MAC_ENEWS_1.14.08

MAC E-News - Class of 2008

CPA EXAM REVIEW TIMING

We are getting ready to finalize the timing of our review for the Audit, Regulation, and Financial sections of the CPA Exam. Please e-mail Kathy (katherine_krawczyk@ncsu.edu) with your responses to the following options for timing in the link below.

2008 Timing Questions for Students

CAKE DAY

We will be celebrating December and January birthdays on Wednesday, January 30th - 12:30 - MAC Lab. Please volunteer to bring in a dessert to celebrate - and plan on attending to eat some cake! Please email Kathy if you would like to volunteer.

December Birthdays: Kelly Barr, Christopher Meredith, Thomas Ringler, Doug Torchio, Matthew Walker, Caroline Wong

January Birthdays: Jared Cronk, Dean Duke, Callie Grubbs, Lauren Halvorson, Kelly Hamilton, Lauren Williams

MAC FOR A DAY VOLUNTEERS

We will be hosting prospective students in the middle of January for our MAC for a Day event. We need volunteers to host students. The agenda for the day includes:

Information Session
Tour of Nelson Hall
Lunch with students
Attendance in MAC class

Dates:
Thursday, Jan 17, 2008: 11:00 - 1:30

Please email Kathy if you would like to be a host, the date you prefer, and the MAC class you have at 1:30 on that date.

Thanks you!

AICPA SURVEY

Please complete a short 6-minute survey on factors that influence your choice of accounting as a career and factors that influence your decision to go into public accounting. The link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LJJO9LHwznfJMXIQXdPcDw_3d_3d.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Roby Sawyers.

NORTH CAROLINA CPA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

Last spring, the North Carolina CPA Foundation awarded over $59,000 in scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to 47 qualified accounting students attending 21 different two and four-year institutions throughout our state. The Foundation hosts an interactive online application on its website at: http://csbapp.csb.uncw.edu/nccpa.

Applications open December 1st. Candidates are evaluated based on academic merit, extra curricular activities, work, and volunteer experience, and most importantly, a personal essay on the role of CPAs in society. Applications close on February 10, 2008. Additional student scholarship information is available at http://www.ncacpa.org/students

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

The MAC Organization would like to get some feedback for some service project opportunities for Spring 2008. Shannon and Callie are the service group leaders for the organization. They have identified Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) and the Krispy Kreme Challenge (North Carolina Childrens Hospital) as possible events. Please email Shannon and Callie if you would be interested in participating in either event.