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Accountant Leavey School of Business Department of Accounting
S A N TA C L A R A U N I V E R S I T Y In This Issue Chair’s Message
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Alumnus of the Year
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Faculty Profile
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SCU Accounting Association News
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SCU Accounting Association Officers
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Outstanding Graduates in Accounting
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Scholarship Recipients
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Advisory Board New Members
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Advisory Board 2014-'15 Members
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Accounting Class of 2014
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Accounting Research Workshops
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Student Seminar Series 12 CAAP Program News
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CAAP Class of 2014
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Donors
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Make a Difference
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From the Chair - Professor Michael Eames Our Accounting Department doesn’t work without the support of our student Accounting Association, faculty, staff, Advisory Board, and the Business School. These elements and the advent of big data came together recently to lead LinkedIn to rank our Accounting Department as 8th in the nation in terms of the career outcomes of our students. These career outcomes were evaluated on the basis of our students obtaining and keeping the most desirable employment opportunities in accounting. The Accounting Department, student Accounting Association, and our Career Center work closely with the recruiting firms to achieve excellent placement results. Our students make us proud. This year, Professor Yongtae Kim received the prestigious University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship. This award recognizes a faculty member whose scholarly or creative work over the previous five years at Santa Clara University represents a major
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contribution to a field of knowledge or to the arts. Professor Susan Parker rejoined our teaching faculty this year after serving as the Associate Dean of Curriculum for the Leavey School of Business. As Associate Dean she performed yeoman services on systematic assessment of learning and placed us in good stead for our upcoming maintenance of academic accreditation both for the Business School and the Accounting Department. To give her no rest, upon her return she assumed the role of Director of our CAAP program. The success of this program is such that we are now at capacity, and admitted 100 students into the program that began at the start of this school year. I could go on, but I do recognize the nature of these messages. I can speak for the department in thanking all those who support us. Be it in recruiting or providing seminar speakers, advice, or financial support, we can’t do it without your help. We thank you all.
Issue 26 / December 2014