To fulfill its charge of encouraging excellence in accounting education and attracting individuals to the profession, the Michigan Accountancy Foundation presented 15 accounting students with the MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Student Scholarship this year.

MAF Scholarship Recipients Melissa Bylsma University of Michigan Matthew Cole Michigan State University Matthew Compton Wayne State University Laura Courtade Western Michigan University Karen Gibbons University of Michigan Laura Gould Michigan State University Shirley Ignatius Michigan State University Timothy Jackson Michigan State University Julie Koivisto Michigan State University Kimberly Krueger Michigan State University Taryn Mills Michigan State University Erin Schaller Michigan Tech Michael Schmansky Michigan State University Timothy Weiss Michigan State University Shaun Zmuda Western Michigan University

Scholarship recipients were selected by the MAF Trustees based upon rigorous criteria including their grade point average, on- and off-campus activities and community involvement, their professional goals and professional accomplishments achieved thus far as well as letters of recommendation from their instructors.

In 2003, the inaugural year of the scholarship, 13 students were presented with the scholarship. MAF board members say they’re pleased they were able to present more students with the scholarship this year and hope to continue the trend.

Scholarship funds are made possible through generous donations received from MACPA members. Giving generously will maintain and enhance the value of accounting education, the CPA profession and the influx of accounting students – the future of the profession. Make a charitable contribution online today.

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