Weekly Report 9/27/2010

The Weekly Report (week of 9/27/2010)

Members & Candidates

Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting with Lutz & Co. last Friday. I hope everyone enjoyed our first off-site professional meeting and learned a lot about Lutz & Co. and their LOAN program. This meeting was a great opportunity to network with other members and candidates as well as some professionals.

What's Happening Next Week

The KPMG meeting this Friday will be in Mammel Hall Room 320 and the dress is business casual. The topic will be on the benefits of public accounting as a career choice. For graduate students, this is the same night as Dean Pol's Welcome Party. The KPMG meeting should be over by 8:00 allowing you to attend the Dean's Welcome Party, which is supposed to run until 10:00.

Announcements

• Devin has planned a yard clean-up for elderly citizens on October 23rd, this is a great opportunity to get your volunteer hours in and meet more of your fellow members of BAP.
• All tutoring events can be found on our events calendar on Facebook, as well as at www.unobap.com
• The points list is updated for all members and candidates, please contact Steph (svanicek@unomaha.edu) for any discrepancies.

See you Friday!

Lauren Huenink

Reporting Officer

lrhuenink@unomaha.edu

The Weekly Report (week of 9/20/2010)

Members & Candidates
Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting with Seim Johnson on Friday night. Last Friday’s meeting gave the candidates exposure to the structure of a professional meeting. The other officers and I were impressed by the professionalism of all who attended.

This Friday we will be meeting with Lutz & Co. at 6:00 at their new office. This will be an exciting experience as we will be the first chapter to see their new digs, and they are very excited to have us! Directions to their office can be found on our Facebook page or at unobap.com. The topic will be on the Lutz LOAN (Lutz Offers Assistance to Not-for-Profits) program, a creative solution they developed due to the economic downturn last year. Dress code is business casual for this Friday’s meeting.

Announcements

• BAP Members are eligible for a Full Becker Professional Education CPA Exam Review Scholarship! To be qualified you must have met the CPA Exam requirements by graduation in 2011 and plan to sit for the CPA Exam within one year of graduation. You can apply here to be considered for a scholarship. Applications must be submitted by October 3, 2010. Winners will be notified by e-mail or phone on or before October 29, 2010.
• Starting September 14th, Beta Alpha Psi will hold the first-ever AICPA Accounting Competition. Student teams will have an opportunity to apply their accounting and sustainability smarts to solve a real-world business problem for a real-world client – plus the potential to take home $10,000 and a trip to NYC for a networking lunch with industry insiders. For more information please click here.
• As Devin mentioned earlier, the Habitat for Humanity event with Deloitte has been cancelled. But there will be other ways to accumulate those community service hours, including attending the 9th annual Omaha Metro Area Buddy Walk for the National Down Syndrome Society, Saturday, October 9th at 10 AM at UNO's Campus. Devin is also planning a yard clean-up for elderly citizens on October 23rd, and our volunteer night is October 29th.
• All tutoring sessions can be found on our events calendar on Facebook, as well as at unobap.com.
• The points list is updated for all members and candidates, please contact Steph (svanicek@unomaha.edu) for any discrepancies.

Meetings

Event:	Date:	Location:	Time:
Lutz & Co.	Friday, Sept. 24	13616 California St. Ste. 300	6:00pm

We look forward to seeing you on Friday,

Jacob Bright

President

jbright@unomaha.edu

The Weekly Report (week of 9/13/2010)

Members & Candidates

Thanks for making Meet the Firms a great success. We had 60 members and candidates meeting with 17 firms and agencies from around the Omaha area. The other officers and I were very impressed with the effort everyone made in trying to meet with every table possible.

This Friday we will be meeting with Seim Johnson in our auditorium (room 113) at 6:00 pm. The topic will be on fraud in today's economy. Dress code is business casual for this Friday’s meeting. Food will be provided and we will have our election for Reporting Officer after Seim Johnson's presentation.

Announcements

• The 9th annual Omaha Metro Area Buddy Walk for the National Down Syndrome Society will be Saturday, October 9th at 10 AM at UNO's Campus. You can earn volunteer hours by participating in the walk or by simply showing up and cheering on the walkers. If you're interested you can find out more information at their website here.
• Kaplan and CPAexcel are still looking for Campus Reps. This is a great way to get a free CPA review course. Please let me (jbright@unomaha.edu) know if you're interested and I can send you their contact information.
• Nebraska State Board of Public Accountancy and the Education Advisory Committee will host Dr. Craig Mills, AICPA Exam Director, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at Mammel Hall. Dr. Mills will present at 9:00 am, and a question-and-answer session will follow his remarks at 10:00 am. The topic will be the CPA Exam including exam content, IFRS, simulations, among other changes effective January 1, 2011. Please RSVP to Darryl Burgdorf, UNO Accounting Department Secretary, at dburgdorf@unomaha.edu by September 17th.
  

We look forward to seeing you on Friday,

Jacob Bright

President

The Weekly Report (week of 8/30/2010)

Members & Candidates

Thank you to everyone who attended the Semester Kick-Off and Candidate Orientation. The BAP officer staff was impressed with the number and quality of candidates, and we hope all of you continue taking the required steps to complete initiation. Our next meeting is our Meet the Firms event to be held in the Mammel Hall Atrium next Friday, September 10th. Have all your resumes sent to me (jbright@unomaha.edu) by the end of today. We will be meeting in the Mammel Hall Auditorium (room 113) at 6:00 PM and you will be released throughout the Atrium after we have verified that we've received your dues. In addition, we are still looking for volunteers for Tuesday's Dunk the Dean philanthropy event for the Omaha Child Saving Institute being put on by the Student Marketing Association. Let Josh Hick (jhick@unomaha.edu) know as soon as you can if you would like to participate.

I'd encourage you to like our Facebook page (facebook.com/unobap), and I'd like to thank the 40 who have already done so!

Dress code is business professional for Meet the Firms.

Announcements

• Dues must be paid by September 10th. They are $30.00 for both members and candidates.
• Nominations are still being accepted for our Reporting Officer position, I will close the nomination process September 9th and we will vote at our September 17th meeting.
• BAP membership applications should already be completed and turned in. If you have not completed one please get with me or Stephanie Vanicek (svanicek@unomaha.edu) immediately.
• If you are interested in helping with the Dunk the Dean philanthropy event for the Omaha Child Saving Institute please e-mail Josh Hick, President of the Student Marketing Association.
• Resumes are due to me by the end of today.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday,

Jacob Bright

President