{"id":31152,"date":"2015-11-10T22:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=31152"},"modified":"2015-11-10T22:11:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:11:48","slug":"vi-cpas-award-minority-accounting-scholarship-to-uvi-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=31152","title":{"rendered":"VI CPAs Award Minority Accounting Scholarship To UVI Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Virgin Islands Society of Certified Public Accountants (VISCPA) presented the first Minority Accounting Students Scholarship to two University of the Virgin Islands accounting majors on Friday, Nov. 6, at the society\u2019s annual meeting. Eula Cyrille and Shanee Isaac were each awarded a $3,000 scholarship, according to a press release UVI issued today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe are all very excited,\u201d said Dr. Sherri Levin, certified public accountant. \u201cIt is an honor to be able to provide a scholarship that will enable accounting majors to graduate from UVI, pass the certified public accountant exam and have the option to continue to serve in the Virgin Islands.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Providing this scholarship has been an important initiative of the VI Society of CPA&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">\u201cVISCPA <\/span><span class=\"\">members voted to increase their dues to fund the scholarship and the additional dues were collected for a number of years before we collected sufficient funds to offer a scholarship,\u201d Levin said. With the assistance of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Foundation the society was able to offer these scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe are proud of the role this scholarship program plays in recognizing student achievement and are very proud of our students, said Dr. Dion Gouws, assistant dean and chair of Accounting and Finance at UVI.<\/span> <span class=\"\">\u201cWe hope to inspire students to become future thought leaders in accounting and finance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThis award comes at a very opportune time,\u201d he said. \u201cUVI has just aligned its programs and created two new accounting programs to enable students to satisfy the new educational regulations of the V.I. Board of Certified Public Accountancy.\u201d These new programs will also allow UVI to provide students with a definitive path to prepare for professional qualifications, such as the Certified Public Accountant,\u201d Dr. Gouws said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cAt UVI we believe very strongly in identifying and harnessing new talent,\u201d said Dr. Stephen Reames, dean of the UVI School of Business. \u201cOur School of Business scholarship programs allow us to do that by supporting students all the way through their university career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The VISCPA, which is the only association dedicated to enhancing the professional success of CPAs in territory, plans to offer this scholarship annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>Feature Image:\u00a0<span class=\"\">Rob Upson (left) and Dr. Sherri Levin (right), of the Virgin Islands Society of Certified Public Accountants presents <\/span><span class=\"\">UVI Accounting Student Shanee Isaac (center) with a scholarship, while UVI staffers <\/span><span class=\"\">Dr. Stephen Reames, UVI Dean of the School of Business, (left to right) Dr. James S. Maddirala and Dr. Dion Gouws\u00a0 stand in the background.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>Image Credit: UVI.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virgin Islands Society of Certified Public Accountants (VISCPA) presented the first Minority Accounting Students Scholarship to two University of the Virgin Islands accounting majors on Friday, Nov. 6, at the society\u2019s annual meeting. Eula Cyrille and Shanee Isaac were each awarded a $3,000 scholarship, according to a press release UVI issued today. \u201cWe are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1078,191,147],"tags":[3808],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VI CPAs Award Minority Accounting Scholarship To UVI Students - V.I. 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