News from the Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy

Boosting Scholarship

The Adkerson School of Accountancy’s 2025 Spring Recognition Banquet set a new record for attendance, with students, employers and donors gathering to celebrate and reward our students’ accomplishments. The highlight was awarding some $200,000 in scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year.

Stacy (left) and Ginger (right) Thomas with recipient Emma Vaughn

Phil (left) and Emry (right) Duckworth with recipients Andrew Trudell and Lillian McCaleb

(From left) Jan Lewis and Steven Eilders of BMSS with recipient Helen Pope

(From left) Ashley Willson of KPMG with recipients Emma LaBarreare, Kensley McFarling, Cathryn Otero, Landon Meadows and Logan Meadows

Griffin Brown (right) of Deloitte with recipient Mia Oliver

(From left) Bill Felder of Harper, Rains, Knight and Co. with recipients Rachel Singleton and Kate Moss

Many thanks to our alumni and other supporters for promoting the education of outstanding young men and women through these scholarships!

2025-2026 Adkerson School of Accountancy Scholarships

Benjamin Head Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Bill & Susan Baker Endowed Scholarship

BMSS Annual Scholarship

Bogard Family Annual Scholarship

CBIZ Accounting Excellence Scholarship

C SPIRE Accounting Excellence Scholarship

Daniel & Leigh Thomas Annual Scholarship

Deloitte Accounting Excellence Scholarship

Don Whitmire Endowed Scholarship

Donald & Linda Garrett Endowed Scholarship

Dora Herring Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Edd Milam Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Emry & Phil Duckworth Endowed Scholarship

Ernst & Young Annual Excellence Scholarship

Forvis Mazars Accounting Excellence Scholarship

Frank Jackson Endowed Scholarship

Frank Jackson Annual Graduate Scholarship

Harper, Rains, Knight & Company Annual Scholarship

Horne Endowed Accounting Excellence Scholarship

Howard Bland Endowed Scholarship

J.H. Kennedy Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Jobie T. Melton Endowed Accounting Scholarship

John Ferguson Endowed Scholarship

Joseph McIlwain Endowed Scholarship

KPMG Endowed Accounting Scholarship

Mark David Brasfield Endowed Memorial Graduate Scholarship

May & Company Endowed Scholarship

Nellah Taylor Endowed Scholarship

Patrick Davis Memorial Annual Scholarship

Paul & Mickie Allen Endowed Scholarship

Philip & Sandra Smith Endowed Scholarship

Robert Livingston Endowed Scholarship

Roger Boatner and Family Endowed Scholarship

Roger N. Hill Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Stacy & Ginger Thomas Endowed Scholarship

Stephen Burwell Endowed Scholarship

Suzanne Haggard Endowed Scholarship

T.E. Lott & Company Annual Accounting Scholarship

Troy Baldwin Endowed Memorial Accounting Scholarship

Wallace Smith Endowed Scholarship

Warren Averett Annual Scholarship

Warren Averett Endowed Scholarship

Wayne Coleman Endowed Scholarship

William M. Gulledge Sr. Endowed Memorial Scholarship