Project Innovation: The Start Here Go Places. Competition of Creative Excellence – Deadline approaching

If your students haven’t entered the American Institute of CPAs student competition yet, don’t worry, there’s still time. Now through February 6, students are encouraged to work in teams and come up with the next big thing for the award winning website StartHereGoPlaces.com. There are scholarships and school funds at stake for the most original, creative ideas. Plus, the idea selected will become a real feature on StartHereGoPlaces.com. For more information on the competition log on to www.StartHereGoPlaces.com/projectinnovation.

The deadline to enter is February 6^th.

A Unique Educational Experience for You and Your Students

The American Institute of CPAs announces a great opportunity for you and your students.

Project Innovation: The Start Here, Go Places.^®Competition of Creative Excellence encourages students to work in teams to come up with the next big thing for our website to make it even bigger and better than it is today. What do they want to see on www.StartHereGoPlaces.com? The AICPA wants to hear from your students, and they’ll reward them—and your school—in return.

Students behind the most original, creative ideas will be awarded scholarships, and their schools will also receive funds. Plus, the idea selected will become a real feature on StartHereGoPlaces.com. For more information on the competition log on to www.StartHereGoPlaces.com/projectinnovation.

But hurry! The deadline to enter is February 6^th.

Clearly Pretty Awesome Competition Winner Announced

Clearly Pretty Awesome Competition Winner Announced

While C-P-A does not stand for Celebrity Paparazzi Antagonist, it does represent the winning entry for Jamie Nicholson and Caddo Mills High School in Caddo Mills, Texas. The high school student’s anti-definition of the acronym CPA beat out nearly 1000 other entries to score the top prize in the AICPA’s 
StartHereGoPlaces.com website’s first ever competition – the Clearly Pretty Awesome Competition – meant to encourage high school students to investigate accounting careers through the website designed primarily for them. Ms. Nicholson won a laptop for her creativity and her entry was chosen to kick off the Start Here, Go Places. advertising campaign. In addition, her school will be awarded a  $3,000 grant in her name for educational resources. The second-place entry, Country Pig Artist, came from Erica Haeberlin, a student atWhitefield Academy in Louisville, KY. To find out more about the Competition and the finalist entries, visit StartHereGoPlaces.com.