| MSU accounting team wins regional competition
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The Team!
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A team of Montana State University-Bozeman College of Business
accounting students received top honors and were presented with
the Outstanding Case Presentation Award at the Beta Alpha Psi
(BAP) Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, recently hosted by
Northern Colorado University, in Greeley. The MSU accounting
team's case presentation was judged the best of 12 teams from
four different states. Along with MSU, teams from Brigham Young,
Utah, Utah State, Weber State, Wyoming, Idaho State,
Colorado-Boulder, Colorado-Denver, Colorado State, University of
Denver, Northern Colorado, and Fort Lewis College participated in
the case presentation.
"This year's award furthered MSU's long-standing reputation for
accounting excellence," said Christie Johnson, associate
professor of accounting and club adviser. "MSU accounting
students have received top awards at nearly every regional
conference attended. The students did an outstanding job,
impressing not only the judges, but even faculty and students
from competing universities in the region."
Students Natalie Dachs, of Kalispell, Heidi Haugen, of Columbia
Falls and Mike Jurenka, of Rudyard, presented a creative approach
to demonstrate their knowledge of financial reporting and auditor
responsibilities for detecting financial statement fraud. The
students applied their knowledge to a fictionalized case prepared
by Deloitte & Touche, drawn from an actual situation involving a
public company in which executive compensation and incentives
ultimately led to financial statement fraud.
The students supporting team included Kevin Doran of Butte,
Andrea Kraft, of Billings Jessica Overcast, of Chinook, Ben
Polansky, of Bozeman and Heather Sandvik of Billings, who
provided research and support to the presenters.
MSU alumnus Chris Smith, partner of Anton Collins Mitchell LLP, a
BDO Seidman affiliate, was the opening keynote speaker. Smith,
formerly of Bozeman, is a 1985 MSU accounting graduate. Lisa
Bidwell, 1987 MSU accounting graduate, past president of the MSU
Beta Alpha Psi chapter, and former member of the Beta Alpha Psi
national board of directors, also joined the students for the
evening sessions. Bidwell, a native of Belfry, started her career
with Deloitte & Touche in Portland and is currently an Internal
Auditor with Qwest in Denver.
Beta Alpha Psi is the national scholastic and professional
organization for accounting, finance and information systems
students, with over 200 chapters located only on campuses with
business schools accredited by the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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