NEW YORK – (May 20, 2013) - The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) have announced the 67 New York students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year.

 

The scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and encouragement to accounting majors. Sixty college students received a $2,500 scholarship; three received $1,250 and one received $1,000. Three students who had previously graduated the FAE's Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program each received $10,000 scholarships.

 

"The Foundation for Accounting Education takes great pride in awarding these scholarships to truly deserving students in an effort to support their educational goals," said 2013-2014 FAE President John Lauchert. "By encouraging top-level students to enter the field of accounting, we hope to strengthen the profession as a whole." 

 

Students receiving the $2,500 scholarships must be a declared accounting major and have achieved an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Students also must be eligible for financial aid to receive the scholarships. FAE has dedicated campus liaisons at forty-seven colleges in New York State to help identify students eligible for these scholarships.

 

To learn more about the FAE Scholarships, eligibility and requirements, go to http://www.nysscpa.org/page/future-cpas/college-students

 

The $10,000 scholarships were awarded to high school students who have graduated the COAP program and will be starting college in the fall. The COAP scholarship winners will receive the $10,000 over the next five years toward their tuition in an accounting program in a New York state college or university.

 

The COAP program was founded in 1987 in order to attract high school students from public and private schools in New York state into the accounting profession. Recruitment for the COAP program- http://www.nysscpa.org/futurecpas/coap_description.htm - is focused on minority groups historically underrepresented in the CPA profession.

 

 

Adelphi University - Stephanie Naranjo; Michelle Yim and Jessica Rodriguez

Alfred University - Nicole Sutter, Michael Stivale

Canisius College - Jacob Jeziorowski; Lindsay Glassman, Brian Almendinger, Elizabet Stefanova

College of Saint Rose- Allison Gray, Rebecca Jean-Paul

College of Staten Island - Faisal Sharif, Elena Ghelan

Daemen College - Kevin Smeader Jr., Shaun Snyder

Dowling College - Rebecca Brodsky

Elmira College - Gabriella Coppola, Keegan Knoll

Fordham University - Michelle Ciesielska

Hartwick College - Justin Warren

Hofstra University - Tracy Robertson

Ithaca College - Scott Koblick

Le Moyne College - Zachary Hoalcraft, John Rogan

Long Island University - Shirnelle Joseph

Manhattan College - Jennifer Adarna, Alyssa Vigada

Marist College - Diana Derr

Mercy College - Kimberly Buono, Yuna Lu

Molloy College -  Nastassja Kosinski

Nazareth College - Amanda Stevens, Aubrey Cooke

New York University - Fanxue Meng

Niagara University - Jason Cutler, Natalie Wisniewski

Rochester Institute of Technology - Taylor Whalen, Michael Burns

Siena College - Adam Lindhorst, Jennifer Peone

St. Bonaventure University - James Tantalo, Jenna Torella

St. Francis College - Idalizza Berrios

St. John Fisher - Ryan Weir, Kathleen Fandrich

St. Joseph's College - Katelyn Albanese, John Gaillard Jr.

SUNY Fredonia - Richard Burlett III

SUNY Geneseo - Andrew McNulty

SUNY Institute of Technology - Cari Donahue

SUNY New Paltz - Ming Kit Lo

SUNY Oswego - Daniel Smyth

SUNY at Old Westbury - Premala Santhiralingram, Esteban Alfaro

Syracuse University - Gregory DeMilio, Emanuel Mirabal

University at Albany - Leon Matthew, Smiley Rojas-Nunez

University at Buffalo - Amilyn Corliss, Sergio Gangarossa, Luwei Jiang, Joshua Seward

Utica College - Joshua Haar, David Lyubezhanin

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in 1897 and now representing more than 29,000 CPAs, the NYSSCPA is a not-for-profit organization that represents the issues, standards and public services efforts of certified public accountants who practice in New York State; encompassing all areas of public practice, government, education, business, and industry. Visit the Society’s website at nysscpa.org for more information.