From left, Alyman Ouattara, Jacob Harrington, Obed Onyemakonor, Nathan Scheuter, Kylie Garrett and Paola Ibale competed at the 2018 Beta Alpha Psi Annual Meeting held Aug. 9-11 in Washington, D.C.
The Theta Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at the University of Central Arkansas earned a first-place award at the 2018 Annual Meeting held Aug. 9-11 in Washington, D.C.
Beta Alpha Psi is an honor organization for financial information students and professionals with more than 300 chapters on college and university campuses.
Kylie Garrett of Heber Springs, Obed Onyemakonor of Nigeria, Nathan Scheuter of Conway and Alyman Ouattara of Côte d’Ivorie competed in the Branding Your Chapter category of Best Practices using their project, “Accounting: It’s in the Numbers.” After winning first place at the Southwest Regional Conference in February, the students competed against eight other regional winners from across the world and won the competition.
Onyemakonor and Scheuter, along with Paola Ibale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also presented “Showing Gratitude” in a Chapter Operations session. In addition, Jacob Harrington of Conway competed in Project Run With It, a competition that required students to develop solutions to real-life, not-for-profit organization business problems. During the conference, students attended sessions on professional development, ethical behavior, leadership skills, service and professional networking.
The UCA Department of Accounting received contributions from BKD LLP, which allowed the students to travel to the conference. The Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants also sponsored a networking social for all Arkansas Beta Alpha Psi chapters attending the conference.
The Theta Lambda chapter is identified as a superior chapter by the organization for its commitment to professional and service hours. For more information, please contact the chapter’s faculty advisor, Dr. Connie McKnight at cmcknight@uca.edu or (501) 450-5076.
