Announcement of CPA Firm Gifts to University Accounting Departments

A number of universities recently reported gifts from alumni and CPA firms for their accounting areas. Grant Thornton donated almost $40,000 to Kansas State; Illinois's CPA Endowment Fund funded a number of Illinois universities as well as scholarships; additionally, both Maryland and George Mason received $250,000 for a scholarship fund from CPA firm Beers and Cutler.

Congratulations to all the above universities on their new funding. At the risk of sounding selfish, it must be reported that the Chair of Accounting Blogging at Austin Peay State University is massively underfunded at the moment--the Chair still needs an inaugurial contribution.