Campus and Community Briefs
Grad tax team makes top six
The School of Accountancy at Utah State University was selected as one of six teams to move on to the national competition for the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Challenge regional case study
competition.
The regional competition was held Oct. 18 to 19. Eight universities across the country brought together teams from some of the country’s top tax programs to test their tax knowledge and win scholarships and cash prizes.
The other teams moving onto the national competition are from Baylor University, BYU, University of Denver, University of Kansas and the University of Southern California.
USU students participating on the graduate team are Tyler Alleman, Chad Evans, Jared Thompson and Mason Niederhauser. The faculty adviser to the team is Vance Grange. Last year, both the graduate and undergraduate teams from USU participated in the national competition.
The team qualified to participate in the national competition by providing responses to a series of questions about a realistic tax case. While at the University of Washington, the students were given a case, the Internal Revenue Code, related Treasury Regulations and five hours to develop and document coherent responses to the questions.
USU researcher
garners award
Utah State University professor Vijendra Kumar Singh took home honor recently as one of 12 recipients of the O. Spurgeon English Humanitarian Award from the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine and Temple University in Philadelphia.
Singh, a research associate professor in the biology department and Biotechnology and Genomics Research Center, was honored for his distinguished autism research.
The English Humanitarian Award is given annually to recognize special contributions to science and medicine.
Singh is an internationally recognized authority on viral-autoimmunity and autism connection who is committed to finding the cause, treatment and cure for people with neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders, said the organization community members.
Singh said, “I was surprised and satisfied to receive this award. As a scientist you want to see that your research has direct application. It is nice to know that my research is making an impact on mankind. It truly is a humbling
experience.”
PR students host state conference
The student public relations society chapter at Utah State University is hosting a statewide conference this week, bringing together professional PR practitioners and students for a half-day series of panels, competitions and idea-exchange.
The program at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, co-sponsored by the Utah State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and the Richter agency of Salt Lake City, also will include PR students from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.
USU senior Jennifer Hawkins, president of the student PRSSA chapter, said, “The event will showcase the best and brightest in Utah.”