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July 2008

Outstanding Seniors Named by PICPA

PHILADELPHIA – The college students listed below received annual scholarships from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for 2007-2008.

Scholarship recipients are accounting majors who have completed a minimum of 36 credit hours. They are selected on the basis of high intellectual capacity, leadership potential, and financial need. This scholarship renews each year until the completion of graduation if the recipient maintains a GPA of 3.0 or above and remains an accounting major.

Note: All students are Pennsylvania residents unless otherwise noted.

Name	College	Hometown	Amount
Jessica Vavithes	Duquesne University	New Wilmington	$5,000
Shane Gastecki	Indiana University of Pa.	Corry	$5,000
Lara Williamson	Bucknell University	Wallingford	$5,000
Katherine Crawford	Drexel University	Lafayette Hill	$5,000
Christopher Hanson	La Salle University	Southampton	$5,000
Zachary Hubert	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh	$4,000
Martina McCabe	Shippensburg University	Hughesville	$4,000
Elizabeth Regan	Bucknell University	Smithtown, N.Y.	$4,000
Brandon DeCecco	Waynesburg College	Liberty Borough	$4,000
Kathleen Shirey	Wilson College	Newville	$4,000
Amanda Cioban	Elizabethtown College	Grantville	$4,000
Lindsay Keagy	Mount Aloysius College	Hollidaysburg	$4,000
Peter Martignetti	St. Joseph’s University	Zionsville	$4,000
William Jackson	The PJA School	Claymont, Del.	$4,000
Ross Schwenk	King’s College	Reading	$4,000
Nicole Axt	Penn State University	Wyomissing	$4,000
Patrick McElwee	Duquesne University	North Versailles	$3,000
Grace Burkholder	Shippensburg University	Harrisburg	$3,000
Carson Buck	Shippensburg University	Shrewsbury	$3,000
Courtney Brown	Shippensburg University	Smithsburg, Md.	$3,000
Stephanie D’Agostino	Chestnut Hill College	Hammonton, N.J.	$3,000
Anastasiya Maksakova	La Roche College	Allison Park	$3,000
Joseph Iannuzzi	La Salle University	Philadelphia	$3,000
Patrick Dougherty	La Salle University	Philadelphia	$3,000
David Stitt	Grove City College	Pittsburgh	$3,000
Umanga Perera	Thiel College	Greenville	$3,000
James Breen	Drexel University	Garnet Valley	$3,000
Ngoc Nguyen	Drexel University	Jackson, N.J.	$3,000
Ogochukwu Okpala	Neumann College	Aston	$3,000
Carley Riggin	Wash. & Jeff. College	Wexford	$3,000
Andrew Shafranich	Philadelphia University	Mattawana	$3,000
Anne Hallock	Temple University	Lancaster	$3,000
Louis DiJiacomo	West Chester University	Downingtown	$3,000
Katelynn Stevens	West Chester University	Cochranville	$3,000
Jennifer Dorfman	Villanova University	Ardmore	$3,000
Marissa Prosky	Villanova University	Lebanon, N.J.	$3,000
Kristin Sterdis	Villanova University	Greensburg	$3,000
Christine Stoisits	Villanova University	Cortlnadt Manor, N.Y.	$3,000
James Moeller	Wilkes University	Shrewsbury	$3,000

Joseph Taricani Memorial Scholarship
Justin Waycaster	Lycoming College	Watsontown	$1,000
Paychex Entrepreneur Scholarship
Viktoriya Degtyarova	St. Joseph’s University	Harrisburg	$1,000
Joseph P. Karpinski Scholarship
Karie Bowman	Bloomsburg University	Bloomsburg	$1,000
Temple Scholarship from Gilroy & Lillian Robert Charitable Foundation
LaShae McCullough	Temple University	Uniondale, N.Y.	$7,500
Erica Hollenback	Temple University	Jessup	$7,500

In the past year, PICPA’s Trustees of the Scholarship Fund awarded $159,000 in new scholarships to 45 accounting majors across the state. Visit PICPA’s student and educator Web site, www.cpazone.org, to get the latest information about student award programs, scholarship opportunities, and information on careers in accounting.

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Contact Jim DeLuccia, communications administrator, at (267) 675-6255, or Kathleen Miller, communications manager, at (215) 972-6188, or e-mail mediaresources@picpa.org.

Founded in 1897, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional association of more than 19,000 CPAs who work in public accounting, industry, government, and education. PICPA is the second-oldest state CPA organization in the United States. To find a member CPA in your area, visit our Web site at www.picpa.org and click on CPA Locator. Students and educators can visit PICPA’s specially designed site www.CPAzone.org to get the latest information about careers in accounting and the CPA profession.

Contact:
Jim DeLuccia, communications administrator, (267) 675-6255; Kathleen Miller, communications manager, (215) 972-6188; or
mediaresources@
picpa.org


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