Meeting & Agendas
Committee
Accounting Advisory Committee
Date
10/16/2015
Status
Approved
Begin Time
12:00 pm
End Time
02:00 pm
Location
Highland Business Center
Online/Remote Url
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
Agenda:
1)
Description
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
Presenter
Denise White
Minutes
2)
Description
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
Presenter
Denise White
Minutes
3)
Description
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
Presenter
Larry Stephens
Minutes
4)
Description
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
Presenter
Dr. Reed Peoples
Minutes
5)
Description
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.
Presenter
Brian Voss
Minutes
6)
Description
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
Presenter
Larry Stephens and Tracie Miller-Nobles
Minutes
7)
Description
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
Presenter
Larry Stephens
Minutes
8)
Description
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.
Presenter
Dr. Reed Peoples
Minutes
9)
Description
The date was set for the next meeting as May 6, 12 noon.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:52 pm.
Presenter
Minutes
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