Accounting Student wins NCACPA Award

Congratulations goes to Rachel Hill, an MSA graduate student at the College of Business. She is the recent recipient of the Sigler Standout Student award, which is given by the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA).

The award is named in memory of Zeke Sigler who, according to NCACPA’s website, was a dedicated NCACPA member and a volunteer leader who helped other students in their journies toward becoming CPAs.

Hill is recognized as an engaged NCACPA student member, and she exemplifies the standout qualities that Sigler embodied. Hill also had to meet the following criteria:

• Be enrolled as a full-time accounting graduate or undergraduate student with the intent to receive a degree in accounting (or its equivalent);
• Utilize all scholarship funding within three years of selection;
• Have an overall GPA of a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale); and
• Be distinguished by her engagement in the association and accounting profession as a student.

About the award, Hill said, “I would not be the person I am today if it weren’t for many of ECU’s accounting professors and instructors. They truly care about the well-being of their students, and I think any accounting student will tell you the same thing. I hope that one day I can give back to future ECU students and help them in the same way my professors have helped me.”

In addition to this award, Hill will receive a scholarship to cover the costs of all four parts of the CPA exam, as well as the application fees.

Hill was nominated by College of Business accounting professor, Dr. Cal Christian.

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