
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Lubin schooL oF Accounting FAcuLty
susAN AlbriNgassistant professor of accounting; lubin research fellow
Kofi AppiAh oKYereassistant professor of accounting
michel beNArochassociate Dean for research; professor of management information systems
Joseph comprixassistant professor of accounting; lubin research fellow
rANdY eldersenior associate Dean;professor of accounting
mArYANN moNforteassistant professor of accounting practice
mitch frANKliNassistant professor of accounting practice
dAVid hArrisprofessor of accounting;Director, george e. Bennett center for Tax research
doN hArterassociate Dean for masters programs; associate professor of management information systems
bAdr ismAilprofessor emeritus of accounting
lihoNg liANgassistant professor of accounting
crAig Nicholsassistant professor of accounting
Alex theVArANJANassociate professor of accounting
pAdmAl K. VithArANAassociate professor of management information systems
giNger wAgNerassistant professor of accounting practice
williAm wAlshDirector, lubin school of accounting;assistant professor of accounting practice
JoYce ZAdZilKAassistant professor of accounting practice
JohN J. petosAassistant professor of accounting practice
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mitch FRAnkLinpublications“The catch: one Baseball fans Voyage from Joy to Dismay,” NATP TAXPro Journal (fall 2011)
“planning to retire: Don’t overlook the roth ira,” CNY Business Exchange (august 2011)
presentations“ifrs: What do introduction to financial accounting students Need to Know,” syracuse university project advance instructors seminar, may 2012
“starting them young: The impact of Business classes Within high schools on society and the economy,” Business Teachers association of New york regional meeting, march 2012
“improving the Teaching impact with Technology in the classroom,” massachusetts association of accounting professors regional meeting, october 2011
AwardsBeta alpha psi outstanding faculty award
Lihong LiAngpublications“associations between internal and external corporate governance characteristics: implications for investigating financial accounting restatements,” with W. Baber and Z. Zhu, Accounting Horizons (Vol. 26, 2012)
presentations“The impact of firm-supplied versus user-supplied fair Values on analyst outputs,” with e. riedl, canadian academic accounting association annual conference, June 2012
PAdmAL vithARAnApublications“a Knowledge Based component/service repository to enhance analysts’ Domain Knowledge for requirements analysis,” with h. Jain, and f. m. Zahedi, Information and Management (Vol. 49, 2012, pp. 24-35)
other Activitiesassociate editor, Communications of AIS
mini-track chair, analysis and Design for service-oriented enterprises track co-chair, americas conference on information systems (amcis) august 2012, seattle, Wash.
FAcuLty ReseARch And PRoFessionAL Activities
susAn ALbRingpublications“accounting restatements, financial constraints, and firm growth: The real effects of corporate misreporting,” with s. huang, r. pereira and X. Xu, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (forthcoming)
“The effect of the Type and Number of internal control Weaknesses and their remediation on audit fees,” with m. Keane and r. elder, Review of Accounting and Finance (Vol. 11, No. 4, 2012)
presentations“The effect of the Type and Number of internal control Weaknesses and their remediation on audit fees,” with m. Keane and r. elder, american accounting association annual meeting, august 2011
“short Term incentive effects of a reduction in the Nol carryback period,” with D. Dhaliwal, i. Khurana and r. pereira, american accounting association annual meeting, august 2011
other ActivitiesTrustee for the american accounting association - american Taxation association
annual meeting program committee member for the american accounting association - american Taxation association
micheL benARochpublications“an internal control perspective on the market Value consequences of iT operational risk events,” with a. chernobai and J. goldstein, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (forthcoming)
“impact of sourcing flexibility on the outsourcing of services under Demand uncertainty,” with s. Webster and B. Kazaz, European Journal of Operational Research (2012)
“event study analysis of the economic impact of iT operational risk and its subcategories,” with J. goldstein and a. chernobai, Journal of the Association of Information Systems (Vol. 12. No. 9, september 2011)
other Activitiesprincipal investigator on a Jp morgan chase research grant of $212K for a 2012 project titled
“software evolution: understanding factors contributing to the escalation of software maintenance cost and software entropy,” with padmal Vitharana and Kishan mehrotra
joe comPRiXpublications“Bias in Quarterly estimates of annual effective Tax rates and earnings management,” with l. mills and a. schmidt, Journal of the American Taxation Association (Vol. 34, No. 1, 2012)
“urban Versus rural firms and opportunistic earnings management: Korean evidence,” with J. choi, h. Kwon, and h. Nam, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics (forthcoming)
presentations“state pension accounting estimates and public union membership,” Korea university (June 2012), seoul National university (June 2012) and oregon state university (march 2012)
RAndy eLdeRpublications“The effect of the Type and Number of internal control Weaknesses and their remediation on audit fees,” with s. albring and m. Keane, Review of Accounting and Finance (Vol. 11, No. 4, 2012)
“reported earnings, auditor’s opinion, and compensation,” with a. Basu and m. onsi, Accounting and Business Research (Vol. 42, No. 1, 2012)
“corporate governance, growth opportunities, and earnings restatements: effects of a corporate governance code,” with K. chen and y. hsieh, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics (Vol. 18, No. 2, august 2011)
presentations“The effect of the Type and Number of internal control Weaknesses and their remediation on audit fees,” with m. Keane and s. albring, american accounting association annual meeting, august 2011
“The impact of post-soX supplier capacity constraints on the Nonprofit audit market,” with N. feng, government and Nonprofit section midyear meeting, march 2012
other Activitiesreappointed to the editorial advisory and review board for Issues in Accounting Education, 2013-2015.
juLy 2011–june 2012
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AccouNtiNg excelleNce fuNdindividuAL donoRs$1000+Richard W. brown ’81 and Leslie f. brown ’82 (EDu)Jacqueline cyran and Michael E. cyranDonald p. favre ’80 and Sharlene S. favreSusan A. frieden ’69 (A&S)paul R. gordon ’72 and nan p. gordon ’72 (VpA)Eugene p. gramza, Jr ’84Walter W. hemming ’61Steven A. kass ’78 and Debra L. kass ’78Jennifer L. kreischer ’88paula Morabito ’83 MbAben z. post ’72 and Amy g. post* Mark S. Reid ’84 MbAharold i. Steinberg ’55Albert W. White Jr. ’50 and Margaret White ’51 (hD)
$25-999AnonymousJeffrey f. Allen ’75 MS and Linda Allen ’72 (EDu)glenn phillip barenbaum ’01 Marc ben-Ami ’00Eugene p. bonstein Jr. ’63 and Elsa b. bonstein ’63 (A&S)Steven A. botwinick ’86 and Stacy g. botwinick ’86 (nEW)Morgan catoSiu h. chan-Lui ’95Diane chin-fu ’95 Michael J. Dye ’08Stephen J. Epstein ’60thomas E. feeney, ’75, ’79 MbA Justin k. frazier ’07, ’08 MSElizabeth c. gallo ’09 paul D. goldsmith ’05Daniel J. griffin ’07 Lisa M. halper ’92 carl D. harnick ’57 MbARichard J. harper ’70 John p. healey ’81 and gail healey ’81 (EDu)Derek g. henderson ’09 Robert L. hoyer ’69 (A&S)Joseph R. iannace Jr. ’07christopher A. Johanning ’10 craig c. Jones ’08Robin A. Jones ’95 MbA and Richard M. Jones ’95 MS, ’95 JD (LAW) Edward J. klein ’60 Ralph W. kletzien ’66karen S. kratzer ’89David howard Levy ’11 MS, ’10christopher M. Lindblom ’93Amy M. Marcello ’08
nicholas W. Mcgowan ’10, ’11 MS brendan patrick Molloy ’99 (A&S)t. Alan naragon ’97 JD (LAW)Sean M. perlman ’08clifford R. Saffron ’80 (A&S) and Jacqueline S. Saffron ’82 (A&S) Mark D. Simon ’83 (A&S) and tracey L. Simon ’84 (SW)Deborah n. Stamm and J. Richard StammMichael c. Stetz ’09Shirley to ’08Michael M. totino ’00Lee Vanderpool ’06 MbAzhanxiang Wan ’10 MSbruce E. Wertheim ’87 Yehong Xu ’10
coRPoRAtions And FoundAtionsDeloitte LLpErnst & Young LLpfinger Lakes Area community EndowmentJoseph and Edith fischer family foundationfJcJewish community Endowment foundation of StamfordkMpg LLppricewaterhousecoopers LLp
debbie ANd williAm ZYsblAt scholArship William L. zysblat ’72
horAce J. lANdrY AccouNtiNg scholArship fuNd$1000+central new York community foundation inc.Susan A. frieden ’69 (A&S)Walter W. hemming ’61Debra L. kass ’78 and Steven A. kass ’78Estate of professor horace J. Landrypaul h. preis ’56 MbADavid A. Silverman ’77
$25-999Evans c. Agrapidis ’78 and christine t. AgrapidisJoseph R. barnes ’89 and Laureen M. barnes ’89 (nEW)Steven A. botwinick ’86 and Stacy g. botwinick ’86 (nEW)christopher J. bray ’00, ’11 (A&S)Robert M. brown ’67Scott f. campbell ’05 and nicole babine campbell ’05 (VpA)
Lindsay Marie chin ’09Diane chin-fu ’95Darrell M. Davies ’65Susan L. Dean ’01 MbAMerrill Roth Dipietro ’03Randal J. ElderRichard M. Elfman ’76Donald p. favre ’80 and Sharlene S. favreJoseph & Edith fischer family foundationJoseph A. fischer ’52 and Edith fischer ’52thomas J. foley ’81 MSMitchell A. franklinManish kumar gupta ’09carl D. harnick ’57 MbARichard J. harper ’70John p. healey ’81 (EDu) and gail healey ’81 (EDu)Ralph W. kletzien ’66John R. kranik ’92paul A. kuhnle ’60John c. Lough ’02 and katy J. Lough ’03 (nEW)Morris Merker ’50Joan klinginsmith Myers ’82 MbA, ’93 phDDennis J. o’brien ’72, ’75 MbA Mark S. Reid ’84 MbAfrank & frances Revoir foundationAdam J. Sanders ’10kenneth c. Sparks ’49 peter D. Vicario ’07Mark A. Vogel ’60William J. Walsh ’90 MbA and Sandra WalshJoyce A. zadzilka ’96 MbA
michAel l. ANd rosemArY w. somich AccouNtiNg scholArship Michael L. Somich ’73 MS and Rosemary W. Somich ’74 (nuR)
Joseph i. lubiN eNdowed fuNd for AccouNtiNgthomas A. croston ’86 frank fernandez ’40 and Dulce M. fernandezMax Ethan Moskovitz ’12brenee Andrene Robinson ’08, ’09 MS
whitmAN grAduAte AccouNtiNg fuNdAnonymousJeffrey f. Allen ’75 MS and Linda Allen ’72 (EDu)Joseph R. barnes ’89 and Laureen M. barnes ’89 (nEW)Marc ben-Ami ’00
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Generosity, kindness and a special sense of professionalism
characterized Tracy Halpin’s leadership style and friendship.
The Lubin Alumni Council, in conjunction with Beta Alpha Psi
(BAP), invites the Syracuse University family to honor Halpin’s
legacy by supporting the Tracy Halpin Memorial Fund. The fund
supports an annual scholarship that is awarded to outstanding
accounting students.
ceLebRAting tRAcy hALPin’s LegAcy
i would like to contribute to the tracy halpin memorial fund.
enclosed find my contribution of $ .................................................................
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c/o professor mitch franklinWhitman school
721 university ave.syracuse, Ny 13244-2450
tracy halpin 5K walkhalpin, a former bAp president and accounting student,
died unexpectedly in 2006. Each year, Whitman
students, alumni, faculty and staff gather to participate
in the tracy halpin Memorial 5k Walk. Last year, the
walk raised about $6,000 for the halpin Memorial fund.
the walk values healthy living and student wellness.
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