{"id":152623,"date":"2024-08-09T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=152623"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:21:32","slug":"accounting-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/08\/09\/accounting-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Junior Nicholas May is thriving in Wright State\u2019s accountancy program and as a student leader in the Raj Soin College of Business. (Photo by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

You could say that Nicholas May gives a good account of himself. He\u2019s not an athlete, but he helps athletes do better. He\u2019s not an administrator, but he helps his classmates navigate academia. And he does this \u2013 and more \u2013 while furthering his family legacy.<\/p>\n

May is an accountancy major<\/a> in Wright State University\u2019s Raj Soin College of Business<\/a>. He is following his father, Norman May, who has two degrees from Wright State: an associate degree in business and administration from the Lake Campus and a bachelor\u2019s degree in business in accountancy and finance from the Dayton Campus. Other family member earned accounting degrees from Wright State as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took an accounting class in high school. I did well and enjoyed it,\u201d said May, who is a native of Troy.<\/p>\n

During his college search, he found Wright State was the best fit.<\/p>\n

This fall he starts his second semester of his junior year thanks to College Credit Plus courses he took in high school. He has spent only one year on Wright State\u2019s campus, but it has been a year of activities and honors.<\/p>\n

May is treasurer of the Dean\u2019s Student Advisory Board for the Raj Soin College of Business, which affords him and other students networking opportunities with local professionals and their insight into accounting. The board\u2019s biweekly meetings include a mix of recent and earlier graduates and give students the chance to interact with Donald Hopkins, the college\u2019s interim dean.<\/p>\n

May is a Dean\u2019s Scholar and the college\u2019s 2024 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Scholar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pretty excited when I found out about that in the spring,\u201d May said. \u201cIt\u2019ll help me graduate debt-free and help me prepare for my future.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is in the John Talbott Accounting Leadership Program, in which he works with a mentor from outside the university to learn about careers in accountancy. And he is a member of Beta Alpha Psi, an honors organization for financial information students and professionals, through which May said those in the field address the students about potential internships.<\/p>\n

May also does his part to help those like him. He staffs the front desk in the college\u2019s Dean\u2019s Office, answering questions and booking appointments with advisors.<\/p>\n

May\u2019s high level of involvement is noticed by Hopkins, who said for May to be selected to the Dean\u2019s Advisory Board as a first-year student last year was an accomplishment in itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cNicholas\u2019s contributions of time have been extraordinary with his role as a student worker in the Dean’s Office, his participation at orientation sessions and Raider Open House, and as a coach for this year’s Professional Business Institute summer camp while maintaining an outstanding academic record,\u201d Hopkins said.<\/p>\n

May\u2019s activity extends beyond accounting and the classroom. He is a student manager for the Wright State baseball team. He edits videos of pitchers and hitters, loads baseballs into pitching machines and does a little scouting of upcoming opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched Wright State baseball growing up,\u201d he said. \u201cI lived only 30 minutes away. It\u2019s good baseball, and I\u2019m a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

May, who played basketball and baseball in high school, also officiates middle school basketball and youth basketball games. Noting the shortage of qualified sports officials, May said he enjoys officiating.<\/p>\n

May is weighing whether to take on a second major, finance. In other plans, he would like to become a certified public accountant and work at a CPA firm or as a treasurer for a school district.<\/p>\n

He has one particular school district in mind \u2014 the one in which he grew up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I could work for Troy schools, that\u2019d be pretty cool,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve always enjoyed the town.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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