{"id":58686,"date":"2014-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-accounting-major-awarded-prestigious-10000-scholarship-will-work-for-pwc-after-graduating-in-may\/"},"modified":"2014-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:00:00","slug":"uri-accounting-major-awarded-prestigious-10000-scholarship-will-work-for-pwc-after-graduating-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/uri-accounting-major-awarded-prestigious-10000-scholarship-will-work-for-pwc-after-graduating-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Accounting major awarded prestigious $10,000 scholarship; will work for PwC after graduating in May"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I., Feb. 24, 2014 — A graduating senior majoring in accounting at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration has won a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.<\/p>\n


\nArianna Greco, 22, from Warren, N.J., said she was shocked when she heard her professors had nominated her for the prestigious scholarship. She described it as \u201ca miracle\u201d that significantly helped her family pay for tuition after her father died in May.<\/p>\n


\nThe Public Company Accounting Oversight Board awards funds to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Accounting degree programs at accredited U.S. colleges and universities. Schools selected as nominating institutions in a given year will not be considered for selection again for the next five years or until all institutions in the group have been selected, whichever occurs first. For 2013-14, one student at each of the 77 colleges and universities received a $10,000 scholarship.<\/p>\n


\nAfter interning at PwC this summer, Greco was offered a fulltime position starting in July. For the successful internship, she said she took everything she had learned in her classes and applied it at this legendary accounting firm. After graduating in May and before starting her new job, she will study for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and take several sections. She credits her father, who was diagnosed with cancer when she started her freshman year, with influencing her studies.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI always liked math and I took two accounting courses in high school and enjoyed them,\u201d said Greco, who is getting a minor in Leadership Studies. \u201cI like learning about business and handling money, and my dad directed me toward accounting because you can do a lot with it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nShe thanked associate professor Kathryn Jervis and the College of Business Administration faculty for nominating her, saying it showed that her hard work here has paid off. To be a CPA requires 150 credit hours of education and that means students often have to obtain a graduate degree as the accounting undergraduate degree is 121 credit hours. But Greco completed the 150 hours in the undergraduate program, a feat only about 5 percent of graduates accomplish.<\/p>\n


\nTo graduate in four years and avoid graduate school, she took six courses each semester, two summer courses, and is taking seven courses this semester. Greco, who has a 3.77 GPA, has made Dean\u2019s List every semester she has been at 溏心vlog免费B站. She is actively involved in several honor societies on campus, was co-president of the Women in Business Club, and served as a 溏心vlog免费B站 101 mentor. She\u2019s excited to graduate but sad to leave 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI don\u2019t want to leave, it\u2019s been great,\u201d she said, praising courses taught by Jervis, associate professor Kate Jelinek, and professor Chet Hickox as being particularly impactful and beneficial. \u201cAll the professors have been great here and are actively involved with their students.\u201d<\/p>\n


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