CALIFORNIAHood & Strong LLP has returned to downtown San Jose after a hiatus of 25 years, with a new 9,000-square-foot office at 10 Almaden Boulevard. ... Grant Thornton LLP has opened a new office in San Diego, at 12340 El Camino Real, Suite 220.
CONNECTICUT
The Links to College Golf Tournament sponsored by the Scillia Dowling & Natarelli Charitable Foundation Inc. and UHY Advisors NE LLC raised more than $60,000 for scholarships for accounting students at Connecticut universities.
FLORIDA
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLP has opened a new office in Boca Raton, in Mizner Park. It will be led by managing partner Marjorie Horwin. ... The Rachlin Foundation, Miami, recently made donations totaling $50,000 through the planned giving program at Rachlin Cohen & Holtz to the Children's Home Society, the Daily Bread Food Bank, the Miami Children's Hospital Foundation/Dan Marino Center and the University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
MARYLAND
The National Association of Black Accountants Inc., Greenbelt, and the Howard University School of Business Center for Accounting Education have launched CPA Bound, to address the barriers to certification and educate their constituents on the importance of obtaining the CPA credential. ... Aronson & Co., Rockville, has announced its Show Us Your Future contest for college accounting and finance majors entering the job market. Entrants are asked to submit a three-minute video that creatively demonstrates where they see themselves after graduation to win a student-to-professional makeover worth more than $2,500. Video entries will be posted on YouTube.com and streamed to www.showusyourfuture.com.
NEW JERSEY
Eisner & Lubin LLP has moved its New
Jersey office from Edison to 2 King Arthur Court, North Brunswick. It will be led by firm partners Michael Stallone and Barry Horowitz.
NEW YORK
The Schonbraun McCann Group, New York City, has formed the Strategy Group to provide strategy services to corporate and real estate industry clients. Barry M. Barovick and Liz Kulik have joined SMG as partners to co-lead the new group.
ONTARIO
Freedman//Gould LLP has joined SBLR Chartered Accountants, Toronto.
TEXAS
The Hanke Group PC, San Antonio, has moved to a new office in the Union Square II Building at 10001 Reunion Place.
VIRGINIA
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Beers & Cutler, Tysons Corner, have announced the recipients of the 2007-2008 James R. Beers Scholarships: Samantha Cohen, Alba Yanira Vargas, Chivon Fahie, Linna Wang and Mina Fukuda.
