The Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation established a scholarship program whose purpose is to provide scholarship assistance to junior, senior and graduate accounting students who plan to become Certified Public Accountants and enter the accounting profession. To be considered for this scholarship, a student must:
• Be a current TSCPA Student member ($35).
• Be a junior or senior accounting major or graduate student in accounting attending a university in the Austin Chapter Area, or a student of Austin Community College’s Professional Accountant, Advanced Technical Certificate program, with the intent of becoming a Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation.
• Submit the following to the Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation Scholarship Committee, Austin CPA Chapter, 3305 Northland Drive, #406, Austin, TX, 78731, to be received by December 1, 2011:
o A typed or neatly printed application, signed by the chairperson of the university’s accounting department.
o Official cumulative college transcript(s) through the end of the spring 2011 semester to include credit hours earned from all colleges and universities and cumulative GPA.
o A typed letter addressed to the Scholarship Committee, Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation, explaining why you want to become a CPA.
One (1) $2,500 Bette Williams Scholarship; and at least four (4) $1,500 scholarships and will be awarded. Checks will be made payable to the university for the benefit of the student and mailed to the university in time for the spring semester.
The scholarship application is available online at: http://austin.tscpa.org/Scholarships/index.html.

Questions? Please contact the Austin Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants at: (512) 445-0044.

Submitted by Leslie Ethridge