{"id":3217,"date":"2017-05-03T10:09:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:09:34","slug":"coba-celebrates-the-macc-class-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2017\/05\/03\/coba-celebrates-the-macc-class-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"COBA Celebrates the MAcc Class of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>COBA honored the MAcc (Master of Accountancy) class of 2017 at a luncheon on Tuesday, May 2nd that was sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3210\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9130-490x327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9130-490x327.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9130-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9130-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9130-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\nAmanda Stephens receives MAcc award from Dr. Curtis Clements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amanda Stephens was named the Outstanding MAcc Graduate of the Year.\u00a0 As an undergraduate student, Amanda majored in Accounting with minors in Spanish, Sociology, and Public Service. Amanda will start full-time in January with Whitley Penn in its Forensic, Litigation, and Valuation Services Department.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-2933 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\">\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3212\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3212\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3212\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9111-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9111-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9111-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9111-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9111-490x327.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Baker<\/p><\/div><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris Baker, partner with PwC and ACU alum, addressed the graduates and encouraged them to live a life of authenticity and integrity in all that they do. He also impressed upon them the need to give back to the world around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3213\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3213\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9143-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9143-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9143-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9143-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9143-490x327.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. David Perkins<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>Dr. David Perkins gave a blessing over the graduates, reading Deuteronomy 8, and exhorting them to never forget the Lord, live humbly and remember that everything has been given to them by God \u2013 including their abilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3211 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9155-490x250.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9155-490x250.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9155-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9155-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9155-768x391.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAcc Class of 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Graduates, your adventure begins now. Congratulations to the Master of Accountancy graduating class of 2017!<\/p>\n<p>To download and\/or order prints of pictures from the luncheon, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjennings.smugmug.com\/Events\/MAcc-Luncheon-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COBA honored the MAcc (Master of Accountancy) class of 2017 at a luncheon on Tuesday, May 2nd that was sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Amanda Stephens receives MAcc award from Dr. Curtis Clements Amanda Stephens was named the Outstanding MAcc Graduate of the Year.\u00a0 As an undergraduate student, Amanda majored in Accounting with minors in Spanish, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[818,2090,2838,2801,6633,2750,6627,154272,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-accounting","category-coba-alumni","category-coba-events","category-coba-faculty","category-current-students","category-faith-infusion","category-macc","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3224,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions\/3224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}