Michigan Accountancy Foundation Provides 25 Students with $100,000 in Scholarship Awards
TROY, MI–June 22, 2007- The Michigan Accountancy Foundation (MAF), a non-profit organization that promotes excellence in accounting education, selected 25 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 $100,000 to help fund their Fifth/Graduate year of college.
Recipients include:
Albion College
Allen Park resident Jaclyn Sweeney
Eastern Michigan University
Detroit resident Larry Hooker II – Big Four Firm Minority Scholarship
Ann Arbor resident Ruth Naebeck
Grand Valley State University
Walker resident Leigh Blanchard – Big Four Firm Minority Scholarship
Grand Rapids resident David Collado
Grand Rapids resident Dennis Glandon
Pinckney resident Casey Shelters – Paul Goebel Group Scholarship
Michigan State University
East Lansing resident Tiffany Holloway – Big Four Firm Minority Scholarship
Troy resident Nicole Korinek
Canton resident Jennifer Matera
Detroit resident Ashley Morris – Big Four Firm Minority Scholarship
East Lansing resident Matthew Pruente – Robert A. Bogan Scholarship-Metro Detroit Area Student
Michigan Technological University
Hancock resident Johanna Rossow
Northern Michigan University
Marquette resident Sara Blomquist – The Rehmann Group Scholarship
Oakland University
Sterling Heights resident Christy Fantino
Clinton Township resident Renee Mannino
Orion resident Gabriela Mayer
Sterling Heights resident David VanDamme
Richmond resident Jennifer Skonieczny – Farwell Foundation/Wise & Wise, PLC Scholarship
Saginaw Valley State University
Ypsilanti resident Cara Whitney
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor resident Michael Gano
University of Michigan – Dearborn
Wyandotte resident Michael Abercrombie – Eleanore Kline Memorial Scholarship-Single Parent
University of Michigan – Flint
Metamora resident Mary Little – Peggy Haw Jury/MACPA Leadership Scholarship
Wayne State University
Detroit resident Jennifer Culbertson
Western Michigan University
Grand Rapids resident Eveann Meerhof
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 at http://www.michcpa.org/Content/Partnerships/MAF.aspx.
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Contact: Jill M. Rafferty
Vice President
Communications & Member Services MACPA
(248) 267-3700
jrafferty@michcpa.org
