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Most people who work for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) leave with the same going-away gift: a frame containing all the covers of the standards they helped publish while there.
Ken Batson has been a CPA for thirty-two years getting up, eating breakfast, and heading to work. A partner at Sharp, Thunstrom, & Batson, a small accounting firm in La Mesa, California, Batson was complacent as a CPA. He'd heard the warnings about massive changes coming to his
Gary Cornia’s face lights up when he talks about his work in taxes. “I love the topic I research,” he says. “Taxes are the funnest thing in the world. I love coming to work.”
Singled out from professors across the nation, BYU Professor and School of Accountancy Director Kevin Stocks was recognized this month for displaying excellence in accounting education.
Few things excite accountants more than numbers. BYU Accounting Professor Kevin Stocks can now add another number to his list: the No. 1 accounting professor in Utah.
The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
Kevin Stocks, director of the Brigham Young University School of Accountancy, has been selected as president-elect of the American Accounting Association.
A BYU accounting professor has co-authored the first how-to guide to help accountants deal with new business acquisition standards.
One Marriott School professor has been working overtime to help clarify Utah's business tax laws.
Two BYU accounting professors are calling for improvements in the current audit standard setting and inspection process.
Doug Prawitt, the Glen Ardis Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Management, will give the Brigham Young University devotional Tuesday, July 19, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Kay Stice was recently awarded the prestigious Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award.
Not long after putting their pencils down on the last bubble sheet, many Marriott School students say good-bye to their final exams and to Y Mountain, leaving Provo in pursuit of internships and experience. 
Two BYU accounting professors were honored with a Best Paper Award for their work in spotlighting others' research.
Steven M. Glover received the funding grants from the Center for Audit Quality to create academic research articles.
Three members of the Marriott School's faculty and staff were honored at BYU's annual University Conference.
Steve Glover and Doug Prawitt to receive the Wildman Medal for their contribution to public accountancy.
Professor Robert Gardner was honored with the 2013 Outstanding Educator award from the UACPA.
Accounting professor W. Steve Albrecht was recently recognized as one of the top 50 corporate directors of 2013.
Professor Bill Tayler was among those honored for an article on the methods and effectiveness of measuring performance.
When there’s fresh powder on the mountains, you can expect Monte Swain to be out shredding the slopes. But the Marriott School of Management accounting professor wasn’t always so adept at carving on a snowboard.
The AICPA recently appointed Marriott School of Management associate dean Steve Glover to its Auditing Standards Board.
Three BYU professors won a pair of prestigious awards for research from the American Accounting Association.
BYU School of Accountancy professor W. Steve Albrecht was honored by the American Accounting Association.