In the fall of 2021, the Accounting Department Chair, Sonja Rego, created a faculty task force to focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The task force’s mission is to increase feelings of inclusivity and belonging among Kelley Accounting students. One specific goal of the task force is to increase the number of students from… Read more »
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Accounting Spotlight: September 2022 – Tamera Anthony
Tamera Anthony is an undergraduate student majoring in accounting at the Kelley School of Business. What is your favorite part of being an accounting student at Kelley? My favorite part about being an accounting student at Kelley is that the professors really care about the students, and they have real world experience that they are… Read more »
Accounting Spotlight: September 2022 – Brian Williams
Professor Brian Williams is a faculty member in the Accounting Department at Kelley. What classes do you teach/have you taught at Kelley? I have taught two undergraduate courses at IU. A329, Taxes and Decision Making and A314, Communicating Accounting Analytics What do you enjoy most about interacting with Kelley students? So many things that it… Read more »
Accounting Alumni & Friends Banquet
Join us on Thursday, October 6th at 6:30 for the fourth Accounting Alumni & Friends Banquet at President’s Hall on the IU Bloomington campus. We will be celebrating the achievements of alumni and friends of the IU Kelley accounting programs at this fun event. A reception will start at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner at… Read more »
From the Chair
Dear Friends of the Accounting Department, I hope this newsletter finds you well! The past year has been exciting for the accounting department, replete with growth and change. The 2021-2022 academic year kicked off with U.S. News & World Report ranking our undergraduate accounting program #4 overall! Our high program rankings in recent years have… Read more »
Taxes for the Masses: IU Professor Starts Tax Podcast
During the pandemic, IU Professor Bridget Stomberg, Weimer Faculty Fellow, started listening to podcasts. One day she was chatting with her friend, Lisa De Simone, an accounting professor at the University of Texas at Austin, whom she met in graduate school. “We’re both tax researchers and refer to ourselves as tax nerds as we love… Read more »
Students Appreciate New Introduction to Careers in Accounting Workshop
When the Accounting Department initially launched the Introduction to Careers in Accounting (A313) pre-workshop course in spring 2022, faculty wondered what the student response would be. It turns out the demand was so great that they are offering the pre-workshop course again this fall. The Introduction to Careers in Accounting course invites accounting professionals to… Read more »
Accounting Analytics
There are increasing amounts of data in the world, but the data doesn’t mean anything unless you understand how to use it. That’s why in spring 2022, IU’s Accounting Department chose to launch a new Accounting Analytics course that takes a conceptual approach to understanding data and understanding how to use accounting metrics and accounting… Read more »