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Michigan Accountancy Foundation Provides 22 Students with $88,000 in Scholarship Awards

TROY, MI- April 28,2006 – The Michigan Accountancy Foundation (MAF), a non-profit organization that promotes excellence in accounting education, selected 22 Michigan college students as recipients of its MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship. Established in 1961, MAF is affiliated with the Michigan Association
of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and assists accounting students by helping to fund their college education and by providing resources to college educators.

Recipients of the MAF Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship will receive $4,000 each for a combined total of $88,000 to help fund their Fifth/Graduate year of college.

Recipients include:

Albion College
Portage resident James Holms

Aquinas College
Grand Rapids resident Andrea Dickerson

Central Michigan University
Eagle resident Danielle Bradke 

Cleary University
Ypsilanti resident Lisa Amador

Davenport University
Kentwood resident Lynh Vu

Michigan State University
Byron Center resident Tyler Hitson
Rochester Hills resident Christine Hoppesch
Alpena resident Daniel Lynch
Traverse City resident Christen Page
Gaylord resident Ashley Pruitt
Detroit resident Jaime Roberts
Caledonia resident Michael Vehlewald

Michigan Technological University
Twining resident Danielle Reeves

Northern Michigan University
Wakefield resident Jennifer Pikka

Oakland University
Lake Orion resident Bradley Cardew

Saginaw Valley State University
Ithaca resident Ali Goodhall

University of Michigan
Stevensville resident Kristina Ott

University of Michigan-Dearborn
Farmington Hills resident Mersiha Cunmulaj

Walsh College
Novi resident Patricia Greenwald

Wayne State University
Clarkston resident David Topolewski

Western Michigan University
Portage resident Sunday Bonifas
Kalamazoo resident Thomas Garlock

The MAF supports accounting education in an effort to lead students into the constantly changing CPA arena. Through its mission, the MAF promotes excellence in accounting education while attracting the best and the brightest to the profession. The Foundation is funded by voluntary contributions, which are tax deductible. Visit the MACPA web site for more information.

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Contact: Donna Caleel  (248) 267-3700