Accounting for success
Recent accounting graduate Nick Niles has received a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which oversees the audits of public companies and broker-dealers. The board established the PCAOB scholarship program to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to pursue a career in auditing.
“This scholarship helped boost me into grad school,” said Niles, who is pursuing a master’s of accounting (MSA) at Wake Forest University.
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By Kordell Benson ’19