The AICPA announced on Wednesday that 15 students transitioning from community colleges to four-year universities have been granted the
Each student will receive $3,000 towards their tuition for the 2015-2016 school year, provided by the
“We’ve noticed an increased trend of students from two-year schools transferring to four-year colleges and universities as they work towards entering the accounting profession. The AICPA Foundation Two Year Transfer Scholarship recognizes these exceptional students for their achievement,” said
The 2015-2016 AICPA Foundation Two-Year Transfer Scholarship award recipients are (in alphabetical order):
- Naira Aliyeva - Florida Atlantic University
- Sarah Bergsman - Portland State University
- Leah Brantley - Northeastern University
- Gabriel Cerbana, Seattle University
- Edgar Delgadillo-Plasencia - Oklahoma State University
- Anh Dinh - California State University, Long Beach
- Sandra Gaviria - University of Massachusets Boston
- Taylor Hildebrand - Temple University
- Anastasia Maksimova - University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Trevor Pettway - University of Oklahoma
- Bradlee Rogers - Radford University
- Mark Stratton - Arizona State University
- Lauren Theobald - Middle Tennessee State University
- Pernell Wise - North Carolina Central University
- Stephen Wong - University of Southern California
The scholarship award winners were chosen from more than 700 AICPA Legacy Scholarship applicants. Eligible applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and completed at least 30 semester hours in college-level coursework, including six semester hours in accounting.
The Two Year Transfer Scholarship award is one of four scholarship awards available through the
AICPA Legacy Scholars are
The application deadline for the 2016-17 AICPA Legacy Scholarship is April 1, 2016. For more information, head to the AICPA Legacy Scholars Program