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NY CPAs Award $181,000 in College Scholarships to 71 Students
[August 31, 2014]

NY CPAs Award $181,000 in College Scholarships to 71 Students


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release: The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) and its Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) have announced the 71 New York college students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year.



The scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and support to accounting majors. Fifty-eight college students received a $2,500 scholarship; six received $1,250, one received $1,000 and four received $500 grants sponsored by accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP.

Three students who had previously graduated the FAE's Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program each received $10,000 scholarships.


"The Foundation for Accounting Education takes great pride in awarding these scholarships to truly deserving students in an effort to support their educational goals," said FAE President Jennifer George. "By encouraging top-level students to enter the field of accounting, we hope to strengthen the profession as a whole." Students receiving the $2,500 scholarships must be a declared accounting major and have achieved an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Students also must be eligible for financial aid to receive the scholarships. FAE has dedicated campus liaisons at forty-seven colleges in New York State to help identify students eligible for these scholarships.

To learn more about the FAE Scholarships, eligibility and requirements, go to http://www.nysscpa.org/page/future-cpas/college-students The $10,000 scholarships were awarded to high school students who have graduated the COAP program and will be starting college in the fall. The COAP scholarship winners will receive the $10,000 over the next five years toward their tuition in an accounting program in a New York state college or university.

The COAP program was founded in 1987 in order to attract high school students from public and private schools in New York state into the accounting profession. Recruitment for the COAP program- http://www.nysscpa.org/futurecpas/coap_description.htm - is focused on minority groups historically underrepresented in the CPA profession.

FAE Scholarships List 2014 Table omitted. Click here to view: (http://www.nysscpa.org/scholarship14) COAP Scholarships 2014 Table omitted. Click here to view: (http://www.nysscpa.org/scholarship14) [Category: Accounting] TNS 24KuanRap-140828 30FurigayJof-4840587 30FurigayJof (c) 2014 Targeted News Service

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