Emily Waits of Lena, a senior accounting major at Northwestern State University, earned a scholarship from the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to students who intend to take the CPA exam. Waits is completing her degree through NSU’s College of Business and the Louisiana Scholars’ College.
The presentation took place during a program in which NSU’s Xi Nu chapter of Beta Alpha Psi inducted new members and recognized officers. Beta Alpha Psi is an honors organization for financial information students and professionals.
New members are Ar’Keylius Brooks of Natchitoches, Denae Davis of Covington, Trinity Hayes of Coushatta, Joel Hill of DeRidder, Haley Johnson of Bossier City, Marvanesha Lewis of Winnfield and Paulina Trejo of Morgan City.
Outgoing President Dexteria King of Alexandria announced new officers. Davis will serve as president, Trejo will serve as vice president of operations and Andre Guiteau-Laurent of Baton Rouge will serve as vice president of finance.
Information of NSU’s College of Business is available at https://www.nsula.edu/
