Firms on the move: Students volunteer at DHG Leadership Conference

Bennett Thrasher, Atlanta, will be hiking portions of the Appalachian Trail in June to support mental health awareness and in memory of a coworker. The seven different hikes will take place between June 2 and 13, and were preceded by a Better Mental Health Together event on May 28, which shared the same purpose of celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month.

Somerset CPAs and Advisors, Indianapolis, announced the launch of its “2019 Construction Industry Financial Performance and Salary & Benefits Survey,” which provides information about the financial standing of the national construction community, outlining salaries and benefits by position, balance sheets, statements of operations, and other information provided by participating general and trade contractors.

Members of the Indiana CPA Society visited lawmakers in Washington, D.C.. to discuss the accounting profession’s advocacy agenda as part of the American Institute of CPAs’ Spring Meeting of Council and Annual Members’ Meeting May 19-21.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs selected Jennifer Niece, Assumption College associate professor, as the 2019 Outstanding Educator of the Year, recognizing a full-time accounting educator at a college or university who has demonstrated excellence in a classroom teaching, motivating students and inspiring educational innovation. Niece was honored May 22 at the MSCPA’s annual Believers & Achievers Recognition Reception at The Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy. (Read the full story.)