45th Annual Accounting Awards Banquet

Posted by Joseph Phillips on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 4:47 PM PDT

The 45th Annual Accounting Awards Banquet took place on June 2nd.  Twenty-six different scholarships and awards were given to 39 accounting students that evening!  Some of the highlights included the Outstanding Senior Award going to Trey Takara and Daniel Verburg (first time we could not narrow it down to one person!), Gus Orlando winning the Outstanding Master of Professional Accounting degree Award, and Mr. Verburg winning the Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Leader Award.

I am so impressed that the Department of Accounting has been able to carry on this tradition for 45 years!  That means all the students and some of the faculty were not even born when this event started! :}  Nearly 100 were in attendance this year!

This year the event was facilitated by four generous sponsors – Clark Nuber, Deloitte, EY, and Weyerhaeuser!  Many accounting professionals and mentors in our Accounting Mentor Program were in attendance.

Dennis Applegate, an adjunct instructor in the department and member of the Internal Audit Program Advisory Board, received the Chair’s Award for outstanding service to the department.

Sarah Bee is stepping down as faculty advisor for Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting honor society.   BAP President, Daniel Verburg, gave an excellent tribute to Sarah outlining her success as the advisor to this very active student organization.

Congratulations to the Department of Accounting on their 45th successful awards banquet!