Professor Elam

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.

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!