Accounting students win scholarships

An accounting student has won a National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) scholarship. Winners must have high GPAs and leadership experience. [Read the full story]

SIUC graduates ready to face future

Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduating seniors Janiece Blake and Kelli Jensen have much in common, even though they do not know each other. [Read the full story]

Kinzinger named Deloitte managing partner

Rodney Kinzinger, Hall of Famer, School of Accountancy alumnus and Accountancy Board of Advisors Chair, has been named the Office Managing Partner of Deloitte LLP’s St. Louis office. [Read the full story]

Shrestha to join KPMG

Rose Shrestha, a master of accountancy student set to graduate in 2009, has been hired as a tax associate at KPMG in St. Louis. [Read the full story]

Accounting Challenge set for March 7

The tenth annual Accounting Challenge, sponsored by the School of Accountancy, will be held on Friday, March 7, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. [Read the full story]

Rose wins major grant

Jake M. Rose, associate professor of accounting at SIUC College of Business and Administration, along with Stewart Leech, professor of accounting at University of Melbourne, have been awarded an Australian Research Council grant, valued at $384,000 over three years, to develop a highly sophisticated expert system for accounting practitioners. [Read the full story]

Accounting students offering tax assistance

Accounting students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale are offering free income tax preparation help to low- and moderate-income families in Jackson and Williamson counties. [Read the full story]

Accounting Challenge set for Feb. 22

The tenth annual Accounting Challenge, sponsored by the School of Accountancy, will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. [Read the full story]

Accounting student influenced by MLK legacy

A native of University Park, Ill., Ranard Vercher recalls the first time he watched a video of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his I have a dream speech. I was six years old and even at that age, I sensed its importance, said Vercher. [Read the full story]

Karnes, Melone release second edition of legal textbook

Allan Karnes, KPMG Tax Research Professor of Accountancy at Southern Illinois University College of Business and Albert P. Melone, professor emeritus of political science at SIU, have written a second edition of The American Legal System: Perspectives, Politics, Processes, and Policies. [Read the full story]

Business alumni excel at Georgia Southern

Four SIU College of Business alumni sit on the faculty of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga.: Assistant Professors of Marketing Linda Mullen, Dena Hale and Michael L. Thomas and Assistant Professor of Accounting Brit McKay. [Read the full story]

Accounting student named MVC Swimmer of the Week

The SIU swimming and diving team faced off against some of the best teams in the country at the Purdue Invitational, and neither fell to the bottom of the pack. [Read the full story]

Mohamed makes nationals

Fourteen was the number that junior Mohamed Mohamed had been waiting on for the last two years. [Read the full story]

Top accounting student flies high

One of Continental Airlines' newest hires is School of Accountancy student Ricky Barr of West Jefferson, N.C. [Read the full story]

Beck donates to children's organization

Bill Beck, accounting alumnus, School of Accountancy External Advisory Board member, Rehn Society member, 2007 Southern Business Journal "Leader Among Us" and president and CEO of Beck Bus Transportation Corp., donated a bus to The Lincoln's Challenge Academy for troubled teens in Rantoul. [Read the full story]

Rivers celebrates retirement

After 30 years of service to SIU, Professor of Accounting Richard Rivers is retiring. [Read the full story]

Feldt speaks at business college

An executive at one of Missouri's most respected accounting and consulting firms was a guest speaker at the College of Business. [Read the full story]

Deloitte foundation donates to business college

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom announced that The Deloitte Foundation, funded by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, donated $4,000 to the School. [Read the full story]

Accounting students receive honors

Five accounting students received honors during the Central Region Student Conference of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) in Schaumburg on Oct. 5. [Read the full story]

Page, Heaston reign over homecoming festivities

Shannon D. Page of Chicago and Marlon P. Heaston of Covington, Tenn., reigned over the 2007 homecoming festivities at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this past weekend. [Read the full story]

College of Business offers virtual visits by executives

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom is using oovoo.com, a free real time video conferencing service, [Read the full story]

Accounting golf scramble a success

More than 100 golfers participated in the 23rd Annual School of Accountancy Golf Scramble on Sept. 21. [Read the full story]

Accounting Career Day sets record

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom and Career Services and Placement Center Director Donna Margolis report that a record number of accounting firms and business students participated in the seventh annual Accounting Career Day held by the School of Accountancy. [Read the full story]

Accounting students volunteer at Dunnabeck Horse Trials

Four College of Business students volunteered at the annual Dunnabeck Horse Trials in Carbondale. [Read the full story]

Accounting student wins scholarship

An accounting student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has won a National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) scholarship, valued at $2,500. Conrad Houeto of the Republic of Benin, master of accountancy student in the College of Business and Administration, received the prize at the NABA conference in Philadelphia in June. "I was so proud to represent the NABA SIUC chapter, and Southern Illinois University as a whole," said Houeto, who carries a 4.0 GPA. [Read the full story]

Black speaks at college conference

Accounting alumnus Dale Black spoke during a financial conference at John A. Logan College in June. Black is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts which includes Trump's three Atlantic City casinos. A native of Bluford in Jefferson County, Black offered tips on how to make it big in the business world and his "keys to success." Black graduated with a degree in accounting from SIU in 1984. [Read the full story]