Powers Receives First ASCPA Lifetime Achievement Award
UAB associate professor emeritus Ollie Powers received the first Alabama Society of CPA’s Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Education Award for his 40-year career as an accounting educator on June 7, 2012.UAB Industrial Distribution Student Earns Prestigious Business Scholarship
James “Randy” Carter, a junior in the UAB School of Business, was awarded the Gary L. Buffington Memorial Scholarship by the Industrial Supply Association. The $10,000 scholarship is given every year to the best industrial distribution student in the nation.
UAB AMA Chapter Earns Top Awards at International Competition
Nine UAB|AMA members, along with Professor John Hansen and Advisor Laura Weems Tull, attended the 34th International Collegiate AMA Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 22-25, 2012.
Project Management Certificate Program Helps Graduate Change Careers
The training and certification that Gina Boyington recently earned through the Project Management Certificate Program offered by the UAB Management, Information Systems, and Quantitative Methods department and the Project Management Institute, Birmingham chapter, allowed her to change the course of her career.
Knowledge and Experience Mesh for Success
Hear from Daniel Wilson, UAB finance and accounting double major and CIO of the UAB Green and Gold Fund, how UAB prepares students to succeed through a range of experiences that combine theoretical knowledge with real-world experience.
Why is AACSB Accreditation Important?
Why is AACSB accreditation so important for business education? from UAB School of Business on Vimeo.
Accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is the international seal of approval for business and accounting programs that insures the educational needs of students are met through high quality, continuous improvement and excellence in education.
Only approximately 600 business schools world-wide have achieved this seal of excellence and out of that number only 170 schools, including UAB, have achieved accreditation for both business and accounting programs. UAB was among the first 17 accounting programs to receive accreditation by AACSB the very first year the association began evaluating accounting programs in 1982.
Hear from Dr. Eric Jack, Associate Dean and Professor of the School of Business, as to what AACSB accreditation means from both the school and student perspective.
A Graduate and His Dad Speak Out About Their Experience at UAB
“Professors pour into your life…they care so much about you personally and getting you to the next level of your career,” says Josh Carpenter, School of Business May graduate.
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