Accounting News & Events
Fisher Team Takes Third Place in Adirondack Cup Investment Competition
04/30/2013
A team of St. John Fisher College accounting students claimed third place in the 2013 Adirondack Cup, a competition during which college teams compete against each other over six months to build and grow a small cap portfolio of stocks, just like the professionals at Adirondack Small Cap Mutual Fund (ADKSX). The Fisher team accepted the award at a luncheon on Thursday, April 25. Read MoreNorsen Honored as Senior Scholar Athlete
04/24/2013
St. John Fisher College's basketball center, Jason Norsen '13, has been named a 2012-2013 Empire 8 Senior Scholar-Athlete Award winner, based on a vote by the conference faculty athletic representatives. Read MoreNew York, New York for Investment Club
04/15/2013
The St. John Fisher College Investment Club took their third annual trip to New York City earlier this month. The club was accompanied by Dr. Jana Berglund Simon, Assistant Professor of Finance, and the club’s faculty advisor. Read MoreLakehal-Ayat Named Fulbright Senior Specialist
04/12/2013
Dr. Merouane Lakehal-Ayat, Professor, Department of Accounting/Finance in the School of Business, has been named a Fulbright Senior Specialist. Read MoreCheryl Yawman ’86 Named Outstanding Accounting Alumna of the Year at St. John Fisher College
03/22/2013
St. John Fisher College held its annual Accounting Awards Banquet on March 21, and announced that Cheryl Lynn Yawman ’86 was named the 2013 Outstanding Accounting Alumna of the Year. Yawman is the Practice Director of Accounting and Finance at Cochran, Cochran and Yale in Rochester. Read MoreAccounting Awards Banquet
Student and alumni achievements are recognized every spring at the Accounting Awards Banquet, held at the Riverside Convention Center in downtown Rochester.
Attended by nearly 200 alumni, students, and recruiters, it is an opportunity for students to meet professionals in various fields of accounting and to be recognized for their accomplishments during the past year.
The Accounting Alumnus of the Year Award is also given out at the banquet.