{"id":2360,"date":"2010-11-23T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T18:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2011-01-25T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T20:54:40","slug":"senior-accounting-majors-contend-in-business-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/senior-accounting-majors-contend-in-business-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Accounting Majors Contend in Business Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They came, they collaborated, they crunched the numbers and were rewarded for their efforts in a grueling regional business competition sponsored by Goodman &amp; Company, a major Virginia accounting firm.<\/p>\n<p>A team of EMU senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/accounting\/\">accounting majors<\/a> tied for fourth place in the final round of competition with a team from the  University of Virginia in the ninth annual Goodman &amp; Company  Accounting Challenge.<\/p>\n<h3>EMU seniors tied for fourth out of 33 teams<\/h3>\n<p>The following students made up one of 33 teams from colleges and universities from Virginia and Maryland who took a six-hour business exam the second week of October:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heidi A. Boese<\/strong>, Hesston, Kansas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason D. Ropp<\/strong>, Iowa City, Iowa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brittany S. Snyder<\/strong>, Raphine, Virginia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric B. Yoder<\/strong>, Narvon, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The EMU team was one of only five to advance to the final round of the competition held Nov. 5 in Richmond, Va.<\/p>\n<p>Here, the EMU students took another intensive, six-hour exam of practical business questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Team and individual rewards<\/h3>\n<p>For finishing tied for fourth place, the team was awarded $750 for the EMU business and economics department, and each student received $250 from Goodman &amp; Company.<\/p>\n<p>Another team from U.Va. finished first in the contest, followed by teams from William &amp; Mary and James Madison University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Participating in the Goodman Accounting Challenge was hard work, but very rewarding,&#8221; said Eric Yoder. &#8220;We&#8217;re extremely excited with our accomplishment and the recognition we have brought to the accounting program at EMU.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Heidi Boese said she &#8220;valued the experience,&#8221; because &#8220;it affirms the great education I have received at EMU and could possibly lead to job opportunities in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Affirmation of our curriculum&#8217;<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5248\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5248   \" src=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/news\/files\/2010\/11\/ron_stoltzfus-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Stoltzfus\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ron_stoltzfus-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ron_stoltzfus.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Stoltzfus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really proud of these students,&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/stoltzfr?ssi=business\">Ronald L. (Ron) Stoltzfus<\/a>, professor of business and economics and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/mba\/\">MBA program<\/a> co-director at EMU. &#8220;It was definitely a team effort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to have this kind of external validation of our business program and our students, Dr. Stoltzfus added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an affirmation of our curriculum and says that our students are well prepared to enter the job market go on to graduate school,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h3>About EMU&#8217;s business and economics program<\/h3>\n<p>EMU has around 90 students currently enrolled in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/\">undergraduate business and economics program<\/a>, which offers majors in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/accounting\/\">accounting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/administration\/\">business administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/economics\/\">economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/international\/\">international business<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They came, they collaborated, they crunched the numbers and were rewarded for their efforts in a grueling regional business competition sponsored by Goodman &amp; 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