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From the Chair
Dear Friends of the Accounting Department, I hope this newsletter finds you well! The past year has been exciting for the accounting department, replete with growth and change. The 2021-2022 academic year kicked off with U.S. News & World Report ranking our undergraduate accounting program #4 overall! Our high program rankings in recent years have... Read more »
Taxes for the Masses: IU Professor Starts Tax Podcast
During the pandemic, IU Professor Bridget Stomberg, Weimer Faculty Fellow, started listening to podcasts. One day she was chatting with her friend, Lisa De Simone, an accounting professor at the University of Texas at Austin, whom she met in graduate school. “We’re both tax researchers and refer to ourselves as tax nerds as we love... Read more »
Students Appreciate New Introduction to Careers in Accounting Workshop
When the Accounting Department initially launched the Introduction to Careers in Accounting (A313) pre-workshop course in spring 2022, faculty wondered what the student response would be. It turns out the demand was so great that they are offering the pre-workshop course again this fall. The Introduction to Careers in Accounting course invites accounting professionals to... Read more »
Accounting Analytics
There are increasing amounts of data in the world, but the data doesn’t mean anything unless you understand how to use it. That’s why in spring 2022, IU’s Accounting Department chose to launch a new Accounting Analytics course that takes a conceptual approach to understanding data and understanding how to use accounting metrics and accounting... Read more »
From the Chair
Dear Friends of the Accounting Department, I hope this newsletter finds you well and your life returning to normal, after enduring 14 months of a global pandemic. As I reflect on my first year as Chair of the Accounting Department at IU Bloomington, I am incredibly grateful for all my colleagues that have made this... Read more »
The Pandemic Perspective: What it Was Like to Teach & Learn During a Global Pandemic
by Christy Heitger-Ewing When the pandemic began, RJ Schuster was two weeks away from flying to Poland to study abroad through the 3/2 MBA Field Study Program. What followed in the subsequent weeks was a whirlwind of Zoom Meetings and moving home to quarantine with his parents and siblings after four and a half years... Read more »
Accounting workshops help students learn about career opportunities
by Christy Heitger-Ewing For some time now, other departments at Kelley have offered workshops that are designed to give students the opportunity to interact with professionals in the field they think they want to enter, including finance and marketing. Students earn college credit toward their undergraduate degree for taking these formal courses that not only... Read more »
Accounting Advisory Group reorganization
Coinciding with the introduction of the new Accounting Workshop courses in 2021–22, Department Chair Sonja Rego has initiated a reorganization of the Accounting Advisory Group (AAG). At the most recent AAG meeting in April 2021, Rego explained that the objectives of the group will remain the same: to enhance the effectiveness of the department in... Read more »