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Iowa Ledger (2019) - Tippie College of Business

Iowa Ledger is an annual publication for alumni and friends of the Department of Accounting, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa.

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family<br />

Hawkeyes Represent at the<br />

<strong>Iowa</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> CPAs<br />

WRITTEN BY • REBEKAH TILLEY<br />

Five members <strong>of</strong> the Hawkeye family were honored at<br />

the <strong>Iowa</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> CPAs (ISCPA) Leadership Conference<br />

and Annual Meeting in May. Austin Greenough (BBA18)<br />

and Grant Miller (BBA17/MAc18) received Capstone<br />

Awards for passing the CPA exam in 2018 and scoring in<br />

the top three <strong>of</strong> all exam takers in the state <strong>of</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong>.<br />

Ellen Willadsen (BBA82), chief financial <strong>of</strong>ficer at<br />

Holmes Murphy & Associates, received the Outstanding<br />

CPA in <strong>Business</strong> and Industry award. The award recognizes<br />

the achievements <strong>of</strong> an <strong>Iowa</strong> CPA who exemplifies and<br />

promotes the CPA designation as the definitive pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

credential for financial managers in business, industry,<br />

education and government.<br />

Annually the ISCPA awards four $2,500 <strong>Iowa</strong> CPA Education<br />

Foundation Scholarships to <strong>Iowa</strong> college accounting<br />

students who make a commitment to take the CPA exam<br />

in <strong>Iowa</strong>. This year, UI senior accounting student Paige<br />

Power <strong>of</strong> Defiance, <strong>Iowa</strong> received a scholarship.<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Instruction and Director <strong>of</strong><br />

Undergraduate Studies in Accounting Kevin Den Adel<br />

(PhD99) was elected treasurer <strong>of</strong> ISCPA for <strong>2019</strong>-20.<br />

He assumed his role as treasurer on May 1, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />

TOP: (L-R):, President <strong>of</strong> the ISCPA Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />

Dwayne Vande Krol, Grant W. Miller, Michaela<br />

Christian, and ISCPA CEO Cindy Adams.<br />

Not pictured: Austin Greenough.<br />

MIDDLE: (L-R): Dwayne Vande Krol, Ellen Willadsen,<br />

and Cindy Adams.<br />

BOTTOM: (L-R): Cindy Adams, Paige Power,<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kevin Den Adel.<br />

26 IOWA LEDGER <strong>2019</strong>

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