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Indian Country Today reports that retired PGA golfer Notah Begay III, in his first ambassador role outside of professional sports, has partnered with southwest CPA and business consulting firm REDW to promote accounting and financial literacy to Native American communities.

The Public Accounting Report, the monthly independent newsletter serving the accounting profession since 1978, released the results of their 35th Annual Professors Survey this August, in which accounting professors across U.S. colleges and universities rank collegiate accounting programs.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a quick overview of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s lease accounting standard.

ICBUSA, part of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, has partnered with the Landy Insurance Agency to offer professional liability insurance, privacy and cybercrime coverage to ICBUSA members.

Top 100 firm Weaver announced on Tuesday that their Weaver Private Foundation have chosen Habitat for Humanity as their Charity of Choice for the 2015-16 fiscal year. The Foundation contributed $60,000 to Habitat for Humanity Texas to distribute to the organization's affiliates in locations where Weaver holds offices.

Southern Illinois firm Scheffel Boyle announced on Monday that they'll be adding a new "Agribusiness Service Niche" to their list of client focus groups. The Agribusiness Niche will look to provide tax, accounting, audit, succession and estate planning, as well as general consulting services, to the agricultural industry.

Gwen Jorgensen, a former tax accountant at Ernst & Young, won the gold medal on Saturday at the Triathlon in the Rio Olympic games.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Chief Counsel has released its annual Priority Guidance Plan for 2016 to 2017.

The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) announced on Friday that they've awarded scholarships totaling $250,000 to 97 accounting students attending 18 different colleges and universities in the state.

Coaching and consulting firm ConvergenceCoaching released the highlights of their third annual Anytime, Anywhere™ Work Survey this week, with this year's survey focused on flexible work initiatives based on polls from 160 unique CPA firms.