Participants will earn eights hours of CPE credit
MURFREESBORO — The
23rd annual Accounting Alumni Appreciation Day at Middle Tennessee State
University will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the
State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building.
The event is targeted to those interested in accounting,
taxation and computer training. The fee will be $125 for MTSU alumni and $175
for all others. Net proceeds will be earmarked for accounting scholarships.
Lunch will be provided in the Student Union.
Participants will earn eight hours of Continuing
Professional Education (CPE) credit and have the opportunity to visit with
alumni and former professors and see how the campus is changing. Seating is
limited, so participants should register early at http://www.mtsu.edu/accounting/appreciation_day.php.
Scheduled speakers and topics include:
- MTSU alumnus Phil
Williams, an award-winning investigative reporter with NewsChannel 5 in
Nashville, will speak on fraud.
- L. Rene Brison, assistant
director with the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Special
Investigative Unit, will present a session on accounting and internal controls.
- MTSU professor Paula
Thomas will present a Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) update to finish the morning
sessions.
During the afternoon general sessions, Matt Kefauver with
LBMC Technologies LLC will discuss cloud
computing. David Tiller with the Small Business Administration will end
the conference with a session on “Tennessee
Small Business Issues.”
Breakout sessions and leaders will include:
- Advanced Excel and Microsoft
Access — Tammy Bahmanziari, MTSU associate professor;
- Professional Skepticism — Rebekah Heath, MTSU assistant
professor;
- Issues in Taxation — Kim Honaker, MTSU assistant
professor;
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Update — G. Robert Smith, chair, MTSU Department
of Accounting
For more information, call the MTSU Department of Accounting
at 615-898-5306.
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