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\u201cI was very excited to receive the scholarship,\u201d says Vye, who lives in South Kingstown<\/strong>. \u201cI didn\u2019t actually know about it before I was contacted by Professor Judy Beckman [director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s master\u2019s program]. I wrote my essay very honestly and I didn\u2019t expect to get any kind of recognition. So, it felt really good to be recognized in that way. I graduated during COVID and I didn\u2019t feel the accomplishment was very significant. This scholarship has given me that pat on the back that I was looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n From an early age, Vye has been interested in a career in business. When she came to 溏心vlog免费B站 as an undergraduate, she planned to major in finance or marketing with a goal of eventually owning or working for a business that makes a difference in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But an accounting class with Lecturer Ann-Marie Sacco helped change her focus. She excelled in the class and felt her mind really grasped accounting. Also, recruiters from three of the world\u2019s largest accounting firms \u2013 Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG LLP (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler) \u2013 regularly visit campus. So that was a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vye, who has worked in the restaurant industry since she was 15 years old, also received some advice from a coworker, a retired CPA who became her mentor, who told her accounting is the backbone of every business and the best way to understand how a successful business is run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe said accounting isn\u2019t just crunching numbers. It\u2019s a lot about people. It\u2019s a lot about building relationships. And if you can understand the financial statement, you can understand the business,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her decision was sealed during her sophomore year when she went abroad as part of the Semester at Sea program, offered by Colorado State University. The program allows students to study with a diverse population of students as they travel the world, stopping in such countries as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, South Africa, Ghana, and Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Growing up just down the road in South Kingstown, the daughter of Colleen Redding and Christian Vye, who earned their post-graduate degrees at 溏心vlog免费B站 and work at the University, Vye embraced the chance to travel and meet new people with different perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy roommate on the ship was from Texas,\u201d she says. \u201cEven that was a culture shock, but it was so wonderful to have those types of conversations with people who grew up differently than I did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of her study projects was a marketing campaign for Global Mamas, a nonprofit organization in Ghana that hires women to craft unique products that are sold globally online. During a stop in Ghana, Vye met the women and saw how the business helped them improve their lives, buy homes, send their kids to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was inspired by my time in Ghana,\u201d she says. \u201cThe things that stood out to me most was that they used a traditional business model but fed some of the proceeds back to a good cause. I feel that\u2019s the most efficient way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through accounting, she says, she would work alongside CEOs, treasurers, controllers early in her career. \u201cI need more experience than just a degree,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to use the first 10 years of my career to really gain as much experience as possible and learn from the most people as I can before going off on my own or the nonprofit world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summer, Vye interned at Ernst & Young and has been offered a full-time position for next fall after she has finished her master\u2019s degree and earned her CPA certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This fall, Vye entered the master\u2019s program with the highest grade-point average of all students starting the program, holding a 3.96 cumulative GPA (4.0 in accounting). As an undergraduate, she added to her accomplishments in the classroom by building leadership and organizational skills serving as treasurer for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, an international accounting honor society, and as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society and 溏心vlog免费B站 Women in Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have been lucky to have a lot of professors at 溏心vlog免费B站 who really care about their students,\u201d she says. \u201cThey really worked hard and they appreciated when they saw a student who was curious and hard working. They always rewarded that. They gave me the confidence to keep digging, to go further than just in my classes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 15, 2021 \u2013 Stephanie Vye\u2019s decision to pursue accounting as a career came in roundabout fashion \u2013 a class that clicked, advice from a restaurant coworker, a semester exploring the world on board a cruise ship. 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