UA WALTON COLLEGE DOCTORAL STUDENT RECEIVES INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Marty Stuebs, a second-year doctoral student in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, has received a $5000 Institute of Management Accounting (IMA) fellowship.

The award included attendance as a guest at the 83rd annual IMA conference in San Diego, June 22-26, 2002, where he heard CFOs and business leaders discuss what it takes to succeed in the 21st century marketplace.

The purpose of the IMA is to provide members with personal and professional development opportunities in management accounting, financial management, information management through education and association with business professionals, and certification in management accounting and financial management.

This year, Stuebs also received a teaching award from Beta Alpha Psi, the national honors fraternity for financial information professionals. He previously had received an American Accounting Association Fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year.

Carolyn M. Callahan, Doris M. Cook Chair and program director of the Walton College’s doctoral accounting program, said, "We are very pleased to have Marty in the doctoral program. He is an outstanding student. We were thrilled that he has continued to receive national recognition with this fellowship.

She added, "Many business schools are expanding their facilities to meet the student demand for business education that has greatly increased in the last decade. Conversely there is a shortage of qualified business professors to teach these students. With this fellowship, the IMA and the Walton College are playing a role in reversing this trend."

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