Meeting & Agendas

Accounting Advisory Committee
10/16/2015
Approved
12:00 pm
02:00 pm

Highland Business Center

Members in attendance: Reed Peoples, N/A, Kimberly Cameron, Denise White, Tracie Miller, Jay Thibodeaux, Larry Stephens, Chase Insogna, Kate Rhoden, Chris Noak, Anthony Ross, Donna Boykin, Connie Clark, Gary Brown
Members not in attendance: N/A, May Wang, Kelli Blount, N/A, Kristy McDermott, Joe Mader, Lisa Sretenovic

1)
Kate Rhoden, chair, called the meeting to order at 12:10pm. The minutes were reviewed. Gary Brown moved to accept the minutes as is. Tony Ross seconded with the amendment that no meeting occurred on May 1 as noted in the minutes. The committee appr
Denise White
2)
Denise shared an update about the status of accounting labs for the intermediate sequence. Labs were implemented for ACNT1371. Labs have not been implemented for ACNT2303 and ACNT2304 (Intermediate I and II). The concern is the length of time tha
Denise White
3)
Larry Stephens gave an update on the new tax course. The suggestion by the faculty is to create an advanced taxation topics course (see proposed tax course). A suggestion was to add a tax internship as part of the certificate, transition between
Larry Stephens
4)
Reed Peoples gave an update on the department sharing faculty, enrollment, and student statistics. Jay Thibodeaux gave an update about the ALPHA club. Reed also shared that the business division is in the process of ACSBP accreditation review. So
Dr. Reed Peoples
5)
Brian Voss shared information about proposed changes to ACNT 1392 course which consisted of a removal of the prerequisite for ACNT2371 (Small Business Accounting). The committee approved the removal of the prerequisite.
Brian Voss
6)
Larry Stephens and Tracie Miller‐Nobles gave an update on the professional accountants club. The club has had one event so far this year which included guest speakers that spoke about the accounting career. Our next event will be the meet t
Larry Stephens and Tracie Miller-Nobles
7)
Larry Stephens shared about information for changes to the CPA exam and asked that individuals and firms provide comment to the AICPA now through November. Larry also discussed the proposed changes that are being discussed currently. One of the a
Larry Stephens
8)
Reed Peoples began an initial discussion of the certified information systems auditor program to gauge interest of the advisory committee. The committee felt that this would be very valuable to explore further.
Dr. Reed Peoples
9)
The date was set for the next meeting as May 6, 12 noon. The meeting was adjourned at 1:52 pm.

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