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Two professors at Brigham Young University's Marriott School were recently awarded a $20,000 grant by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
David A. Wood has been selected by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation as the recipient of the 2004 Esther R. Sawyer Scholarship Award.
This December, John Montgomery will graduate from BYU with not only a master in accountancy on his resume but also the highest student score on the Certified Internal Auditor’s exam.
A Brigham Young University graduate student and alumnus both earned kudos for their top-scoring performances on the Certified Internal Auditor exam administered by the Institute of Internal Auditors.
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.
How the French Put U.S. Adoption of International Accounting Standards on the Rocks. 
Taxes probably wouldn't place very high on most people's lists of extreme activities, but it does for five BYU students.
When Jeff Bjorkman isn’t reading the unabridged version of Les Misérables, camping outdoors, or trying to recreate cuisine he’s sampled abroad, he is knee-deep in accounting projects with the Marriott School’s MAcc program. His experiences as a student may leave you wishing you too were an accountant.
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.
CEOs might want to tamp down their fightin' words — they could be shooting themselves in the foot.
Eighteen weeks of training, 26.2 miles, an average heart rate of 136–there are many ways to measure a marathon.
Can watching a violent movie make you more likely to lie, cheat or steal? What about reading a violent book?
School of Accountancy graduate Kevin Steed won the Student Manuscript Award and Professor Monte Swain received the R. Lee Brummet Distinguished Award for Educators.
“Career goals are worthless.”
After growing up in Kingsburg, California, new BYU School of Accountancy professor Melissa Western completed her undergraduate studies in neighboring Fresno. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to major in, but many of her track teammates were business students. They encouraged her to try out an accounting class, which she did—and she fell in love.
David Wood, associate professor of accountancy, received the 2017 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award from the American Accounting Association. The award is his seventh AAA best paper award overall.
When senior MAcc student Josey Hedquist tells her classmates she's been running around like crazy all day, she's actually being quite literal.
As a recruiting trip coordinator, accounting senior Hunter Wixom quite literally gives accounting students a foot in the door at some of the top companies in the country.