The MSU School of Accountancy will once again this spring be offering its free tax preparation clinics to the general public who qualify under the low income guidelines.  This service will begin Saturday, February 2, 2013 and run through Saturday, April 13, 2013.  Please check our link under “Public Service Tax Clinics” for dates, times, locations and additional information.

Olivia Kimminau, a Graduate Assistant for the School of Accountancy during the Spring 2013 semester, has been named by the Missouri Society of CPAs as the December 2012 Student of the Month.  Olivia was nominated by the faculty at Missouri State University for this honor.  The MSCPA has a student website, www.leap-forward.com<http://www.leap-forward.com>, which highlights accounting majors in Missouri.  Every month an accounting major from a Missouri school, who is an MSCPA student member, is showcased.  Please check out the direct link (<http://www.leap-forward.com/sotmwinner.html>) to the winner’s page on Thursday, January 31, 2013 or later to read about Olivia as the newest monthly winner!

The annual SOA Scholarship & Awards Banquet for the upcoming fall 2013 semester will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2013 in the Crystal Room of Kentwood Hall commencing at 6:30 p.m. The event is free to School of Accountancy scholarship award recipients, but we encourage recipients to bring guest(s) to share the evening with them (at the cost of @$20 per person to cover the cost of the banquet meal).  Tickets may be purchased in the SOA office up to two days before the event.  Please call Linda in the School of Accountancy office at 417-836-5414 with any questions regarding the event.