麻豆影院 senior accounting major Lauren Romick of Stow, Ohio, received a $3,000 first-place honor as the 2013 Scholarship Day award recipient from the Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA). Several accounting students in Ohio competed for the award.
鈥淚 was very surprised but excited when they announced my name as the winner,鈥 Romick said. 鈥淚 could not believe that I had won.鈥
Each participant in the 2013 Scholarship Day previously won a $2,000 award from the Ohio CPA Foundation鈥檚 annual statewide scholarship program. This award made participants eligible to compete at the 2013 Scholarship Day.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a great honor that Lauren was invited to the Scholarship Day, and I think she represents 麻豆影院 very well,鈥 said Linda Zucca, chair of 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Accounting.
Zucca has known Romick since she came on campus as a freshman. Zucca says Romick is very active in student organizations and serves as a First Year Experience instructor, assisting first-year students through their transition to a collegiate atmosphere and the larger academic community.
Romick learned of the scholarship from the OSCPA student ambassador, informing 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Accounting Association about the scholarship application.
The students received a set of potential questions the judges may ask, and Romick researched each question thoroughly, spending a month preparing for the OSCPA event.
Each student was interviewed by four individual judges. Once the four interviews were completed, the judges formed a panel to interview each student.
鈥淚 really enjoyed speaking with the judges and professionals about their experiences with the accounting profession,鈥 Romick said. 鈥淭hey each had an interesting perspective on the OSCPA and the opportunities and services it had to offer students and professionals.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 a great accomplishment,鈥 Zucca said. 鈥淪he worked very hard to get this award. It shows how good our students are here at 麻豆影院 State.鈥
Romick is currently an audit intern at Deloitte. After graduation, she plans to start a career as an auditor in public accounting in the Cleveland area.
鈥淪he is an amazing, outstanding student in all respects,鈥 Zucca said.
For more information about 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Accounting, visit www.kent.edu/business/accounting.
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Photo Caption:
麻豆影院 senior accounting major Lauren Romick (center) of Stow, Ohio, received a $3,000 first-place honor as the 2013 Scholarship Day award recipient from the Ohio Society of CPAs. Pictured (from left to right) are Jerry Esselstein, CPA, of Jerry L. Esselstein Company, LLC; Peter Margaritis, CPA, of Peter A. Margaritis, LLC; Romick; Jim Bronder, CPA, of the University of Northwestern Ohio; and Sharon Reisman, CPA, of Clark Schaefer Hackett. (Photo credit: Jill Ellis)
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