Founded to foster the study of accounting at the Richard J. Wehle School of Business, and to connect students with the profession they're preparing to enter.
Support students in the accounting program at the Wehle School through programming, mentorship, and a community of peers doing the same work.
Upperclassmen who have been through recruiting help the students coming up behind them. That exchange is the point.
Programming aimed squarely at the skills and credentials the profession actually asks for — recruiting readiness, the CPA path, and technical fluency.
Further a high standard of commercial ethics in civic and professional enterprise. All members are held to our Code of Ethics.
The Accounting Society is governed by a written constitution and led by an eleven-member Executive Board elected each spring. Senior-year offices are elected by the junior class; junior-year offices by the sophomore class; the Sophomore and Freshman Representatives are appointed by the Board each September.
Officers serve one-year terms and are bound by written position descriptions, a spending policy, and the Code of Ethics.
The Society's advisor is the Chair of the Accounting Department or their designated representative. Our faculty are practicing and published accounting professionals:
| Faculty | Role |
|---|---|
| Ian Redpath, JD, LLM | Chair, Professor of Accounting — law and taxation |
| Joseph O'Donnell, PhD, CPA, CISA | Professor of Accounting — data analytics, IS auditing |
| Thomas Vogel, PhD, CPA | Associate Professor — financial reporting, accounting theory |
| James Goldstein, PhD | Associate Professor — business analytics; faculty advisor |
| Shannon Jemiolo, PhD, CPA | Associate Professor — taxation; Director, VITA Program |
Each year at our Annual Banquet, the Society presents the Senior Accounting Award and the Senior Accounting Information Systems Award to the graduating seniors with the highest quality point average in their respective subjects.