CPA-Passport to Opportunity Creates Awareness and Interest in Our Profession

Pennsylvania CPA Journal, January, 2008 by Anonymous

Fall is usually harvest time but, for CPAs, it is planting season. Every fall, PICPA volunteers plant the seeds of opportunity by reaching out to students and talking about the benefits of majoring in accounting and becoming a CPA. One of PICPA's strongest career awareness programs is CPA-Passport to Opportunity.

This year, more than 60 PICPA members volunteered to participate in nine PICPA Passport to Opportunity programs across the state. Their efforts reached more than 1,400 students from 75 different schools. High school students and college students who have not declared a major were ...