Footnotes Athens State

IMA Student Chapter Accounting Club Newsletter

February 2019

To create a vibrant organizational community for students that will provide them with the necessary tools to compete effectively in the professional business community through programs that create education and networking opportunities, community and university involvement, and build a framework of highly ethical behavior.

Mission Statement

Perpetuate the IMA-gold standards of excellence for a world-class organization at both a national and local level.

Vision Statement

Inside this issue:

Welcome

President’s Message

Club Events

IMA Student Leadership Conference

Graduation

Upcoming Events

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President’s Message

Greetings accounting students, welcome to a new semester and a new year for Athens State University and the Accounting Club! Since our last newsletter the club has been engaged in several events, including charities like our canned food drive and angel tree. In early November we sent several of our officers to the IMA Student Leadership Conference where we visited different industries and listened to many interesting speakers about topics ranging from leadership to changes that will impact future accounting like blockchain. We also won the IMA Gold Award of Excellence and Outstanding Student Chapter due to our efforts towards being the best student chapter accounting club

Jacob Perdue

The Accounting Club is accepting

nominations for officer positions for the next academic year 2019—2020.

Nominations will be accepted through

March 31st by emailing Professor Corzine. Elections

will be held in April.

we can be. Finally, in our final meeting for the fall semester we enjoyed our potluck party. This ongoing semester we hope to be just as successful and busy in providing the best opportunities for students in our club! We have several educational meetings

planned for the semester, ranging from leadership to new

accounting topics and information on the CPA and CMA. On February

28th for the first time we will take our club on the road to Crabtree,

Berger and Rowe, PC to witness professional accountants in action in

their working environment and learn what we need to be able

to succeed in the workplace. In March we plan to go to the Decatur

campus of Calhoun Community College and

promote our club to new accounting students. We also plan to have our

own cart in the Athens Mardi Gras Parade once again this year! I hope

everyone will have another successful semester and sign up for

the upcoming Accounting Club officer elections!

Find out more about the CMA credential at www.imanet.org!

Club Activities

Club members enjoyed a

relaxed potluck meal and socialized

as the fall semester

concluded.

Members of the IMASC Ac-counting Club joined others for the Interclub tree trimming in Nov. Everyone enjoyed hot co-coa, cookies and other holi-day treats.

Auburn won the Canned Food

Drive!

The goods were deliv-ered to the Limestone

County Churches Involved organization.

A huge thank you to all who donat-

ed!

Thank you to everyone who

contributed funding to help

sponsor two children for Christmas.

On November 19th, several students attended the Muscle Shoals Chapter of the IMA meeting. The guest speaker was Steve Sledge, CPA and Partner KPMG Audit. He gave an overview of the history of Blockchain and its possibili-ties. Blockchain technology is in its early stages but it is ex-pected to have a huge impact on business in the future.

Want to Join the Athens State Accounting Club? Three Easy Steps:

1. Be a student at Athens State enrolled in at least 6 hours 2. Be a student member of the Institute of Management Accountants (www.imanet.org) 3. Email your IMA member number to Professor Emily Corzine

On January 28th students attended the Muscle Shoals IMA chapter meeting with Dr. John Berzett. The subject was the new tax update taking effect this

year and the speaker was Kent Quinn, CPA. He gave an overview of the most impactful changes account-ants will encounter in pre-paring tax returns. This was excellent information for those planning to work on returns this tax season.

Amanda Bertagnolli, an HR profes-sional from Crabtree, Rowe and Berger, spoke with the club on Jan-uary 31st. She discussed Profes-sionalism Within the Workplace. Amanda covered several items stu-dents should be aware of in the workplace. Some of which are: ap-

propriate dress, social media presence, and conduct. Amanda stressed the importance of conducting yourself appropriately in the workplace, no matter how you feel about any given situation. This meeting was very informa-

Karen Reetz from Wiley spoke to the Accounting Club on Janu-ary 17th. She discussed the CPA exam, advantages of having the certification and pointed out strategies students could use to to pass the exam. Karen shared about the Wiley CPA prep mate-rials available for aspiring CPAs. She drew names for free Wiley study materi-als. Bethany Meadows, Sarah Gibson, and Pius Ap-piah were the lucky winners of free study materials.

IMA Student Leadership Conference

Members of the Athens State University IMA Student Chapter Accounting Club attended the IMA Student Leadership Conference in St Louis, MO from November 1st - 3rd, 2018. During the conference, participants had the opportunity to attend one of the following industry tours; St. Louis Cardinals Bush Stadium, The Feder-al Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Nestle Purina Headquarters. Following the industry tours, a Wel-come Reception was held where participants were able to network with each other, along with compa-nies in the exhibit hall. The conference offered a variety of topics, ranging from interviewing skills to information on blockchain technology. On November 2nd, during lunch IMA held their award ceremony recognizing various achievements of different students and student chapters. This year, our student chapter won the IMA Gold Award of Excellence and Outstanding Student Chapter. The second day closed with a very informative and moti-vational roundtable, titled Advice from the C-Suite: Lessons on Leadership, Learning, and Life. While each panelist journey differed, their message was the same. This message was to always present your best, and most important, don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Following the roundtable, IMA hosted a night social, with line dancing, school t-shirt contest, and a mechanical bull. Our chapter won the t-shirt contest along with 500-dollar prize for the accounting club. Attending the IMA Student Leader-ship Conference was a great experience.

While attend-ing the IMA Leadership Conference in

St. Louis, Dr. Ham-mon, Jacob Perdue, and Kalie Ferris toured the Federal Reserve. The tour started with a brief explanation of the Reserve’s history and overview of what the Reserve does. This was followed by in-teractive activities which provided exam-ples of economic choices. Afterward, CFO Marilyn Corona gave a brief lecture on things she has encoun-tered during her varied work ex-perience.

Learn about the IMA Accounting Honor Society

at http://www.imanet.org/iahs

Congratulations! 2018 Accounting Graduates

Spring Misty Bellomy Kimberly Brown Latasha Davis Casidy Garmon Mark George Davida Glass Rebecca Hamblin Timothy Lucero Kelsey Mallon Alex Mccay Amberly Miller Mason Miller Spencer Morris Caitlin Nelms Emilee Segroves Leslie Stopyak Tyler Thomas Laura Layne Marshall Cater Geoffrey Knudtson

Summer Jared Brown Lorie Brown Mayra Sanchez-Cambron Taneshia Cheatom Skyler Cherry Rachel Daniel Lauren King Joan Morris Kayla Patterson Kimberly Smith Robert Smith Emily Stephens Courtney Trousdale Heather White Seddrick Williams

Fall Jasmine Buckelew Ran Cho Brittany Cox Lekeia Crutcher Sarah Derivaux Jeffery Fawcett James Flowers Taylor Hamilton Samantha Hargrove Brandie Hayes Patricia Hinz Sue Lee Mandy Logan Jewel Loper Stephen Mcconkey Taylor Prince Darrell Ramsey Maria Rodriguez Mercedes Shepherd Megan Stinson Tujuannah Strickland Kyle Summers Terri Voegele

Congratulations on your new jobs and positions!

Mandy Logan: Staff Tax Accountant at Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg and Moore, P.C. Cowana Sales: Marathon Electrical Services, Inc. Angela Sotelo-Neri: Now full time at Construction Services Inc. Jared Boyd: Internship at Alan Vaughn, CPA Kalie Ferris: Internship at Alan Vaughn, CPA Joshua Barhorst: Internship at MDA Professional Group Lindsay Wallace: College of Business Work Study

Faculty Advisor, editor Diann Hammon diann.hammon@athens.edu Faculty Advisor, co-editor Emily Corzine emily.corzine@athens.edu Faculty Advisor Christopher Nelson christopher.nelson@athens.edu President Jacob Perdue jperdue2@my.athens.edu Vice President Taylor Hamilton thamilt2@my.athens.edu Secretary Jared Boyd jboyd5@my.athens.edu Treasurer Chazmyn David cmoore17@my.athens.edu Historian Colton Hicks chicks1@my.athens.edu Web Master Kalie Ferris kferris@my.athens.edu Communications Director Angela Sotelo-Neri asotelon@my.athens.edu

Please contact any of the advisors or officers for more information!

Calendar of Events

1/17/19 Club Meeting: Karen Reetz, Wiley Representative 1/31/19 Club Meeting: Amanda Bertagnolli, Professionalism in Accounting Careers 2/14/19 Club Meeting: Melanie Little Topic: Leadership 2/28/19 Club goes On the Road...to Crabtree, Berger and Rowe, PC 3/4/19 & 3/5/19 Visit classes at Calhoun Community College 3/5/19 Mardi Gras Parade 3/28/19 Club Meeting: Ben Adams, CPA Tuesday, 4/16/19 Club Meeting: Larry Loyed, CMA, Gulf-South Council President 4/18/19 Award Luncheon