AICPA Announces 2015-2016 Legacy Scholarship Award Applications

The American Institute of CPAs recently announced that the AICPA Legacy Scholarship application is now available on ThisWayToCPA.com for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The AICPA Legacy Scholars Program will provide more than 100 scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year, totaling more than $380,000, to deserving undergraduate and graduate accounting students from across the nation. New this year is a more convenient, streamlined application process which allows students to fill out a single application for all four AICPA Legacy Scholarship awards.

“The AICPA has a long history of investing in the future of the profession by awarding scholarships to highly qualified accounting students,” said Joanne Fiore, AICPA vice president, professional media, pathways and inclusion.

Since 2011, the Institute has been awarding annual scholarships under the AICPA Legacy Scholars program umbrella, expanding the financial award to add a service component. The service aspect of the program is designed to help students develop the soft skills, including leadership and communications, needed to maintain a successful career. Scholarship recipients plan, promote and execute an eight-hour service project each semester. The service activity must relate to accounting, serve the community and be meaningful to the student.

“Our AICPA Legacy Scholars program helps students defray the cost of their education, while helping instill a commitment to public service that the accounting profession is known for,” Fiore added.

AICPA Legacy Scholars are Student Affiliate Members of the AICPA, a free membership option available to all currently enrolled college students. Each AICPA Legacy Scholar is assigned a coach to help guide the student’s service project and offer advice on questions related to the accounting profession. 

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The AICPA Legacy Scholars program comprises four distinct awards:

·         AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship

·         AICPA Foundation Two-Year Transfer Scholarship

·         AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship

·         AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students

Scholarship funding is provided by contributions from the AICPA Foundation, Robert Half International, Accountemps, the New Jersey Society of CPAs, the Accounting Education Foundation of the Texas Society of CPAs and the Virgin Islands Society of CPAs.

Students can apply online at ThisWayToCPA.com. The application deadline is April 1, 2015. For more information, contact scholarships@aicpa.org.

 

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