Category: A & M San Antonio

  • Monday July 17, 2017 I commented that students could subscribe to the WSJ for a mere buck a week. Here is a sample of what I leaned just this morning reading the Monday, the slowest day of the week for newspapers. Roger Federer won is 8th  Wimbeldon tennis title this weekend. EnerVest a fund buying…

  • Wednesday June 22, 2017 I received this e mail regarding an internship. A bit late but let me know if you are interested.   I have a client interested in hiring an Accounting Student for the Summer to work in their Accounting Office. Please forward Resumes or contact information on any available students. Thanks for…

  • Tuesday May 23, 2017 Are you looking for another way to help your students learn more about and connect to the CPA profession? You may want to consider applying to serve as a 2017-2018 TSCPA Faculty Rep!   Faculty Reps have an insider connection to TSCPA and information to help your students engage with and…

  • Wednesday May 10, 2017 Matt Lampert, Research Director, and Alyssa Hayden, Executive Director of the Socionomics Institute SI accepted my invitation to address our 2017 Student Research Symposium.  In addition they made the very first donation collection ever and our school, Texas A & M University San Antonio was the chosen recipient. Learn more about…

  • Wednesday May 10, 2017 Jose Cardenas, Roseann Palmer, Rosalinda Proscelle, Lura Zuniga – The Real Scoop on Blue Bell What a clever title!  The students contrasted this case with the J & J recall of Tylenol. Instead Blue Bell used Creep Recall thinking it was a limited problem. The result was that Sid Bass loaned…

  • Wednesday May 10, 2017 Nathan Guardia – Big Data Rarely to never do we see a student actually using statistics. Nathan did just that in his study of Big Data. He mentions the frequency of someone at a particular gas station have their identity stolen by a device in the pump which copies card information.…

  • Wednesday May 10, 2017 Krystle  August, Pete Galvan, Veronica Garza, Juan Mendoza – Robert Scully Fraudster in San Antonio This is interesting in that the whole thing happened between SA and Thailand. He defrauded the IRS and his partners by hiding income and inflating prices. As KPMG learned, the IRS does not take abuse kindly! …

  • Wednesday May 10, 2017 Yeret Bustos – Rules Versus Principle Yeret took a look at the principle based IFRS rules versus the Rule Based GAAP we use in the states. The large accounting firms are lobbying in the press for a more principle based system. The poster does  a good job of showing the difference…

  • Thursday May 4, 2017 Texas A&M University-San Antonio Student Rating of Instruction Survey Dear A&M-San Antonio Student, Texas A&M University-San Antonio values the opinions and feedback of our students. With this in mind, we would like to encourage you to provide constructive feedback on the quality of instruction in your classes through the "Student Rating…

  • Tuesday May 2 2017 . Since I am coming from Austin I will plan on being there from 9-11 am in room 223 in the Central Academic Building. I will have 50% scholarships available for all students who are CPA eligible now or in the summer and do not currently have a firm paying for…