ISSUE
08 S p r i n g 2 0 1 3
Department of Accountancy
FOOTNOTES this issue In memoriam p . 1
In Memoriam:
Musings from the chair p . 1
Hal Jasper, 1930‐2012
Recogni ons p . 2 ‐ 3
With great sadness we announce the passing of colleague and friend, Hal Jasper. Professor Jasper taught accoun ng at Miami for dec‐ ades and served on a number of important Miami University com‐ mi ees. He took great pride in his students and par cularly en‐ joyed hearing about their suc‐ cess on becoming CPAs. Profes‐ sor Jasper was also a great fan of Miami athle cs and was ac ve in the Oxford community. Professor Jasper was truly a Miami legend who made this a great university. He will be missed by all who had the great fortune of knowing him. We encourage alumni to share their memories of Professor Jasper by sending an e‐mail to Gretchen Radler at radlergb@MiamiOH.edu. We will include these remembrances in a special feature in our 2012‐2013 annual report.
Personnel changes p . 4
Musings from the Chair I hope this newsle er finds all of our alumni and friends doing well and enjoying life. Miami, like many universi es, is facing challenges as higher educa on is going through a significant evolu on. But that being said, we are hopefully going from strength to strength and much of our success is due to the commitment of our alumni and friends. Both the university and the Farmer School of Business have seen a record number of applica‐ ons this year and the quality of the applicant pool is very strong. We are op mis c that this will translate into a very capable first‐year class this coming fall. Our students con nue to place well in internships and full‐ me employment. Many of you are directly responsible for that success and we thank you very much for your hard work on behalf of our graduates. The Department of Accountancy has had a very busy year so far. We welcomed two new facul‐ ty members and one new staff member (see back page) and will say goodbye to two. We are very proud of our faculty and con nue to a ract excellent teacher‐scholars. Beginning in the fall two new faculty members (and Miami alumni) will be joining us: Bill Moser in tax and Eric Marinich in managerial. Three of our excellent senior faculty are com‐ ple ng their final teaching responsibili es this year: Barry Arlinghaus, Jim Cashell, and Clay Hock. They will be missed, and we cannot thank them enough for their tremendous con‐ tribu ons over their careers at Miami.
On a sad note, as you can read on the sidebar, Hal Jasper, a true Miami legend, recently passed away. For decades Hal brought his en‐ ergy and enthusiasm to the classroom and those of us who were lucky enough to be in his classes know if there ever was a Mr. Miami, it was Hal. I have been fortunate to visit many of our alumni in Ohio, Chicago, and New York. It is always gra fying to see the success of our graduates and their commitment and willing‐ ness to stay connected to Miami. We hope to visit other ci es in the future. If you are inter‐ ested in helping host a visit, please contact me. We are also planning to have an on‐ campus accountancy alumni event in the fall, possibly at Homecoming. We will send out more details later. In our quest for con nual improvement, let us know how we are doing and how we can pro‐ vide an even be er educa onal experience for our students. Thank you for all of your support and we hope to see you on campus soon. Warmest regards, Marc
Scholarships and Awards for 2012‐2013
The Department of Account‐ ancy awarded over $130,000 in scholarships for 2012‐2013. Scholarship recipients are selected from a compe ve pool of applicants each spring. This year, 33 under‐ graduate students and 16 graduate students received scholarships. In addi on, 20 of our Master of Accountan‐ cy students were appointed to graduate assistantships. Congratula ons to the recip‐ ients and many thanks to the sponsors and donors who make such awards pos‐ sible.
Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients Ryan Marc Aldinger Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship Melissa Anne Alkiewicz PwC Accountancy Scholarship Bethany Marie Anderson Deloi e & Touche William D. S les Memorial Scholarship Delanie Marie Beadle Crowe Horwath LLP Outstanding Accoun ng Student Scholarship Erin Alyssa Buterbaugh PwC Accountancy Scholarship Sarah Elizabeth Byrne Ba elle & Ba elle Scholarship Charles Allen Carson III Deloi e & Touche William D. S les Memorial Scholarship Emily Alice Craig Arthur H. Carter Scholarship Eric Michael Fink Crowe Horwath LLP Outstanding Accoun ng Student Scholarship Shane Patrick Fitzgerald Andersen Alumni Accoun ng Scholarship Angela Nicole Geyser Deloi e & Touche Maureen R. Mushat Memorial Scholarship Mounika Gu Harry C. Lyle Scholarship Guanglong Han Albers Accountancy Scholarship Shawn Michael Hartle Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship Jordan Elaine Heigel Arthur H. Carter Scholarship Xiaorong Huang PwC Accountancy Scholarship John Joseph Kearney Deloi e & Touche William D. S les Memorial Scholarship
Alexis Erin Kyriakedes
Daniel Leshner Beta Alpha Psi Award Cory Benjamin Lammie Crowe Horwath LLP Outstanding Accoun ng Student Scholarship Joshua Michael Leon E. Ben Yager Scholarship Wei Lin PwC Accountancy Scholarship Jessica Jane McVicker Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship Ashley Marie Neumann Deloi e & Touche Donald M. Lutz Memorial Scholarship Janelle Marie Ochs PwC Kelly A. Booms Memorial Scholarship Rebecca May Peery Crowe Horwath LLP Outstanding Accoun ng Student Scholarship David Michael Pohlman Joseph B. and Esther K. Paperman Memorial Scholarship Allison Michelle Rubin PwC Kelly A. Booms Memorial Scholarship Rachel Miller Seban PwC Accountancy Scholarship Andrea Lynn Thomas Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship Michael Anthony Trivelli Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship Stuart Christopher Sliwowski C. Roger Stegmaier Accountancy Award Michael William Yee Dr. Gyan Chandra Memorial Scholarship Dana Asmat Zawahri Ba elle & Ba elle Scholarship
Faculty Promo ons
We are pleased to announce the promo on of three of our faculty members this fall. We commend them for their dedica on to teaching and their commitment to our students both in and out of the classroom.
Master of Accountancy Student Awards Erica Ann Archer Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship ACC 222 Instruc onal Assistant Mitchell Po er Baird Ernst & Young Accountancy Scholarship ACC 221 & 222 Instruc onal Assistant Alexander Jay Bleiweiss Rolland L. Ewell Accountancy Scholarship Steven James Cromwell Andersen Alumni Accoun ng Scholarship MGT Graduate Assistant Kyle Sco Dolan KPMG Accountancy Scholarship ACC 222 Instruc onal Assistant Ryan Emerson Frank Harold W. Jasper Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Jerod Shayne Hickey Rolland L. Ewell Accountancy Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Samantha Trace Iden PwC Accountancy Scholarship Arthur H. Carter Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Seth Alan Kelling Arthur H. Carter Scholarship William H. Schaefer Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Sarah Elizabeth Klionsky William R. and Irene R. Vogel Memorial Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Shuang “Amy” Li MKT Graduate Assistant
Hong “Monica” Ma MGT Graduate Assistant Nicholas Joseph Mazza ACC 222 Instruc onal Assistant Sara Elizabeth Powers Rankin Accountancy Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Joshua Robert Price Deloi e & Touche William D. S les Memorial Scholarship ISA Graduate Assistant Alexa Rae Sanders C. Rollin Niswonger Fellowship KPMG Accountancy Scholarship ACC 221 & 222 Instruc onal Assistant Wade Randall Stacy Deloi e & Touche William D. S les Memorial Scholarship ISA Graduate Assistant Adam Jacob Stagge FIN Graduate Assistant Aaron Charles Swartz ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Logan Daniel Weiland Academic Achievement Assistantship Arthur H. Carter Scholarship ACC 221 Instruc onal Assistant Nathan Richard Wokoun MKT Graduate Assistant Tianran “Alan” Ye Andersen Alumni Accoun ng Scholarship Rolland L. Ewell Accountancy Scholarship
Dr. Drew Reffe and Dr. Dale Stoel were granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. Drew joined our faculty in 2008 and has taught in the audi ng area at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dale has taught cours‐ es in accoun ng informa on systems and financial ac‐ coun ng, and is currently teaching a newly developed course in accoun ng theory and research for our Master of Accountancy program. Congratula ons, Drew and Dale! Dr. Jan Eighme was promot‐ ed to Senior Lecturer. In ad‐ di on to teaching accoun ng informa on systems and governmental/not‐for‐profit accoun ng courses, Jan serves relessly as our chief departmental advisor and faculty advisor to the Ac‐ coun ng Associa on. Congratula ons, Jan!
Welcome to the Department! Dr. Po‐Chang Chen earned his Ph.D. in accoun ng from the University of Illinois in 2012, a er earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administra on from Na onal Taiwan University. Prior to enrolling in doctoral studies, Po‐Chang served in the ROC Army and worked as a business analyst with Abeam Consul ng in Taipei, Taiwan. He was recog‐ nized for teaching excellence at the University of Illinois. At Miami, he teaches intermediate financial accoun ng and conducts archival research on financial accoun ng and repor ng. Po‐Chang and his wife, Yen‐Lin, live in Oxford.
Dr. Dara Marshall joins us from Michigan State University, where she completed her Ph.D. in 2012. Her disserta on examined how different combina ons of governance mechanisms affect internal controls. A er earning her B.S. in actuarial mathema cs at the University of Michigan, she went on to complete master’s degrees in general business and accoun ng at Grand Valley State University. Dara is currently teaching financial accoun ng research; her teaching interests include financial, governmental, and not‐for‐profit accoun ng.
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Due to the generosity of Ernst & Young, Ms. Brenda Homan joined the department in No‐ vember as our new Ernst & Young Professional Development Advisor. In her role, she serves as the primary contact for accountancy majors on all things career‐related and teaches ACC 256 Accountancy Careers Explora on, a new sophomore‐level course introducing students to the accoun ng profession. Brenda has a B.S. in accoun ng and finance, an MBA, and an M.S. in organiza on development. She is a CPA and has experience in accoun ng and fi‐ nance with Deloi e and Fi h Third Bank and in human resources with Bank of America.
We bid farewell to Dr. Peter Brewer, who is leaving Miami a er 19 years to accept a posi on at Wake Forest University, and to Dr. Kathryn Easterday, who joined us in 2007 and has accepted a posi on at her alma mater, Wright State University. We thank them for their dedicated service to the department and our students and wish them the very best in their new posi ons.
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We’d love to know about new devel‐ opments in your professional or fami‐ ly life ‐ and so would your fellow alumni! To keep us posted, we en‐ courage you to complete our Alumni Update form found at www.fsb.miamioh.edu/alumni/ u p d a t e ‐ f o r m . Alterna vely, you can simply e‐mail your updates to radlergb@MiamiOH.edu. We’ll share your news in the next accountancy annual report.