Professor Elam

IMA Presentation

Wed April 17 2019

am excited about the opportunity to present at the San Antonio Chapter of the IMA’s professional meeting next week, April 18^th.  My presentation covers all aspects of the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams and how to prepare for them.

 

As a benefit, I will buy dinner for the first 10 students to sign in at the event as well as cover the cost for all professors who attend. 

 

Please RSVP to Mike@Aquillix.com

Dinner: Thursday, April 18th

Location: Old San Francisco Steakhouse - 10223 Sahara Dr., 78216

Time: 5:30-8pm Speakers: Richard Foo "Change Management = Business Readiness"

Melissa Cruz "CMA Exam Content, Tips & Tricks"

Costs: Chicken Dinner - Students ($17), Non Students ($27)

Steak Dinner - Students ($30), Non Students ($40)

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Thanks!

 

Melissa Cruz

Regional Director - Texas
Wiley Efficient Learning

Mobile: 281.906.4943

mcruz@wiley.com

https://www.efficientlearning.com 

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

CPA Road Map this Friday

Tuesday March 192019

The San Antonio CPA Society is here as a resource for you and your accounting majors. Please share the following information with your students.   For a quick reference to current information of interest to students, go here.   P.S. please note our brand new logo - just revealed. You will see a lot more of it as we roll out the new look across all SACPAS platforms.

A Road Map to CPA for your Students   Encourage your students to attend SACPAS' "Pathway to CPA" this Friday, March 22, at lunchtime. Becker representative Meredith Harrigan will be in the SACPAS office between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm to discuss the CPA exam the TSBPA letter of intent answer students' questions and offer tips and advice to prepare to sit for the CPA exam Pizza will be served. All students planning to attend should RSVP here. There is no obligation to attend and no charge.

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Two Weeks until Scholarship Deadline   SACPAS is offering up to six scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Deadline to apply is Monday, April 1, 2019 at 5 pm.   Encourage your students to apply now. Transcript not required; however, signature of the chairman of the department is required.

CPA Exam review

Monday Feb 18 2019

 

If any of the senior and graduate level accounting professors are interested, this would be a good opportunity for some of our more promising accounting students to get a look at what to expect from the CPA exam.

 

 

Sign up for one of the Web Q&A Sessions by February 18, 2019. 

The deadline to submit the Event Details Form is March 15, 2019.

To participate in the field test, please complete the CPA Field Test Exam and Web Q&A Sign Up. Use the Field Test Event Details Form to provide us with additional information on when you want to hold the Field Test at your university campus.

 

Student SA CPA Recuritment Night

Weekend January 19 2019

We will have presentations at 5 30 in the Ceremony Room of Patriots Casa January 29 and  30  The plan is to let accounting classes out at that time so all can attend.

Tuesday January 29

Bob Herbst  with FHK CPAs will present. Hopefully Justin Mire a TAMUSA  graduate will join him.

https://www.fhkcpa.com/index

 

Wednesday January 30

A representative from Sol Schwartz CPA will present. Our own Cynthia Ruiz won a Schwartz  scholarship and is interning there now.  See my post about applying for the scholarship which is now  $5,000.

https://www.ssacpa.com/

 

Dvid Higginbotham will be speaking that evening.

I expect Amanda Talaat from SA CPA Society will also be present. Expect good information on the importance of obtaining a CPA designation for your career. In addition advantages of student membership  in SA CPA Society will be demonstrated.

Learn More about SA CPA Society

https://sacpasociety.com/

Texas Society of CPAs

https://www.tscpa.org/

 

 

2018 CPA Exam Pass Rates

Wed January 16, 2019

Meet Mark Goldman, Author of 49 Tips for a Sucessful Accounting Career

Thursday January 10, 2019

 

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In this interview we visit with Mark Goldman CEO of MGR Accounting Recruiters.  Mark began his podcast Where Accountants Go

two years ago. He is now on number 112. Yours truly was Number 2!

Don't miss this interview with as Mark put it, a true career expert, my friend Bruce Howard.

 

The podcast has featured dozens of Central Texas CPAs as well as national figures like Professor Farhat.

This led Mark to summarize what CPAs were telling him. That resulted in 49 Tips for a Successful Accounting Career.

 

I believe his ideas are applicable to any business career but especially so for CPAs. Take a listen to our interview.

Texas CPA History

Monday Jan 7, 2049

The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy was ccreated in 1915.

httpthe first CPA licenses were granted in 1896.

Meet Professor Farhat, 34,000 Followers and Growing

Weekend Dec 1 2018

Mark Goldman interviews Professor Farhat on his podcast.

Professor Farhat has some 34,000 followers on his Youtube page.

Blue Santa SA CPA Society Event

Weekend Dec 1 2018

SA CPA Society partners with the SA Police Dept for their annual Blue Santa toy drive. Some  1,800 toys were donated.  The event capped the drive and was held at the

Omni Colonade Hotel.

Fred Timmons, Past President of TSCPA state wide with Renee Foshee. Renee has taught tax classes for us. Padgett Strateman has been acquired by RMS. She and Josh Wagner both left RMS. She is now teaching at Angelo State while maintaining her home here in SA.

 

Susan Hough center right with two ladies that assist her in marketing PwC.  Susan is a long time friend of our campus and

has visited on multiple occasions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is Blue Santa himself with Exec Director Aman da Talaat with SA CPA Society.

I sat with Kim Ford, right, at the KFord table.  Kim has fashioned her firm to be a forensic valuation and wealth management company.

She is a CPA and has certifications in valuation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAMUSA student Daniel Crain sat with the MGR group. MGR is headed by Mark Goldman, former SA CPA Society President.  MGR is recruits high end accounting professionals for firms in Central Texas.

Mark Goldman center with  the eyeglasses and Bryan Edwards to his left with the beard. Mark and Bryan have one of the best folodexes in town, they know everybody. Mark hosts the podcast Where Accountants Go. I was the second person he interviewed. Click on the link to see the cover of 49 tips for a Successful Accounting Career. I placed a copy on reserve in  the TAMUSA library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The keynote speaker was Anne Krause, Executive Director of HemisFair Conservancy..  After 50 years of near ndglect, Hemisfair is breathing new life

thanks to the efforts of Anne and her Group.  I invited her to speak at our campus.

 

PS Yours Truly with Blue Santa

 

Professor Farhat Lecture Series

Tuesday Nov 13, 2018

Thanks to a helpful tip from Mark Goldman, I am providing a link to

Professor Farhat's accounting lectures.

 

Here is the Edspira link

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=edspira+accounting+videos

 

 

 

 

This is a link to his main page which displays all his offerings. Notice he has about 33,000 followers!  And he covers all the bases, advanced, tax, intermediate, govt, cost even a section on cpa exam review.

So in addition to the Edspira Kahn series this is another resource for your accounting review.