Professor Elam

Tuesday August 4, 2015

It was a busy semester as always. Texas A & M University Accounting Students and Faculty were involved in numerous activities. Here we wrap that up for you be fore Fall Classes begin.

Texas A & M Accounting Professors  met with their Alamo College counterparts in early May 2015 at San Antonio College Campus. We wanted to get to know them better and had a light lunch catered in for that purpose. We of course found that all of us have similar goals and difficulties. As Texas A & M University San Antonio is an upper level campus, we depend on transfers from community colleges. Hence a positive and vibrant relation with our Alamo CC counterparts I conducive to our further growth.

Ankur Chopra is a TAMUSA graduate.   He was featured as the San Antonio CPA Society Member of the month this spring. Ankur is teaching as an adjunct for us and promptly passed the CPA exam. He is now the Comptroller for a San Antonio based non profit.

TAMUSA held its First Student Research Forum  in April. Professor Dennis Elam's Ethics Class participated in the Saturday session with some nine different topics and presentations.

Feb 23 Graduate Accounting Student  Claude Nchanji received a $3,000 scholarship from TSCPA Fifth Year Fund.  thanks to Celila Velez in the Scholarship Office  for her help on that!

Undergraduate accounting student Anna Fuentes received a $2,000 check from FEI as a result of being named a scholarship winner.

Beatrice Therwhanger  was named our Accounting Student of the Year. The plague was presented at the annual San Antonio CPA Society Academic Awards luncheon. The meeting was back at one of our favorite locations Oak Hills Country Club. Beatrice is also a on the Academic Relations Committee of San Antonio Institute of Internal Auditors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again our students had the opportunity to assist at the Annual San Antonio Institute of Internal Auditors CPE Day. This year the topic was detecting fraud.   I missed the meeting  but here are

photos and a write up on the 2014 meeting.

Associate Professor Denis Elam featured on the podcast for Price Trends, Price Culture. Professor Elam made a presentation on how Social Mood Affects Accounting Regulations for the Socionomics Institute in Gainesville, GA. The reception for his remarks was positive in that in addition,  he was invited to speak at the next Socionomics Conference in April, 2016.

Other Matters of Interest Not Directly Related to Accounting Dept

Two years ago TAMUSA began its first Toastmasters Club. This was well planned with Lecturer Richard Jenkins as sponsor.  Texas Candidates for the CPA exam are required to take a communications class that emphasizes writing  Mr. Jenkins teaches that class. This is part of our overall campus development.

New President Cynthia Teniente Matson received an award form the National Association of College and University Business Officers. She was confirmed as TAMUSA President in February 2015.