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December

Alumnus Oshurak Speaks to Student Accounting Association

The Student Accounting Association held its final meeting of the fall 2020 semester via Zoom on Wednesday, December 2. The guest speaker was Charles (Chuck) Oshurak, partner with the regional public accounting firm Arnett Carbis Toothman in their Pittsburgh office. Oshurak graduated from IUP in 1999 with a bachelor of science degree with a major in accounting.

  • 14 December 2020
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November

Alumni Conrad ’87 and McCullough ’15 Speak at Student Accounting Association Meeting

On November 12, 2020, the Student Accounting Association hosted a Zoom meeting with guest speakers from three areas of the accounting profession—independent wealth management, internal auditing, and public accounting. The speakers included Vic Conrad ’87 and Matthew McCullough ’15.

  • 18 November 2020
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Student Accounting Association Makes Donation to IUP Food Pantry

On November 4, 2020, the IUP Student Accounting Association community service chair, Samantha Weaver, and vice president Robert Kanick went grocery shopping, spending $541.02 on 256 nonperishable food items and toiletries which were donated to the IUP Food Pantry and Help Center.

  • 06 November 2020
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October

Alumni Fulmer ’15 and Zbur ’16, from KPMG, Speak to Student Accounting Association

On October 20, 2020, the Student Accounting Association hosted a Zoom meeting with guest speakers from KPMG’s Pittsburgh office. The guest speakers, both senior audit associates with KPMG, included alumni Alicia Fulmer and Sarah Zbur ’16.

  • 28 October 2020
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Alumna Pipes ’01, Deloitte Managing Director, Speaks to SAA

The Student Accounting Association held a virtual meeting via Zoom on October 5, 2020, featuring guest speaker Christy Pipes, managing director at Deloitte in their Tampa, Florida, office.

  • 26 October 2020
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Eberly Features MBA Student Tessa Matulis

Tessa is from Bucks County, Pennsylvania which is roughly 45 minutes from Philadelphia. She learned about IUP when a high school guidance counselor mentioned that a representative for IUP was coming for instant decision day.

  • 23 October 2020
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SAA Hosts Accounting Career Day

On September 16, 2020, the Student Accounting Association held their annual Career Day, a career fair geared toward accounting majors. The SAA faculty advisor, Kim Anderson, and Jan Shellenbarge, from IUP’s Career and Professional Development Center, worked together in organizing this event.

  • 06 October 2020
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September

Alumni Winsheimer ’95 and Geraud ’17 from BDO Speak at SAA Meeting

On September 10, 2020, the Student Accounting Association held its third meeting of the semester with guest speakers from BDO. The guest speakers included Heath Winsheimer ’95 (accounting), assurance partner; Ben Geraud ’17 (accounting), experienced tax associate; and Lindsay Fisher, campus recruiter.

  • 29 September 2020
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Alumni from PNC Speak to Student Accounting Association

On August 27, 2020, the SAA hosted its first meeting of the fall semester virtually via Zoom. Guest speakers from PNC gave students advice and informed them of the different functional areas of employment at PNC. The speakers included Brady Wise ’95, Samantha Frye ’19, and Matt DeCesare ’20.

  • Sandra Shanshala, SAA publicity chair
  • 01 September 2020
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May

Student Accounting Association Fall 2017 Speed Networking Event

On November 2, 2017, IUP’s Student Accounting Association teamed up with the Institute of Internal Auditors and Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs to host a speed networking event. This first-time event for the SAA was held to provide the 35 accounting majors in attendance the opportunity to improve networking skills, build relationships with professionals, and learn about various accounting career paths. Twenty-five professionals from 13 different companies attended the event, including bank personnel, public accounting firm representatives, FBI agents, and a sole practitioner.

  • 15 May 2020
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Eberly Features Junior Accounting Major Kanick

This week we meet Bob Kanick, a junior at IUP who is majoring in accounting as part of the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology’s Business Honors program. Bob is the vice president of the Student Accounting Association, a member of the Phi Gamma Nu Business Fraternity, and a student worker in the Eberly College Dean’s Office. He currently is working as a credit analyst intern at First Commonwealth Bank.

  • 14 May 2020
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April

Senior Kumetis Selected for 2020 Women’s Leadership Award

The Eberly College of Business and Information Technology participated as a sponsor for the IUP President’s Commission on the Status of Women and Women’s and Gender Studies program this year to recognize women for their outstanding leadership, service, academic excellence, and community contributions on and off campus.

  • 29 April 2020
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Spikner ’98, Exelon Director of Corporate Accounting, Speaks to SAA

On November 13, 2018, the Student Accounting Association welcomed Pamela Spikner as its guest speaker. Spikner, a 1998 IUP alumnus with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, spoke before a group of 82 accounting majors. Spikner was a student in Kim Anderson’s auditing course during the spring 1998 semester.

  • 14 April 2020
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March

Alumni Wise and O’Shell Speak

Guest speakers at the March 5, 2020, joint meeting included Brady Wise (’95 BS, accounting), head of enterprise risk management and chief operating officer of independent risk management at PNC; and Mitch O’Shell (’19 MBA and ’18 BS, finance), a risk associate with PNC.

  • Submitted by, Sandra Shanshala, SAA Publicity Chair
  • 11 March 2020
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Alumna Flanagan ’94 Speaks to Student Accounting Association

On February 17, 2020, Kirsten Flanagan, a 1994 IUP accounting alumnus who specializes in the areas of forensic, litigation, and valuation services, spoke to 61 students at the second Student Accounting Association meeting of the spring semester.

  • Sandra Shanshala, SAA Publicity Chair 
  • 17 February 2020
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February

Alumnus Hoover ’16 Speaks to Student Accounting Association

The Student Accounting Association hosted their first meeting of the spring semester on January 29, 2020, with 63 students in attendance. Alumnus Morgan Hoover, who graduated from IUP in 2016 with a major in accounting, was the guest speaker. While at IUP, Hoover was a member of both the Eberly Business Honors Program and the Cook Honors College. After graduating from IUP, Hoover completed law school at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 2019. Currently, Hoover is working as an international tax consultant at Deloitte in their Pittsburgh office.

  • Sandra Shanshala, SAA Publicity Chair
  • 06 February 2020
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