Y-CPA Buzz

Zooming Through the Year

By Kira Kaneshiro

As summer begins, the Y-CPAs are wrapping up a year of virtual activity. Through the Covid-19 pandemic, individuals, schools, and workplaces modified their activities to safely operate within the new world and the Y-CPAs were no exception.

Networking

We began the year getting to know new members at our first virtual happy hour last October.

Student Outreach

Adjusting to the pandemic environment, we moved to hosting events online to reach students in new ways. Working with the Accounting Clubs and Beta Alpha Psi at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa and West Oahu campuses, Y-CPAs educated students on upcoming changes to the CPA exam and spoke to their personal experiences preparing for the exam. At the high school level, the committee reached out to schools across Oahu to coordinate presentations exposing students to a myriad of accounting career paths and the benefits of majoring in accounting and becoming a CPA.