Educational Foundation Programs

Academic Excellence Award

Certificates of Academic Excellence are presented to the undergraduate accounting major with the highest overall GPA at participating senior Georgia colleges and universities or to the student with the highest grade in the "Principles of Accounting" class at junior colleges. Society chapters sponsor award programs for schools in their areas.

Online Application

Printable Application (.pdf)

Accounting Educator of the Year

Each year the "Accounting Educator of the Year Award" is presented to an outstanding educator in the field of accounting. The presentation will be made at a ceremony each fall coinciding with the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Society and of the Educational Foundation.

As an additional encouragement to accounting educators, the Foundation supports the Georgia Association of Accounting Educators both financially and through participation in the association.

Information Memo (.pdf)

Printable Nomation Form (.pdf)

Cash for Professional Awareness

The Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants is introducing an initiative at Georgia colleges and universities to fund programming that increases accounting awareness among collegiate students. The Inaugural C.P.A. (Cash for Professional Awareness) Initiative has been established. With the fiscal challenges facing many institutions of higher education, the Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants will provide dollar-for- dollar funding for approved accounting awareness programs. The program's goal is to expand the ability of accounting programs to positively influence college students' perceptions about a career in accounting.

Program Overview and FAQs

Application(.pdf)

Closing Package (.pdf)

Best Practices (.pdf)

Gold Key Award

The Society's Gold Key Awards are presented to the five candidates who are Georgia residents and students/alumni at a Georgia institution of higher education, earning the highest aggregate scores in passing all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination on their first attempt. In order to be considered in any year, candidates will have to have completed testing in the previous calendar year.

All five awards will be equal in level. The winners will receive identical "Gold Key Award" plaques from the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Howard Herman Service Award

: The Howard Herman Distinguished Service Award is the highest award presented by the Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of CPAs. It recognizes the individual who has given outstanding service to the Educational Foundation. This award was created by the Educational Foundation in memory of Howard Herman, past president of the Educational Foundation and the Georgia Society of CPAs.

Deadline for nominations is September 15, 2010.

Howard Herman Award
Guidelines & Application (.pdf)