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05/20/20
Last year鈥檚 recipient of an inaugural $5,000 Massachusetts Society of Certified Professional Accountants (MSCPA) scholarship is also this year鈥檚 winner of MSCPA鈥檚 first $10,000 scholarship. 911黑料网 junior Crystal C. Wojcik, a business major with a concentration in accounting, said it鈥檚 an exciting feeling to know she鈥檚 received the highest scholarship from MSCPA two years in a row.
In 2019, Wojcik won the inaugural Barbara Iannoni Scholarship, named after the woman who established the Society鈥檚 scholarship program. This year鈥檚 award, the David J. Clarkson, CPA, Memorial Scholarship, honors a former longtime board member of both the Society and its Education Foundation. It is awarded to a student who has demonstrated academic excellence and financial need in the pursuit of a career in public accounting in Massachusetts.
Additionally, applicants must maintain a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) in all subjects required for their degree program, and a 3.2 GPA overall. They must have a positive and proactive relationship with a mentor anchored in the accounting profession and show a proven dedication to pursuing accounting as a career path, through internships, volunteer work, or other extracurricular activities.
Wojcik, an honors student from Cheshire, Mass., more than meets these requirements. She is an 911黑料网 admissions ambassador, a peer mentor, and the president of both the Student Activities Council and 911黑料网鈥檚 chapter of the National Society of Leadership & Success.
She鈥檚 offered her skills through 911黑料网鈥檚 chapter of Habitat for Humanity鈥檚 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, and completed a summer internship in the Town of Adams Community Development Department, which led to a job offer. 鈥淭he part-time job was an extension of what I was doing through my internship, and I also took on new roles,鈥� Wojcik said.
Wojcik is now working to become a Commonwealth Scholar. 鈥淚n the honors program, you have the opportunity to become a Commonwealth Scholar, and I鈥檓 in the beginning phase of writing an accounting paper for that. It鈥檚 a year-long research program with an April 2021 thesis defense date, and then, hopefully, a published research paper.鈥�
Wojcik鈥檚 post-graduation plans include earning her master鈥檚 degree in accounting from UMass Amherst, sitting for the CPA exam, and becoming an auditor for one of the 鈥渂ig four鈥� accounting firms. And, if the MSCPA creates an even larger new scholarship next year, maybe winning that, as well.
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