Professor Elam

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.

Changes for 2019 in CPA Exam

Tuesday Nov 6 2018

Click here to learn about changes in the CPA exam for 2019

 

This is a summary by Rogers CPA Exam Review.

49 Tips for a Successful Accounting Career

Weekend October 27, 2018

Mark Goldman CPA and CEO of MGR Accounting Recruiters has authored a short book on Accounting Success. He has created the podcast Where Accountants Go

for some  104 episodes.  49 tips is a reflection of what he learned speaking with Central Texas professional Accountants. I am placing a copy of 49 tips on Reserve in the TAMUSA Library. I suggest you stop in and take a read. Each tip is a short few paragraphs.  Here is my review from Amazon.com.

 

Full Disclosure I have known Mark Goldman for many years in my capacity as Assoc. Accounting Professor at Texas A & M University San Antonio. The accompanying photo shows Mark officially awarding a scholarship from the San Antonio CPA Society to one of my students. As a result of his podcasts, Mark's advice goes well for not only accountants but for other professional fields as well. I found myself nodding in agreement as I went from tip to tip.
Likes include
Clever drawings to accompany and illustrate the text, who did those?
Short concise and to the point, can be read in 90 minutes
Up until Tip 39, each Tip was completely displayed on one or facing pages
The Tips seem to be grouped in technical, working with people, and self promotion categories
Happily there is some overlap to make great points like Tips 5 &11 - get a mentor, find a career advisor
And the great advice never slacks off, Tip 49 is Praise in Public, Correct in Private
Mark emphasizes taking responsibility for your own career, Tip 43, If the Grass Looks Greener, Have you Watered Yours?
What would I change? Nothing really, I would suggest adding a Table of Contents for all 49+ Tips, they are short and it would allow a potential purchaser to get a feel for content as well as quickly locate a particular tip.
Thanks for sharing the results of your podcasts and experience. Aspiring and current CPAs should be grateful!

Rogers CPA Exam Review at AICPA

Wednesday October 17, 2018

check out Rogers CPA Review of AICPA CPA Exam Update

Becker CPA Seminar Oct 17

Tuesday Oct 2, 2018

BKD to present this Thursday Oct 4

Monday October 1, 2018

 

Nancy Ozuna and Anna Marie Parker will present at 4 00 PM this Thursday October 4 in Room 173Aof the STEM building.

Nancy is a member of BKD National Construction & Real Estate Group and leads the San Antonio office construction and real estate practice as well as its employee benefit plan practice. She has over 20 years of diverse audit and accounting experience including serving real estate developers, manufacturing, distribution and retail industry clients, as well as being a firm-wide resource in the employee benefit plan arena. Her expertise also includes HUD compliance audits and low-income housing credit (LIHTC) projects. Nancy’s expertise with benefit plan audits includes local plans sponsored by the nation’s largest municipally owned energy utility, public companies, master trusts, including plans with commingled funds, real estate, defined benefit, defined contribution, health and welfare plans as well as 11-K filings, U.S. Department of Labor notices, IRS exams, plan terminations and conversions, plan consents and forms 5500 and 5330.

She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. She serves as a board member for The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Alumni Association, on the UTSA Alumni Annual Gala Committee and as a member of the UTSA College of Business Advisory Board. The San Antonio Business Journal named Nancy one of San Antonio’s “40 under 40.” She also was selected for the 36th class of The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce 2011 Leadership San Antonio program. Her other community service includes being a North San Antonio Chamber board member and the audit committee chair for the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Nancy is a 1993 graduate of UTSA, with a B.B.A. degree and a 1995 graduate with an M.Acc. degree.

FHK CPA to Present September 20

Weekend Sept 16, 2018

https://www.fhkcpa.com/index

Above is the link to learn about FHK CPAs. Like our previous three presentations this is a locally owned firm. We have a TAMUSA graduate working there now and I believe Justin will accompany Bob Herbst Thursday. 

Read Bob's biography here

 

AICPA Certificate Seminar

Friday  August 24, 2018

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