Professor Elam

CMA Scholarship

Friday July 29, 2022

Dear Professor,

Thank you for being one of the many educators who have nominated students for the CMA Scholarship program and provided your students the opportunity to pursue this valued global credential at no cost to themselves. The CMA Scholarship program has grown significantly since it was first launched in 2012. Since then, more than 20,000 students have received a scholarship, representing more than $35 million of total scholarship value.

As we strive to continuously improve the program, we will be updating the way student information is collected for their CMA Scholarship. Effective September 1, 2022, any student you nominate must first visit the IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) website and create an account. This will help ensure they are actively invested in the opportunity and, for privacy purposes, that they are securely entering their own information on the site.

Therefore, the first step in the process is for each student you nominate to create their own account on the IMA website. No purchase will be required. If the student needs instruction on how to create an account, direct them here for instructions (see the paragraph titled “Where are the application forms?”). The second step will be that you submit a nomination form which will include the email the student used to create their account. This will allow us to activate the scholarship on our end.

To help you with this new process, we’ve drafted a sample email below for you to send to your students. Please feel free to edit as you see fit.

We strongly encourage you to continue to take full advantage of nominating up to 10 students per school per academic year. It is an incredible opportunity for students to be able to begin their certification journey while they are still in school, in their best test-taking mode, and with accounting and finance topics fresh in their minds. With the strong curricula in place at your school, plus the Gleim CMA review course materials the students will receive, it will be the perfect match to help them succeed! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at cmascholarship@imanet.org.

Best regards,

The CMA Scholarship Team

IMA Panel Seminar Feb 23 2022

Tuesday Feb 8 2022

IMA is featuring an on line Panel seminar about the advantages of the CMA designation. The panelists are from CPA firm and industry.

It will take place from 5 - 6 PM CST.

Hi Dennis,

I wanted to send out a reminder for our upcoming webinar. The IMA Student Series: Finance & Accounting Professional Panel will be held on February 23, 2022 from 3-4pm PST (6-7pm EST). Your students will hear from four panelists from a variety of industries, to discuss their careers and why they decided to pursue the CMA certification. All of them have passed the CMA exam and were CMA Scholarship Recipients.

Panel Participants

Tori Heavey- KPMG

John Strasheim – Lumen Technologies

Nick Pereira- Tesla

Diane Isibor, CMA – Cummins Inc.

 

If you would like to pass share our flyer with your students, you can download the flyer here. This event is free to attend for all students and faculty.

To register visit www.myima.org/studentseries or scan the QR code below.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks,

Tyler Skelton
Business Development Manager
IMA^® (Institute of Management Accountants)

 

 

 

One woman's Journey to CMA

Monday Nov 8 2021

Read about Brigette's journey to become a CMA.

CMA Resources

Friday Nov 5 2021

Congratulations

on starting your CMA journey. We noticed that you accessed one of our free resources. You’re on the right track! Be sure to check out all of these free resources in our library. They’re designed to support you on your CMA journey: • The CMA exam study guide • CMA exam practice questions • Videos and webinars • A demo of our CMA exam review system Dr. Gleim is dedicated to helping candidates progress in their careers. We invite you to log in and learn more about certification, the exam, test topics, Gleim CMA Review, and more.

Access Free Resources Now!

Gleim CMA Review 4201 NW 95th Blvd. Gainesville, FL 32606 800.874.5346

 

TXCPA TAMUSA Student Meeting Nov 8 2021

Monday Nov 1 2021

TAMUSA TXCPA  Student group will meet Monday Nov 8 2021 at a to be announced location.

Here is the zoom invite.

Topic: General Meeting
Time: Nov 8, 2021 05:15 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89529495098?pwd=TXF0anh0SWIySDNwUEZvcjNQQkF6QT09

Meeting ID: 895 2949 5098
Passcode: 415121

 

The virtual speaker will be Mike Lovelace. Mike has multiple certifications. He will compare the CMA and CPA designations.

Here is his bio.

Since May, 2017, Mike Lovelace has been the VP of Engagement for the San Antonio chapter during which time monthly meeting attendance has increased from 12 to 65+. This year, he was named by IMA Global as 1 of 5 Volunteers of the Year out of a global membership of 140,000. He has been a member of IMA since 1996 and a CMA since 1997. He is also a CPA and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He has a BBA in Accounting from Baylor University and an MBA from UT Austin.

For the last 4 years, he has been a CFO Advisor with Vaco San Antonio.

He has presented to multiple professional associations and is an active member of the IMA Campus Presentation program. He has been selected to present at the Annual IMA conference the last two years on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics for Small and Medium Sized Businesses.

Prior to joining Vaco, he owned his own Management Consulting firm in Houston for 14 years, was the Executive Director of Corporate Financial Reporting for UT Medical Branch in Galveston (a $1B healthcare enterprise with multiple graduate schools) and was a Manager for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Houston.

He has assisted start-ups, family-owned businesses and Fortune 50 companies in industries including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing & distribution, construction and oil field services.

Download Speaker Bio_Mike Lovelace_TAMUSA_Nov 8th

CMA Exam Tutorial

Thursday Oct 7 2021

Help your students take the next steps in their careers—invite them to this CMA webinar! ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Don't most companies sell more than one product? Of course they do and that is why multi-product breakeven analysis is important for accounting and finance professionals. In this advanced CVP webinar, Professor Ford will explain the concepts and provide tips for multi-product problems. This webinar will also feature operating leverage and what-if scenarios.   Professor Ford will also walk through examples step-by-step and show you some tips and tricks for efficiently approaching these questions on the CMA exam.  ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­

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­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ OCTOBER 21 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Office Hours with Amy Ford Episode 25 Advanced CVP ­ ­ Host: Amy Ford, CMA, CPA Date: October 21, 2021 Time: 1pm ET | 10am PT Topic: CMA Part 1 and CPA BEC ­ ­ Register Now ­ ­

Statewide IMA Meet in SA Oct 1-2

Monday Sept 13 2021

San Antonio Chapter

Quick reminder:  There is NOT an IMA SA chapter meeting this week - Thursday, Sept 16th - nor will we meet Thursday, October 21st.   We WILL be back Thursday, November 18th (meeting in person and virtually.)

 

Instead, please plan to attend 1 or both days of the Texas Annual Conference (hosted by your chapter!) on Friday, October 1st (8 hours) and Saturday, October 2nd (4 hours) at the scenic Hyatt Hill Country Resort across from SeaWorld.  This event is open to non members as well.  This is a family-friendly event.  Feel free to have them stay overnight with you to enjoy the venue while we hear from great speakers.

 

I'm attaching the event brochure as well as the presentation / speaker schedule.

We have had great response from IMA members and friends and have only a few slots left.

 

If you have already registered, thank you!  We appreciate it. Invite a friend. 

 

If you haven't yet registered, you can still register before the price goes up at midnight Central Time on Saturday, Sept 18th at the event website:  https://sanantonioima.wixsite.com/imasa2021.

 

You have until Wednesday, September 15th (or until the rooms are all gone), to take advantage of the heavily discounted guest room rates.  Select the Location tab at the top right of the event website and click the link to Hyatt.

 

If you have questions, contact reply to this message.

 

 

- Mike

Mike Lovelace, MBA, CMA, CPA, CISA
VP of Engagement, San Antonio Chapter of IMA

 

IMA Webinar

Weekend Aug 21 2021

As a strategic partner of the IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants), we are excited to invite you to the first-ever virtual IMA Student Career Fair. Free for IMA student members and only $25 for nonmembers (which provides a full year of membership), IMA’s Student Career fair is your chance to:

• Network with organizations and employers that are looking for additional skills from interns and new hires. Make sure to promote you are a CMA exam candidate to help set yourself apart!   • Attend a discussion panel with CFOs from well-known companies on important new hire skills.   • Learn resumé and LinkedIn tips that will help you stand out to potential employers.

Don’t miss this opportunity to network and advance your career!   Date: August 27, 2021 Time: 11:00 am ET - 4:00 pm ET   REGISTER NOW

IMA Student Career Fair

Friday August 6 2021

 

I want to let you know that IMA will be holding its first Virtual Student Career Fair on Friday, August 27^th. Many desirable companies and organizations will be hiring for internships and full-time positions. Companies participating include:

 

 

IMA Student members can attend for free and non-members can attend for just $25, which includes one year of IMA membership. IMA student members will also be able to attend the IMA virtual Student Leadership Conference on November 5^th for free.

 

Please pass this information (including the attached flyer) along to your students! 

SA IMA Back in Person for August

Tuesday May 11 2021

 

San Antonio Chapter

As you may have seen in IMA's CEO and President Jeff Thomson's emailed announcement last week, US chapters are able to resume in person meetings beginning August 1st.  

We will be returning to the Old San Francisco Steakhouse at 10223 Sahara Dr., 78216 for our regularly-scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 19th.  We will once again be doing our networking at 5:30pm Central Time and hold our professional meeting at 6-8pm Central Time.  To celebrate our return to the real world, we have a VERY special guest who will be presenting.  You will absolutely NOT want to miss this!

We will continue to broadcast our event on line (from 6-8pm) for those who are not yet comfortable meeting in person or who live too far away to drive to the event.  

Stay tuned for more details as we get closer.  

Finally, this return to in-person meetings means that our CPE event at the scenic Hyatt Hill Country Resort & Spa on Friday, (7:30am-5pm) October 1st and Saturday (8am-12noon) October 2nd is confirmed!   

To help manage people's financial and time budgets - and to help the chapter's volunteers who will be very busy making this event one for the history books, we will NOT be holding our September or October monthly chapter meetings.

More details on all of this will be coming soon as well. 

Sincerely, 

Yolanda Solano
Chapter President