News
- In 2008-09 we had our best year ever in endowed gifts to the department. These gifts will greatly benefiture future generations of Hokies.
- Every six years we survey selected graduating classes to find out what you are doing, as well as to see if modifications that we make to the program affect perceptions of how we are doing as a department. This past April we surveyed our 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2006 graduates. We received 225 surveys back, and would like to share those results.
- Our Undergraduate Accounting program was ranked among the top 25 accounting programs in the U.S. by the Public Accounting Report in 2008. The master's program received honorable mention.
Mark Your Calendar
- The 39th Annual Virginia Accounting and Auditing Conference will be held in Roanoke, Virginia on September 28 & 29, 2009 and in Virginia Beach, Virginia on November 19 & 20, 2009.
- The department is planning its annual Tailgate before the University of North Carolina game at the University Club. The UNC game is on Thursday, October 29. Thursday night games are rather special and we have a quality opponent. We will have a limited number of tickets available. The tailgate will start at 4:30p.m. The University Club is an easy walk to the stadium. We will be working with Bonnie Gilbert at bgilbert@vt.edu or 540-231-9551.
Faculty Achievements
- Jack Maher received the Excellence in Ph.D. Education Award for 2008-2009.
- For the year, 23 tenure-track faculty published 33 articles. Among the journals where faculty published were: American Business Law Journal, Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
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