Accounting students win national competition
Accounting students win national competition
Accounting students win national competition
12/12/2019
A team of three accounting students from the 91快播 has won the of the Association of Government Accountants. This is the fourth time in the past eight years that a UOG team of accounting students has taken first place in the undergraduate competition.
On the winning team were seniors Giovanni Aldan, Mark Natividad, and Starr Perman, who each won a $1,000 scholarship as well as a free student membership to the AGA.
The challenge invites student teams to analyze data for a specified city, state, or county government and develop a citizen-centric report over the course of two and half weeks. Submissions are judged by a panel of government finance experts.
鈥淭his case competition is an invaluable teaching tool in my undergraduate government accounting course,鈥� said Doreen T. Crisostomo, associate professor of accounting. 鈥淧articipating in the competition provides them with real-world experience by exposing them to using and researching actual government data.鈥�
According to the AGA, the experience challenges students鈥� moral reasoning, raises their awareness of the importance of accountability, and opens doors to a career in government.
鈥淏ecoming an auditor for my island鈥檚 government was a goal of mine before I began this case challenge,鈥� said Perman, who is from Pohnpei. 鈥淲orking on this project has encouraged my desire to help improve my government鈥檚 services to our people. I now have more confidence in my ability to one day reach this career goal.鈥�
The team鈥檚 winning citizen-centric report can be viewed and their video presentation can be viewed .