Beta Alpha Psi
Southern Miss Newsletter // Spring 2016
Recruiting at Jones County Junior College
Homes of Hope
Beau Rivage Tour
School of Accountancy to the Top!
- Amber Hatten, CPA
Professor of Practice
2014-2016 MPA placement highlights include the following:
BKD LLP – Ridgeland, MS
Ernst and Young – Dallas, TX and Houston, TX
GranthamPoole – Ridgeland, MS
Horne LLP – Ridgeland, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport, MS offices
Matthews, Cutrer and Lindsay – Ridgeland, MS
May & Company – Vicksburg, MS
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, and Kansas City, MO
RSM (formerly McGladrey) – McLean, VA (Washington, D.C. area)
Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC (formerly Nicholson & Company) – Hattiesburg, MS
William F. Horne, PLLC – Laurel, MS
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – New Orleans, LA
State of Mississippi Department of Revenue
The University of Southern Mississippi
International Education
- Amber Cole, CPA
Instructor
MS CPA Exam Gold Medalist
WORDS FROM OUR BETA ALPHA PSI LEADERS
Presidential Legacy
- David Sones, President
Striving for Greatness
- Walker Watkins, Vice President of Professional Development and Reaching Out Activities
Scholastic Achievements
- Kayla Alford, Vice President of Social Outreach
Recruiting Never Ends
- Morgan Smith, Vice Presidet of Membership and Recruitment
Accounting - Not just Bookkeeping
- Teresa Keen, Treasurer
Continuing Growth
- Hailey Rushing, Reporting Secretary
Bringing Communities Together
One thing that our group is known for is how we give back to our community whenever we see the chance. As already mentioned, we participated in the Homes of Hope project this year, and by assisting in the clean up of their construction site, we were able to save them over $5,000! Being the newest officer of the 2015-2016 school year, I wanted to find a way to contribute to the group and find a way to make us even better than before. While interning at Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC in Hattiesburg, I was exposed to the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. This program allows anyone certified to prepare free tax returns to low income families in our area. The integration of this program in the Beta Alpha Psi curriculum is still fresh and new, but I am very excited to see how this will shape our group as a whole, and each of our members as individuals.
- Bruce Kirk, Vice President of Community Outreach
Our beloved Faculty Advisor
Thank you so much for your support of our Beta Alpha Psi scholarship! You all have done an outstanding job in contributing and I am very happy to report that our current balance with the USM Foundation is $5,245! We awarded our first ever USM Beta Alpha Scholarship for the 2015–2016 in the amount of $500 to Kayla Alford.
Thank you to everyone who has assisted and contributed as we work to make a difference for our best students and Beta Alpha Psi members! If you have not done so and would like to make a contribution, there is a giving form online at www.usmfoundation.com . Just click on the ‘Give Now’ button and complete the required information. You can select ‘Give to the area(s) of your choice’ in the Designations section, and then select ‘Other’ located at the bottom of the pop-up screen. Type ‘Beta Alpha Psi Annual Scholarship Fund No. 2145’ in the Comments section. There is an ‘Additional Gift Info’ section at the bottom of the page and you can mark “Do Not Publish My Name” in this section and the gift will remain anonymous. In the ‘Additional Gift Info’, you can indicate ‘Class of ??’, if you so desire. If you have any questions, please contact leslee.smith@usm.edu who is with the USM Foundation.
- Valerie Simmons, CPA
Instructor and Faculty Advisor
BAC Teaching Award 2010-2011
BAC Service Award 2013-2014