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Attend Members Advisory Forum –
Meet High-Profile
Accounting Professionals
The
Members Advisory Forum, on September 28 at the Rock Financial Showplace
in Novi, is THE event for the up and coming CPA or accounting professional
such as yourself. You’ll hear from a variety of top-notch professionals who
are the leaders of the accounting profession. Not only that – this event is
attended by prestigious MACPA members. You may be seated next to one of your
future employers at this event if you take advantage of the unique networking
opportunity it offers.
Register online today! Remember, the event is
complimentary to you as a student member of the Association.
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Student Membership Can Be FREE – Earn Your Dues
If you haven’t renewed your dues yet, do so now! Dues letters have gone out
and you need to act soon so your membership is not suspended. As a student,
you have an option to earn your dues by participating in the
tax assistance
program, the
MACPA Accounting Blitzes (see article
below), by
attending
an MACPA event (a
complimentary event for students is the
Members Advisory Forum, which is September 28 – see article
above) or by completing an
online survey once a year. Let the Member Services Department know that you’re
interested in earning your dues and what activity you’d like to participate
in to do just that – fill out this
questionnaire to indicate your interest.
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Volunteerism Builds Your Resume and Your Spirit
in One Day
Teach young students the basics of business in a day-long blitz! Through the
MACPA Accounting Blitzes,
in association with Junior Achievement (JA), you can
utilize JA’s lesson plans and activities to create an exciting and
enlightening classroom experience for elementary students! The event will be
held in various Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City schools this fall. Contact
Michelle DiDomenico for more
information.
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Thinking About Your Fifth/Graduate Year? Think About the MAF Scholarship
Are you trying to earn your 150 hours so you can some day sit for the CPA
Exam and become a licensed CPA? Are you rapidly approaching your
fifth/graduate year and wondering “how am I going to pay for this?”? The
Michigan Accountancy Foundation (MAF) can help with its
Fifth/Graduate
Year Scholarship! Through donations of our generous MACPA members and through
named scholarships (single scholarships solely funded by one individual or
company), the MAF is making scholarships available to fifth/graduate year
students. Watch for future issues of Student E-News to find out when
applications will be available. Thank you to our named and partnered scholarship donors.
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Named Scholarships available
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- Big Four Accounting Firms (four scholarships)
- Eleanore Kline
- Jeffery W. Barry
- Robert Bogan
- The Rehmann Group
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Partnered Scholarships
available include:
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- Farwell Foundation/ Wise & Wise, P.L.C./ MAF
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CPA
Exam/Certification Requirements Brochure Offers Step-by-Step Guide
to Certification
Get your hands on the MACPA's brochure, The Uniform CPA Exam &
Certification Requirements in Michigan, to get a step up on what you
have to do to become a CPA. The brochure will break it down for you in an
easy to follow format regarding what you need as far as education,
experience and taking the exam.
Download a copy of
the brochure, or fill out
this form on the web site to order a copy today.
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Advice from a Professional: David Hammel Talks Flexibility
David J. Hammel, CPA, CFE
Forensic Accountant at Godfrey, Hammel, Danneels & Company
30 years in the profession
Flexibility was one of the driving forces that led David Hammel to the path
of accounting. Throughout college, he knew he wanted some form of business
degree.
“I felt that if I had an accounting degree, I at least came out of school
with a skill that I could use to find a job fairly easy, which was the
case,” Hammel said.
Today Hammel still finds it to be true that he has more flexibility as an
accounting professional – “I’m not limited to only debits and credits,” he
added.
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Hammel’s Education
Hammel graduated from John Carroll University, where he majored in
accounting.
“I think the accounting degree went hand-in-hand with pursuing the CPA
license,” he said.
In addition to being a CPA, Hammel is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
Hammel Answers: Why Be a CPA?
A CPA has real value in the business world, Hammel said, whether you
continue in the accounting profession or not.
“Many CEOs and COOs have backgrounds in accounting and are also CPAs,”
Hammel said. “It can become ‘your unfair advantage’ to your professional
work.”
His Exciting Career as a Forensic Accountant
Hammel is the principal in the Consulting Practice Group of Godfrey, Hammel,
Danneels & Company. He deals primarily with forensic investigations, fraud
and embezzlement, transactional analysis and expert testimony – aka white
collar crime.
“What I like most is my job is never boring,” he said. “I deal with people
and entities that steal and cheat! I enjoy what I do and don’t consider my
work a job.”
Hammels said it took hard work to get where he is, and he finds his work to
be very rewarding.
“My accounting background gave me the foundation to hone my skills in the
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