School of Accountancy News

We are pleased to announce that Utah State University now offers a virtual Master of Accounting degree. Students throughout the state of Utah, the country, and even the world can now join a live classroom in Logan, Utah from any remote location

Douglas D. Anderson, Dean of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, announced that five faculty members would be recognized for their outstanding teaching, research, and service through named professorships. “An endowed professorship is viewed in the uni...

We are pleased to announce that the Huntsman School of Business and School of Accountancy’s business and accounting degree programs have successfully completed the continuous improvement review process, and have received the news of their extension of acc...

Huntsman Student awards for the year of 2021. 2021 Student Awards, Geraldine Robins Award, students awards

The Huntsman School’s Beta Alpha Psi student chapter won first place in the 2021 Rocky Mountain Region “Best Practices - Invest in Yourself” competition. A total of 14 schools participated in the competition.

The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business wishes to recognize those individuals within our college who recently received promotions. These individuals are: Dr. James Feigenbaum, Associate Professor in the Economics & Finance Department, was promoted to Full ...

Utah State University’s Delta Omega chapter of Beta Alpha Psi won first place in the 2021 Rocky Mountain Region “Best Practices - Invest in Yourself” competition. In this year’s competition, teams recorded and submitted their presentations electronically ...

Three Huntsman students and a Huntsman club were recognized at the 63rd Annual Robins Awards Ceremony at Utah State University. The Robins Awards are the most coveted of all Utah State honors. They reward students and faculty for hard work and dedication ...

Student teams from The Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University competed in the 2021 CFA Institute Research Challenge and placed 1st and 2nd, making this the 4th year in a row a USU team has won the state-level competition and advanced to the ...

Great leaders strive to live the kind of life that Ralph Waldo Emerson described, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

Saying goodbye is never easy. As we say goodbye to some of the faculty members, we analyze the positive impact they have made during their time at USU.

Our Huntsman faculty and staff deserve recognition for their hard work, impressive accomplishments, and incredible attitudes. Recognize their awards and pay respects to dear friends.

Our students have accomplished many things along their Huntsman Journey. Student Accomplishments and Highlights October 26, 2020

For the seventh year in a row, the USU School of Accountancy has ranked among the top programs in the nation for the CPA Exam pass rate for first-time candidates in large programs. Utah State University ranked 38 out of 247 institutions with programs that...

Douglas D. Anderson, dean of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, announced a gift of over $1 million from the estate of former faculty member Jay Price. The school will establish the Dr. Jay H. Price, Jr./Arthur Andersen Endow...

A medical device firm started by a team of five interdisciplinary students from Utah State University, the University of Utah, and the University of Wyoming won the $25,000 grand prize at Utah’s statewide medical device competition. The firm, Optima Recov...

USU’s Delta Omega chapter of Beta Alpha Psi dominated the Rocky Mountain Region “Best Practices” competition. Our chapter was the only school to compete in all three categories:  Engagement, Innovation, and Impact.

Tara Williams, ’11 received the UACPA award for Women to Watch: Emerging Leader at the UACPA’s Annual Inauguration & Awards Banquet this fall. This award is presented to a woman professional who has made significant contributions to the profession and he...

Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) is an international accounting honors society with 300 chapters around the globe. Over 300,000 members have been initiated since BAP was founded in 1919. The Delta Omega Chapter at Utah State University (USU) now has the nation's long...

For the sixth year in a row, the School of Accountancy has ranked among the top programs in the nation for the CPA Exam pass rate for first-time candidates in large programs (more than 60 candidates). USU ranked 28 out of 249 institutions, with 74.1 perce...

The greatest teachers live forever in the hearts and minds of the students whose lives they touch. With a unique capacity for understanding the way the world works and for communicating that to others, they cultivate passion, curiosity, and a pursuit of e...

Dr. Larzette Hale served as the head of the School of Accountancy at USU for more than 13 years. Former Deloitte CEO Jim Quigley, one of the hundreds of students Dr. Hale influenced in her long career at USU, noted that it was in her accounting class that...

Research published and presented by Huntsman School Faculty including Merideth Thompson, Katarzyna Bilicka, Bret Crane, Chris Hartwell, and Gary Thurgood.

Our Huntsman faculty and staff deserve recognition for their hard work, impressive accomplishments, and incredible attitudes. Recognize their awards and pay respects to dear friends.

From Woman of the Year to Undergraduate Research awards, our students have accomplished many things along their Huntsman Journey.

The School of Accountancy is happy to report that we are ranked in the “Top 50” graduate and undergraduate programs in The Public Accounting Report 2019 Annual Rankings. For programs with 16 or fewer faculty members, the undergraduate program is ranked #5...

Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Kathryn Brightbill, graduated with her PhD in accounting from the University of Iowa and bachelor’s in accounting from Pennsylvania State University. Her dissertation explores the conditions under which analyst teams issu...

Jessica Peters and Sam Adams both received $2,500 IMA scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year. Jessica recently served as the newsletter specialist for our IMA student chapter and Sam served as a vice president this past year and will serve as the pres...

Utah State University celebrated its 132nd Commencement of May 2-3, 2019. The Huntsman School graduated 1,189 students, including Ivan Cheah, our Scholar of the Year, who came to USU from Malaysia, to those who grew up just a few blocks from campus.

Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business announced the establishment of the Huntsman Fund for Faculty Excellence. The $15 million fund will create a permanent endowment for named professorships.

School of Accountancy alum, Heather Allen, ’04 was recognized in the February 2019 edition of Utah Business Magazine as a “40 Under 40” honoree. Heather was recently promoted to tax partner at Tanner LLC, and is one of the few female partners in public ac...

Steve Hurd ’12 received the UACPA Rising Star award at the UACPA’s Annual Inauguration & Awards Banquet. This award is presented to individuals who exemplify excellence and dedication to the UACPA and the CPA profession. Steve joins fellow Aggies Jill Aok...

Professor Lynn Rees is the Bonnie B. and James H. Quigley/Deloitte Foundation Professor of Accountancy at Utah State University. He received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University and has previously been on the faculties at Texas A&M University, Washingt...

Jared Fry and Aubree Matheson both received $2,500 IMA scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year. Jared recently served as treasurer for our IMA student chapter and will be the president for the 2018-19 academic year. Aubree served as secretary for the 2...

The Jon M. Huntsman School Commencement Ceremony held on May 5, 2018, recognized the 807 undergraduates earning their bachelor’s degree. Dean Douglas Anderson introduced the class of 2018, led by Huntsman School Teacher of the Year Polly Conrad, a lectur...

Accounting Student Named Valedictorian The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business named accounting student, Dillon Pierson, it’s 2017-2018 valedictorian. Dillon completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting with a 4.0 GPA. During his comme...

The Delta Omega Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi earned the “Superior Chapter” award for the 39th consecutive year – longer than any other chapter in the nation. They are well on their way to celebrating 40 consecutive years of earning the “Superior Chapter” awa...