Student organizations offer
opportunity
From bowling socials to community service, student organizations offer both social and professional opportunities. The Accounting Club, led by Donna Altepeter, is open to all pre-accounting students and majors. Beta Alpha Psi, an international honorary academic society, encourages and recognizes scholastic and professional accounting excellence. A cco un t ing C l ub
B eta Al pha P si
The very successful fall bowling social with recruiters lets students and professionals get acquainted without pressure, and a student field trip to Minneapolis yields an office visit with a different public accounting firm each spring. Cosponsored by both clubs, this popular outing also gives students an opportunity to visit industry. Previous visits include the Alliant Tech ammunition plant in Blaine, Summit Brewing in St. Paul, ST Specialty Foods in Brooklyn Park, SuperValu, Ecolab, the Federal Reserve Bank, and a tour of Target Field, the new Twins ballpark. The ballpark tour included a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the visitors’ locker room and training facilities.
Members of BAP give 50 to 60 hours of community service each academic year, and UND has been nationally recognized as a Superior Chapter and twice named a Distinguished Chapter in the last three years. Projects include cleaning up after UND’s French Fry Feed every fall, volunteer income tax assistance in conjunction with Law School students, food drive with Cargill, fundraising for Haiti, Big Event with Cargill, tutoring Principles of Accounting students, and helping Fargo fight the 2009 flood. Along with community service, students attend presentations by accounting professionals on topics that include ethics, professional behavior, transitioning to the workplace, and industry careers.
B et a A lpha Psi Offi cers
L to R: Jessica Wittwer, Dhiren Sarin, Jolene Aho Courtney Heath, Aletha Orwick and John Hoffarth