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Accountancy Prizes Awarded
The 4th annual NUIM Accountancy Showcase took place on Tuesday December 9th 2008 in NUI Maynooth's beautiful south campus. All the leading professional firms including PWC, E&Y,KPMG and Deloitte attended as well as the Irish Accounting and Taxation Institutes.
This was a tremendous opportunity for the students to learn more about a career in Accountancy whilst also showcasing NUIM students to the Accounting profession.There are presently 300 students studying the BA Finance & Accounting degree at NUIM. The 1st year KPMG prize was presented to Claire Buckley, the 2nd year E&Y prize was presented to Pamela Gumley and the 3rd year PWC prize was presented to Philip Murphy.
The new Masters in Accounting at NUIM was offically launched at the Showcase by President Professor John Hughes and two new academic prizes- The KPMG prize for the top MAcc student and the IFS prize for the top MAcc Thesis were announced.
The keynote address was by Paul O'Connor ( Partner in PWC and Vice- President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland).
The evening was a great success with hundreds of students in attendance.
First BA KPMG prize winner Claire Buckley (On far right) is pictured with Prof Rowena Pecchenino, Prof John Hughes and Emer O'Brien of KPMG
Second BA Ernst & Young prizewinner Pamela Gumley (2nd from right) is pictured with Prof Rowena Pecchenino, Prof John Hughes and Nessa Kiely of E&Y
Third BA Price Waterhouse Cooper prizewinner Philip Murphy (2nd from right) is pictured with Prof Rowena Pecchenino, Prof John Hughes and Paul O'Connor of PWC.