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The primary objective of the Leventhal School of Accounting Summer Leadership Program is to increase the understanding and awareness of accounting and business career opportunities among high school minority youth in the public and private school system. We are seeking 45 high school students who will enter 10th, 11th, and 12th in the Fall 2010.
The goal of the Summer Leadership Program (SLP) is to bring the accounting experience to the selected participants. As a result, the week-long event is tailored to show students the opportunities available to them in the accounting industry and at the University of Southern California. For example, the Accounting Workshops provide students with a preliminary understanding of the profession in terms of careers, methodologies, and education. In addition, the Case Study Competitions allow SLP students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the workshops through hands-on activities. Other activities include:
Activities
- Accounting Workshops
- Case Study Competitions
- Tours of two of the Big Four Accounting Firms
- Field Trip to the Paramount Pictures
- USC Information Sessions
- Social Bonding
Leventhal's Summer Leadership Program (SLP) is a week-long on-campus event to introduce High School students to the opportunities available to them in the accounting profession and at USC. In true college freshman fashion, the students live in dorms for the duration of the program and attend a regimen of classes at USC.
Parents are also involved. On the first day SLP reviews the week's activities and program facilitors discuss critical issues that will assist parents in preparing their children to enter the university. Parents will also attend the students' end of program presentations and banquet.
The SLP is supported with funding from the Program Sponsors. It is administered by accounting professor Ken Simmonds and program coordinator, Audrena Goodie. Simmonds has been involved for several years with mentoring minority K-12 graders about the value of a college education.
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Kendall L. Simmonds
Director |
Audrena M. Goodie
Coordinator |
SLP Planning Committee Members: 2009-2010
Dennis Frankeberger
CPA CFE |
Frankeberger Vausher & Company
Chairman, Leventhal School of Accounting Board of Advisors |
John Menchaca
Managing Partner |
John Menchaca and Company
Member, Leventhal School of Accounting Board of Advisors |
Carlos Gutierrez
Partner |
Ernst &Young |
Bruce Inghram
HR Director |
Western Region Deloitte |
Gabe De La Rosa
Partner |
KPMG |
Thivantha "T" Kurera
Campus Recruiting Manager |
KPMG |
Bryan Barnes
Manager |
INROADS |
Janet Robinson
Client Manager |
INROADS |
Tiffiani Frye
Director |
Undergraduate Admissions, Marshall School of Business, USC |
Domenika Lynch
Executive Director |
USC Mexican American Alumni Programs |
Eunice Joshua Clarke
Assistant to the Dean |
Leventhal School of Accounting |
Audrena Goodie
Coordinator |
SLP, Leventhal School of Accounting |
Lisa Rhone
Senior Associate Director |
Office of Admissions, USC |
Rose Layton
Faculty |
Leventhal School of Accounting |
Sharoni Little
Faculty |
Leventhal School of Accounting |
Ken Simmonds
Director, Faculty |
SLP, Leventhal School of Accounting |
Randolph Beatty
Dean |
Leventhal School of Accounting, Ex Officio |
James Manegold
Associate Dean |
Leventhal School of Accounting, Ex Officio |
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