January 9, 2024

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This past year, more than 140 Society members remembered the Society’s Foundation by making nearly $29,000 in contributions that will support accounting students at 14 colleges and universities throughout Nebraska. Thank you to everyone on the following Foundation Honor Roll for helping to ensure the pipeline of new CPAs will continue to flow in Nebraska!

Society Award Scholarship Recipients Jenna Jaeschke Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityOutstanding CPA in Business & Industry Award ScholarshipHonoring Neal D. Lyons Max Tomes University of Nebraska OmahaOutstanding Accounting Educator Award ScholarshipHonoring Dr. Susan W. Eldridge Joshua Wiemers University of Nebraska-LincolnPublic Service Award Scholarship Honoring Former State Senator John P. Stinner Colby Tichota Midland UniversityDistinguished Service to the Profession Award

Outstanding CPA In Business & Industry Award NEAL D. LYONSToday, nearly half of the Society’s current members do not practice public accounting but instead have careers as educators, in government, or in a variety of capacities in business and industry in Nebraska. One of those outstanding Society members is Neal D. Lyons, who is the

“Thank you for your generosity in providing this scholarship. It means a lot to receive a scholarship from an organization in the profession I am majoring in.” — Wayne State College Scholarship Recipient “Thanks to you, I am able to pay for my textbooks for the entire last year of schooling, in addition to obtaining

Since 1976, the Foundation of the Nebraska Society of CPAs has supported the future of the CPA profession in Nebraska by sponsoring scholarships for accounting students attending Nebraska colleges and universities. This year, the Society’s Foundation contributed $95,000 in scholarships to accounting students at 14 Nebraska colleges and universities. This translated to scholarships for 74