[410] MTSU Accounting Alumni Event Set for April 28 in BAS

Release date: April 12, 2011

News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Department of Accounting contact:
Dr. G. Robert “Smitty” Smith, 615-898-2558 or smitty@mtsu.edu

MTSU Accounting Alumni Event Set for April 28 in BAS

(MURFREESBORO) — The 20th annual Accounting Alumni Appreciation Day at MTSU will be held Thursday, April 28, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building.
The event targets those interested in accounting, taxation and computer training. The fee is $100 for MTSU alumni and $150 for all other attendees. Net proceeds will be earmarked for accounting scholarships, and lunch will be provided.
Participants will earn eight hours of Continuing Professional Education credit and have the opportunity to visit with alumni and former professors and see how the campus configuration is changing.
Aaron Beam, co-founder and first chief financial officer of HealthSouth, will open the conference with a session on Wagon to Disaster.
Dr. Joe Huddleston, executive director of the Multistate Tax Commission, will discuss national developments in state business taxation and the Multistate Tax Commission.
Breakout sessions and leaders will include the following MTSU professors:
• Bill Mooningham, who will provide an American Institute of CPAs update;
• Drs. Mary Phillips and Tammy Bahmanziari, who will discuss XBRL, or EXtensible Business Reporting Language;
• Dr. Pat Wall, who’ll present an employment-law update;
• Dr. Jeannie Harrington, who plans to discuss contemporary cost-managerial practices;
• Dr. Lara Daniel, who’ll tackle “The Constitutionality of Health Care Law”;
• Dr. Denise Leggett, who will discuss issues in taxation;
• Dr. Paula Thomas, who’ll provide a Financial Accounting Standards Board update; and
• Dr. Robert “Smitty” Smith, who will bring a Governmental Accounting Standards Board update.
Rick Murray, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Commerce Union Bank, also will discuss information technology during a breakout session. Seating is limited, so participants should register early at www.mtsu.edu/accounting. For more information, call the MTSU Department of Accounting at 615-898-5306.

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Media welcomed.

In Brief

The 20th annual Accounting Alumni Appreciation Day at MTSU will be held Thursday, April 28, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building. The event targets those interested in accounting, taxation and computer training. The fee is $100 for MTSU alumni and $150 for all other attendees. Net proceeds will be earmarked for accounting scholarships, and lunch will be provided. For information, call the MTSU Department of Accounting at 615-898-5306.


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