volume 4, issue 2 spring 2016 - cuyahoga community college · payroll certificate / tax preparer...
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Contents: Program / Career / Events / Scholarships / Tech
—Your Accounting / Finance News —
Spring College-Wide Events: (Sign Up Now & Attend)
Friday, 4/22, Western Campus Hosts:
That Day: Aspire to be a CPA (Sponsored by The OSCPA):
Details enclosed - WSS 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Register and attend (30 students thus far, do not be left out)
Contact: Prof. John Capka ([email protected])
That Evening: The CPA Exam: “Plan & Pass”:
Details enclosed - WHTC 159, 6:30pm-9:00pm
MDS CPA Review & A Panel of recent CPA Exam Passers
Contact Prof. Eric Primuth ([email protected])
Tuesday 4/26, Eastern Campus Hosts:
Accounting Conversations:
Details enclosed - EMHC 122, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Contact Prof. Doug Gunnerson ([email protected])
Volume 4, Issue 2 Spring 2016
Accounting Certificates - 30 Hrs. each
Complete them in 2 semesters.
Get Yours on the way to a Degree !!!
Payroll Certificate / Tax Preparer Certificate / Bookkeeping Certificate
Ask your Professor and Counselor
Visit our Accounting Program Website for Details
At: http://www.tri-c.edu/programs/accounting/index.html
A c c o u n t i n g N E W S
Accounting Grads, Tell us where you are.
Potential for a welcome back affair? Stay Tuned.
Contact your professors for references, etc.
Overworked and Short Staffed ???
Hire a Co-op or Intern—Contact Career Services
Accts World & WSJ Report: Number of Acct. Jobs is increasing and Accounting Salaries are rising.
____So Get Experience Now____ ______Make an Appt. with______
Career Services
Eastern Campus:
Kate Vodicka & Brian Matthews
Metro Campus:
Lynn Leon , Maryanique Walsh
Maria Brathwaite
Western Campus:
Maria Selos, Dennis Joyce
Westshore:
Lynn Leon Making the Connection, Wednesday, April 20th, 11:30am-2pm at Metro, UTC 229--
BADM Networking event. 20 summer intern-ships/co-ops. Register at www.tri-c.edu/
MakingtheConnection
FREE Career & Job Fair on Monday, May 2nd from 10 am – 6 pm at the ATTC (Advanced Technology Training Center – downtown
Cleveland) and you are invited. If you are inter-ested, please register today at www.tri-c.edu/
workforcefair
Do It Now to be Ready !!!
Those students who have?
Have experience at the following:
Sherwin Williams
Applied Industrial Technologies
Strang Klubnik CPA’s
Tri-C District Accounting
Moskal Gross Orchosky Inc. (MGO)
Quasar Energy
National Tooling & Machine Assoc.
Ritz Carlton
Garick Inc.
QP.K. Management
Some have received FT jobs.
Experience movement!
___________Now____________
How about you / You ready?
Contact: Prof. John Capka or
Prof. Doug Gunnerson
Visit: www.CollegeCentral.com/tri-c
Make Plans Today: Register for & Attend the Career Services Workshops.
You may complete them all in one day at a Career Services Bootcamp …
Ask them how !!!
Tax Clinics:
Thank you
1,063 Returns 30 Preparers
Students and other vol-unteers who made this
Tax Season a success & to our Leaders too !!!
Prof. Linda Muren
Prof. Veronica Czekaj
Prof. Douglas Gunnerson
Get Ready now for
next Tax Season !
Contact Prof. Muren
at
Accounting Events
This April—Just for You !!!
Friday, April 22nd
10am—1pm, WSS G4A
The Ohio Society of CPA’s
Sponsors:
ASPIRE to be a CPA
An event for students to learn
more about a accounting careers
Hear from Professionals Learn about Co-ops/Internships Learn Transfer Options Network with Recruiters Have Lunch too
RSVP:
The OSCPA to Mandy Hohler
Or ask
Prof. John Capka at
Then that evening
“Plan & Pass the CPA Exam”
Attend
College-Wide Accounting Events
Friday, April 22nd
6:30pm—9pm, WHTC 159
Sponsors:
The CPA Exam:
Plan & Pass
An event for students to learn
more about the CPA Exam
Lear how to Apply Learn the Requirements to Apply What reviews are available How is each used Hear about the MDS Method Hear stories from recent passers How to pass: What did they do What was the most difficult What was the easiest for them Have pizza & a beverage too. Bring your significant other Easy date night/No Children Please
Questions: Prof. Eric Primuth at
AND
Tuesday, April 26th
3:00pm—5pm, EMHC 122
Accounting
Conversations:
An event for students to learn
more about work & life
Lear how we work Learn how we live Learn about job levels Discuss industry differences Hear about career paths Learn the NEW Degree Paths Hear about work-life balance
Questions:
Prof. Doug Gunnerson at
April 28—29: Kent State University &
Dr. Meonske Present FASB/SEC Updates
and other important career items.-
Nationally-Known Seminar.
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Downloaded Microsoft’s Office 365
Cuyahoga Community College provides Microsoft Office
365 ProPlus for active, credit students at no cost. With this
agreement, credit students will receive the latest version of
Microsoft Office for use on up to 5 personal devices. This is
a full version of Office available for offline use. (This agree-
ment is not yet available to non-credit students.)
1.Sign in to your portal account at http://studentemail.tri-c.edu/
2. Click the settings icon (upper right corner)
3. Choose Office 365 settings
4. Choose software
5. Choose Office, pick your language & click install
You’ll find these instructions on the MyInfo tab.
Check out the
above transfer
programs & costs—
you may save time &
money with new
2+2’s and 3+1’s.
FREE OFFICE 365 for Tri-C Students—Get it Now
Stay up-to date with the following:
TaxAct—used in ACCT 1041
Excel—All Courses and ACCT 2814
Access—ACCT 2995
QuickBooks—used in ACCT 2995, ACCT 1020 & ACCT 2520
ACL—Introduced in ACCT 2510
Think about: SAGE / XERO / XBRL / ACL /IDEA
Tech Tools are available to enhance
your efficiency and effectiveness at
work. They are akin to the hammer for
a carpenter. Get to know them and
they will forever be there to assist you.
Look Forward to these Tutoring Mini-
Sessions this Summer:
ACCT 1310: Acct Cycle / Inventory / Depreciation /
Bonds ACCT 1340:
Job Costing / CVP /
FIN 2100: BA II Plus Calculations
ACCT 2814 & In-General: Excel Tips & Shortcuts for Accountants
Look for announcements this summer!
Get to know the Excel shortcut keys
and the use of a 10-key. Both will save
you time and impress your bosses.
Companies Seeking Account-
ants with Data Analytics Skills
FCPA: Justice Dept. is beginning a
new enforcement action regarding the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977.
Hackers
Using
Prior Data
Breaches to
Penetrate
IRS Tax Info
Accounting / Auditing News:
Codification Changes
New Revenue Recognition
Principle
New Discontinued Operations
New Leasing Rules
Convergence
Condorsement
New Auditing Standards and
PCAOB releases:
Going Concerns
Related Parties
Independence
SSARS 21
New Tax Rules for 2015 Filings
Sec. 179 Limits
Penalties
EIC Reporting
Form 3115, Change in
Accounting Method
Stay up-to-date
Read the Journal of Accountancy
and the OSCPA newsletters FREE.
A Brand New Certification:
The SASB, The what ???
The FSA Credential—
Fundamentals of Sustainability
Accounting
(Level I)
See the following:
The Sustainability Accounting
Standards Board
Wow—FASB, GASB, CASB and
now SASB.
Find out more at:
http://fsa.sasb.org/
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 -
Check this out too. http://
www.sustainablecleveland.org/
No more burning rivers and green
slime water in good old Lake Erie.
Remember when FCPA, COSO,
CoBIT, SOX, XBRL & IFRS were
brand new...people made a career
out of those as well.
Continue your post college educa-
tion with us at Corporate College. http://www.tri-c.edu/corporatecollege/
professional-development/index.html
Plan your future now !!!
Should I ?
1) Get the Bookkeeping Cer-
tificate, then Co-op and
Graduate with my AAB.
2) Get the Payroll Certifi-
cate, then Co-op and
Graduate with my AAB.
3) Get the Tax Preparation
Certificate, then VITA,
Co-op and Graduate with
my AAB.
4) After that can I transfer to
a 4-yr institution? If so
which one? (a) 2+2, (b)
3+1, or other.
5) Perhaps I could take the
Enrolled Agent review
course right here at Tri
-C Corporate College
& then the IRS-EA Exam.
New Session starts 5/7
What do I like to do ?
I had better complete the My
Academic Plan and also
MyCareerPlan.
Where do I start????
A) See my counselor.
B) See my career services
representative.
C) See my favorite Account-
ing faculty member.
Do All Three
Your Full-Time Faculty:
Eastern Campus
Asst. Prof Doug Gunnerson
Metropolitan Campus
Asst. Prof John Bongorno
Asst. Prof Veronica Czekaj
Western/Brunswick Campuses
Asst. Prof Marguerite Nagy
Asst. Prof Linda Muren
Asst. Prof John Capka
Westshore/CCW Campuses:
Assoc. Prof Eric Primuth
Your Adjunct Faculty
Tanya Adams
Santosh Attar
Adam Ausperk
Meltrice Borders
Larry Broers
Claressa Collins
Michael Delzceg
Renee Eiland
Michael Fegan
Allan Fried
Dr. Craig Foltin
Dennis Gaukin
Martin Jacob
Jason Januszewski
Sidney Kaplan
Lee Kareem
Marianne Kerr
Robert Kurilich
Alan Larris
Christine Libeg
Mark Menear
Marybeth Murphy
Mark Novak
Mirela Qirjazi
Pamela Simmons
Yolanda Spooney
Your Tutors:
East: Dr. Larry Roman, Stanley Sample
Metro: David Coulter, Lillian Tran
West: Kathleen Thompson
Westshore @ CCW: Mark Novak, Linnea Woolley, Mike Delczeg,
& Tom Reynolds
Good luck on your Exams
Don’t forget to plan next semester early…
Review your Degree Works or DARS .
Plan Ahead
Next Fall Events:
Meet the Accountants Evening:
In Sept. Students met CPA Firms and discussed careers as CPA’s and Intern-ships/Co-ops. Look for this now “ANNUAL” event to return next Fall 2016.
Fall Co-op/Internship Fair:
Held in late October where students
met with potential employers. Many
great comments from students. This
annual event will return in Fall 16.
Summer: New Attendance Policy
Good Reads:
Journal of Accountancy
Fraud Journal
Wall Street Journal
CPA Practice Advisor
Strategic Finance
IRS.gov
US Debt Clock.org
Accounting Today
Your faculty is hard at work to ensure your schedules in the future and to staff them.
Happy Summer !!!
Professional Certifications:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Global Management Accountant
(CGMA)
Certified Management Accounting (CMA)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Certified Information Technology Profes-
sional (CITP)
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
Certified Bookkeeper (CB)
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Enrolled Agent (EA)
Accredited Business Accountant (ABA)
Accredited Tax Preparer (ATP)
Accredited Tax Analyst (ATA)
Certified Bank Examiner (CBE)
Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)
QuickBooks Certified User
QuickBooks Certified Consultant
More to follow