{"id":30957,"date":"2014-06-03T14:36:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=30957"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:33:51","slug":"leadership-stands-out-one-accounting-majors-formula-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/06\/03\/leadership-stands-out-one-accounting-majors-formula-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Stands Out: One accounting major\u2019s formula for success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/02\/business-students-preparing-to-take-professional-pledge-first-of-its-kind-in-the-area\/newsroom_rscob\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25968\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2013\/12\/newsroom_rscob-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>Excerpt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Yanak, junior accounting major at Wright State University, takes involvement and leadership to a new level with his active lifestyle \u2013 on and off campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery experience in life is an opportunity to grow and learn something new,\u201d said Yanak. His successes and accomplishments thus far are a result of his strong commitment to learning, leadership and giving back.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to serving as a seasonal administrative assistant for Insurance Strategy Incorporated, throughout college, Yanak has been involved in numerous activities including Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Club and the John Talbot Accounting Leadership Program. \u201cCollege is the perfect opportunity to branch out and get involved,\u201d said Yanak. \u201cI am passionate about accounting and sharing my love for accounting.\u201d This passion led him to The Ohio Society of CPAs\u2019 (OSCPA\u2019s) Student Ambassador Program.<\/p>\n<p>As an OSCPA Student Ambassador, Yanak is able to promote the accounting major and CPA profession to other students while strengthening critical communication and leadership skills. He has given multiple presentations to classrooms and organizations that focus on the opportunities and benefits of a career in accounting. In addition, Yanak took the initiative to create a new program on campus by partnering with Wright State\u2019s Multicultural Affairs &amp; Community Engagement division. The program, called Inclusiveness in Accounting, aims to strengthen the accounting program\u2019s \u2013 and the profession\u2019s \u2013 diversity and inclusiveness. \u201cThe goal is simply to expose the unlimited opportunities and benefits of accounting to a wider audience of undecided college students,\u201d said Yanak. \u201cBy reaching out specifically to underrepresented groups, I hope to make them feel welcome, wanted, and that a future is there for them in accounting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the whole story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiocpa.com\/news-interests\/news\/2014\/05\/06\/leadership-stands-out-one-accounting-major-s-formula-for-success\">www.ohiocpa.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Brandon Yanak, junior accounting major at Wright State University, takes involvement and leadership to a new level with his active lifestyle \u2013 on and off campus. \u201cEvery experience in life is an opportunity to grow and learn something new,\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/06\/03\/leadership-stands-out-one-accounting-majors-formula-for-success\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":25968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,748,4906,714,715,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-business","category-finance-accountancy-management-information-systems-and-economics","category-for-the-media","category-news","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30957"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30962,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30957\/revisions\/30962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}