Scholarships Awarded to Accounting Students

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACCOUNTING STUDENTS

     Five accounting students in Ohio State University's College
of Business were awarded a total of $3,500 in scholarships at the
15th Annual Central Region Student Conference and Scholarship
Awards Dinner sponsored by the National Association of Black
Accountants, Inc.

     "This is an outstanding recognition for our college," said
David Harrison, director of minority student services for the
College of Business.  "Of six scholarships awarded to Central
Region students, five went to Ohio State students."

     Twelve students from Ohio State attended the central region
conference earlier this fall in Columbus.  This region includes
NABA chapters in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
and Ohio.

     NABA, founded in 1969 by nine New York African-American
accountants, assists minorities in the acounting field to reach
their career goals.  Dedicated to uniting accountants and
accounting students with similar interests and ideas, NABA is
committed to professional and academic excellence.

     With a membership of over 4,500, the organization includes
individuals serving in accounting, auditing, finance and general
management positions.

     Ohio State students who were awarded scholarships from the
Columbus chapter of NABA were:

     -- Nicole A. Woodard, a senior from Columbus, who received
the Society Bank Award of $1,000.

     -- Kenneth A. Darby, a senior from Fairfield, Ohio, who
received the Dr. Julian M. Earls Award of $750.

     -- Angela D. Smith, a senior from Columbus, who received
$500.

     -- Bonita R. McGee, a sophomore from Akron, who received
$500.

     -- Danielle L. Smith, a junior from Toledo, who received
$500.

     The Columbus chapter also presented the McDonald's Corp.
Award of $1,000 to Terrance L. Addison, a student at Ohio
Wesleyan University.

     Candidates for the Columbus chapter's NABA scholarships must
be currently enrolled undergraduate accounting majors who attend
universities in central Ohio or who are from Central Ohio.  They
must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 and a 2.75 in
their major.  They also must have accumulated at least 80 quarter
hours or 48 semester hours of college work and/or have completed
intermediate accounting.

     The conference provided students an opportunity to meet
accountants and professionals from Fortune 500 companies.  In
addition to recognizing students with scholarships, students were
given opportunities to interview for entry level positions and
for internships with major corporations over a two-day period.

     "The conference is used as a stepping stone for students
about to graduate," said Janet J. Walker, scholarship chairperson
for the Columbus Chapter of NABA.

     "It is excellent opportunity for students to meet with
representatives from corporations such as IBM, General Mills,
Amoco, AT&T, Baxter Healthcare and Monsanto," Walker said,
"Companies were very impressed, we had plenty of students with
4.0 grade point averages."

     Harrison said financial support from the university's
Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems
permitted nine students to attend the NABA conference.
Harrison's Minority Student Services office in the College of
Business supported the attendance of three additional students.

     Harrison expressed appreciation for the commitment by
Professor Lawrence Tomassini, chair of the accounting department,
to send the students.

     Business students receive financial aid, tutoring, academic
advising, career placement support including internships, coops
and full-time placement through Minority Student Services office.

     "This is just the beginning of opportunities for minority
students in the College of Business," Harrison said.

     Harrison is developing plans for students to attend the
Fourth Annual Hispanic Student Leadership Conference to be held
February 1994 at the University of Texas in Houston.  The
conference is designed to aid job placement.

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Contact: David Harrison, 292-1017.
Written by Amy Ax.


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