Lake Villa student receives scholarship to study accountancy at NIU

Jonathan Schroeder, of Lake Villa, Ill, who is majoring in accountancy in the Northern Illinois University College of Business, recently received a scholarship from the Illinois CPA Society.

The scholarship is intended to assist students, both graduate and undergraduate, who plan on pursuing the CPA licensure and demonstrate a course of study that reflects that goal.

The Illinois CPA Society dispensed $47,000 in scholarships to 27 students at eight universities across the state, including three others from Norhtern Illinois University.

NIU Professor of Accountancy Jim Young was also recently honored by the Illinois CPA Society by being selected as the 2012 Outstanding Accounting Educator. He became the seventh member of the NIU faculty to receive that award.