OXFORD, Miss. – What do an HR director at a New York City startup, a senior tax accountant for one of the world’s largest companies, and a personal assistant-cum-film producer and actor have in common? This isn’t a riddle; it’s a story about the diverse ways graduates of the University of Mississippi Department of TheatreRead the story …
School of Accountancy Achieves Historic CPA Exam Award Results
Ole Miss ranks No. 2 nationally and No. 1 in the SEC
June 15, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Six students from the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi have received the 2019 Elijah Watt Sells Award, the most prestigious certified public accountant exam award in the world. Nearly 75,000 individuals sat for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination in 2019, with only 137 candidates meeting the criteriaRead the story …
Alumnus Helps Fund Space for Accountancy Honors Students
Nance gift will help construct new conference room
May 30, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A major gift to the University of Mississippi from alumnus Bob Nance will provide a new meeting space for Beta Alpha Psi students in the Patterson School of Accountancy. Beta Alpha Psi is an international honor society for accounting, finance and information systems students. The 1978 UM graduate’s $50,000 gift established theRead the story …
News You Can Use: Tax Expert Offers Tips for Filing Forms
UM accountancy professor Cheryl Metrejean shares valuable information
March 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Correctly filing state and federal income tax forms can be a daunting challenge, particularly if one is unaware or unfamiliar with changes in tax laws made since last year. For this reason, a University of Mississippi expert is offering some timely tips for do-it-yourself taxpayers. Many tax laws have changed since 2019,Read the story …
UM Wraps Up 16th Speaker’s Edge Competition
More than 100 students show off public speaking skills in annual contest
January 26, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 120 business, accountancy and law students tackled ethical issues ranging from gender discrimination to price-gouging and pitched ideas for boosting the workplace at the University of Mississippi‘s annual Speaker’s Edge competition. They were joined by some 55 judges and 21 coaches for this year’s speaking competition, a partnership between theRead the story …
Paying Support Forward
Daughter establishes Pierce Memorial Scholarship for mom
January 5, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Bettie Pierce often told her daughter Susan that when you are given a gift, you should return the kindness, and the spirit of the gift. University of Mississippi alumna Susan Pierce, of Mandeville, Louisiana, is following that advice by creating the Bettie C. Pierce Memorial Scholarship Endowment at UM. The new scholarshipRead the story …
Cofield Remembered with Scholarship
Ole Miss family creates fund to remember generous friend, fraternity brother
October 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The late Glenn Cofield, of Memphis, Tennessee, was known for waiting by cash registers at the grocery store, paying bills for large families and then leaving before anyone could thank him. He was a community servant who wanted no accolades. “Everyone should know how giving Glenn Cofield was and how much heRead the story …
Students Examine Nuts, Bolts of Mississippi Manufacturing
Center for Manufacturing Excellence class offers students real factory experience
October 2, 2019 by
GREENWOOD, Miss. – The Viking Range plant rumbles on this late summer afternoon with an orchestra of thundering industrial sounds. The clank of punching metal tolls across the airplane hangar-sized space. Forklifts beep as they cruise across the plant’s concrete floor. Voices boom out. Enveloping the dull manufacturing roar is the drone of the massiveRead the story …
Freeman Foundation Grants Send UM Students to Other Side of the Globe
Grant supports 20 student internships in Eastern Asia
August 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Stretching from Beijing to Singapore, 20 University of Mississippi students received global work experience this summer while interning in Eastern Asia through a grant from the Freeman Foundation. Their roles this summer varied, from an accounting internship in Bangkok to a medical internship in Shanghai, working for companies from a global truck and busRead the story …
Finding his place at Ole Miss
Journey to Commencement: Carl Upton credits UM for preparing him to take on public accounting career
April 23, 2019 by
Carl Upton, a graduating senior in the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy and graduate of Jackson Preparatory School, will receive his Bachelor of Accountancy on May 11, but he said Ole Miss and accounting were not always in his plans. Click the image below to read Upton’s story, which is part of theRead the story …