The Fred Lang Student Competitions
Since 1993 the School's student groups have competed in the Fred Lang Student Cmpetitions, a case-based contest in which teams analyze, resolve and report on timely and tricky cases in accounting. The next Lang Competition is scheduled for Spring 2009. Summaries of the last three contests are included below.
Fred Lang Student Competition 2008:
For the sixteenth consecutive year, the School of Accountancy held its annual Fred Lang Student Competition, Thursday, May 22, 2008, and we again enjoyed a standing-room-only audience of students, faculty, firm representatives, and accounting alumni and past participants. Each of the student groups participating delivered professional-quality presentations to a panel of judges, and fielded judges’ questions. The case used this year, developed by Profs. John E. McEnroe and Mark Sullivan, was again especially timely: the pros-and-cons of the Securities and Exchange Commission proposal that international financial reporting standards be acceptable equally with current US generally accepted accounting principles in required financial statements.
After substantial deliberation by our judges, the School’s Midwest Association of Hispanic Accountants was declared top team.
Our judges this year were Brian Ruben (Deloitte), DePaul’s Controller Bonnie Hirsch, and College of Commerce Dean Ray Whittington. Their task was, as usual, very difficult, and we congratulate them on a job well done.
We would like to thank and congratulate all our student competitors: from the Accounting Club Monica Ackley, Anna Budzikowska, David Zaobiedney and Orlando Pastroe; from the Midwest Association of Hispanic Accountants Syed Ahmed, Abigail Carrillo, Christine Huizar, Nadia Jaber and Dunja Stefanovic; and from the National Association of Black Accountants Eddie Doxey, Adewale Emmanuel, Cierra Murry, and Brent Wilson. As educators, we should all be proud of these students and their accomplishments, and applaud the time, effort and determination required to compete in this annual co-curricular activity.
We’d also like to acknowledge the groups’ moderators: Prof. Elizabeth Murphy (MAHA), Prof. Sandra Shelton (NABA), and Prof. Mark Sullivan (Accounting Club). Their efforts to advance student research, critical thinking and communication skills are very much appreciated.
The 2008 contest was once again sponsored by the School’s chaired professors: Ledger & Quill Alumni Professor Mark L. Frigo, Deloitte Alumni Distinguished Professor John McEnroe, KPMG Professor Kevin Stevens, and myself. We are especially pleased also to acknowledge once again the support of Ledger & Quill, the School’s friends and alumni support organization.
Fred Lang Student Competition 2007:
The School of Accountancy’s fifteenth annual Fred Lang Student Competition was held Tuesday, May 22, 2007, and before an audience of students, faculty, firm representatives, and accounting alumni and past participants. All four student groups once again participated, and each delivered professional-quality presentations to a panel of judges, and fielded judges’ questions. The case used in this year’s contest--concerning the very timely issue of earnings management-- as well as the uniform high quality of the student presentations made judging once more very difficult. But after substantial deliberation by our judges, the team from the School’s chapter of the Midwest Association of Hispanic Accountants was declared top team.
We would like to thank and congratulate all our student competitors: from the Accounting Club Ashley Christianson, Tobiasz Barnas, and Vinita Srivastava (with contributions from Jimmy Miner, Natasha Tierney, Sonya Torres, Pamela Orlowski and Noelle Curbelo); from Beta Alpha Phi Alex Chudnovsky, Monica Ackley, Brad Nelson, Marcelina Kudla, Vishal Shah and Viktoria Godin; from the Midwest Association of Hispanic Accountants Lucy Calderon, Leticia Zavala, Adriana Zavala, Christine Huizar, and Guadalupe Villagomez; and from the National Association of Black Accountants Marcus Collier, Kristin Kelly, Kevin Henderson and Charlene Rhinehart. As educators, we should all be proud of these students and their accomplishments.
Our judges this year were Jenny Babiak (Deloitte) and Paul Nockels (McGladrey & Pullen), both from Ledger & Quill; Jim Logothetis (Ernst & Young), and Brian Ruben (Deloitte). Their task was, as usual, very difficult, and we congratulate them on a job well done.
We’d also like to acknowledge the groups’ moderators: Prof. Elizabeth Murphy (MAHA), Prof. Sandra Shelton (NABA), Deloitte Alumni Professor John McEnroe (BAP) and Prof. Mark Sullivan (Accounting Club). Their efforts are very much appreciated.
The 2007 contest was once again sponsored by the School’s chaired professors: Ledger & Quill Alumni Professor Mark L. Frigo, Deloitte Alumni Distinguished Professor John McEnroe, KPMG Professor Kevin Stevens, and myself. We are especially pleased also to acknowledge once again the support of Ledger & Quill, the School’s friends and alumni support organization.
With our evaluations enthusiastic, our audience larger each year, and students looking forward to next year, we hope to see you at our sixteenth Fred Lang Competition, Spring 2008.
Fred Lang Student Competition 2006:
The School's fourteenth annual Fred Lang Student Competition was held Wednesday, May 24, 2006, and before a standing-room only audience of students, faculty, firm representatives, and accounting alumni and past participants. The case used in this year’s contest, as well as the uniform high quality of the student presentations, made judging difficult yet again, but after substantial deliberation by our judges, the team from the School’s Accounting Club was declared top team.
All four student groups once again participated, and each delivered professional-quality presentations on this year's case. The case concerned accounting estimates and their justification; The students, representing either auditors or controllers, depending on their assignment, presented, their analysis and recommendations to a panel of judges, and fielded judges’ questions, and before an audience of students and faculty.
L&Q would like to thank and congratulate all our student competitors: from the Accounting Club Andrea Cohen, Natasha Tierney, Andrea Greab, Jimmy Miner, Galit Rubenshtein and Sanya Torres; from Beta Alpha Phi Morgan Lechowicz, Tanya Tisljar, Elizabeth Hernandez, Anna Marszalek, Katie Minor and Christopher Merkel; from our chapter of the Midwest Association of Hispanic Accountants Leticia Zavala, Ana Alejo, Lucy Calderon, Oscar Lopez, Aaron Van Osdol and Christina Huizar, and from our chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants, Jennifer Smith, LaToya Wilkins, Kristen Kelly and Heather Lewis. As educators, we should all be proud of these students and their accomplishments.
Our judges this year were H. Edward Morris, Vice President, Valuation Services, CDH Financial Group in Chicago, Visiting Instructor Margaret Towe of the School, and Michael Ritschdorff, with the Chicago office of Ernst & Young. Their task was, as usual, very difficult, and we congratulate them on a job well done.
We’d also like to acknowledge the groups’ moderators for their participation and coaching: Profs. Elizabeth Murphy (MAHA), Sandra Shelton (NABA), RaWhittington (BAP) and Mark Sullivan (Accounting Club). Their efforts are appreciated.
The 2006 contest was once again sponsored by the School’s chaired professors: Ledger & Quill Alumni Professor Mark L. Frigo, Deloitte Alumni Distinguished Professor John McEnroe, KPMG Professor Kevin Stevens, and Ernst & Young Distinguished Alumni Professor Belverd E. Needles. L&Q is especially pleased also to have served once again as a Lang Competition sponsor.