PCPS George Willie Ethnically Diverse Student Scholarship & Internship Cosponsoring Firms Selected

DURHAM, NC--February 1, 2022-- In an effort to help accounting firms develop ethnically diverse talent, PCPS provided the George Willie Ethnically Diverse Student Scholarship & Internship, connecting PCPS member firms with promising accounting majors of diverse backgrounds. 

Several firms applied to serve as a cosponsoring firm that will provide an internship during busy season 2023 (January-April) to ethnically diverse students entering the accounting profession. AICPA PCPS has selected ten firms to cosponsor, and will award up to $10,000 per student towards their tuition in exchange for completing an internship with a cosponsoring firm.

Four CPAFMA member firms have been selected, and they are listed below:

• Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP
• Brown, Edwards & Company
• Blackman & Sloop, CPAs, PA
• REDW, LLC

Other firms selected include:

• BBD, LLP
• Lance CPA Group
• Lurie, LLP
• Novogradac & Company, LLP
• Smith Patrick PC CPAs 
• Tonneson & Company, PC

STUDENT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN ON THE PCPS WEBSITE!