{"id":307334,"date":"2026-10-15T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307334\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:14:07","slug":"universitys-ima-student-chapter-joins-elite-group-of-nine-gold-winners-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307334\/","title":{"rendered":"University\u2019s IMA Student Chapter Joins Elite Group of Nine \u2018Gold\u2019 Winners Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) student chapter was recognized with Gold Status for the 2025-26 academic year, placing it among just nine student chapters across the nation to receive the distinction.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold Status designation is awarded to student chapter that demonstrate excellence in chapter leadership, member engagement, professional development activities and service to the accounting profession. This is the seventh time Scranton\u2019s IMA student chapter has received Gold Status, including <a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2025\/08\/news-ima-gold-2025.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">one year earlier in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Student officers included:<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Tuman, an accounting and political science double major from Lake Ariel, president and outreach officer;Christopher Powers, an accounting major from Lawrence Township, New Jersey, documentation officer;Ryan Hanley, an accounting and finance double major from Dumont, New Jersey, secretary;Michael Yates, an accounting major from Stroudsburg, treasurer and social media officer;Dylan Port Vliet, a finance major from Manahawkin, New Jersey, fundraising and service officer;Madyson Spevak, an accounting and finance double major from Easton, advertising officer.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s award-winning chapter is advised by Ashley Stampone, Ph.D \u201910, G\u201911, PHD\u201922, assistant professor of accounting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarning Gold Status for the second consecutive year is a remarkable accomplishment, especially as one of only nine IMA student chapters nationwide to receive this distinction,\u201d said Douglas M. Boyle, DBA, professor and chair of Scranton\u2019s Department of Accounting. \u201cDr. Stampone\u2019s outstanding mentorship and guidance have been instrumental to the chapter\u2019s success, while our students\u2019 leadership, initiative and engagement have distinguished them nationally. We are extremely proud of their achievement and the distinction it brings to the University.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University has consistently distinguished itself with its chapter in IMA, a global association dedicated to advancing the management accounting profession through education, certification and professional development. Scranton\u2019s IMA chapter provides students with campus programming and opportunities for student leadership, as well as engagement with accounting professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Among its activities during the 2025-26 academic year was attending the Student Leadership Conference in November in Cleveland, Ohio. Using the IDEA Center at Scranton\u2019s Weiss Hall, Spevak designed, printed and pressed T-shirts for the IMA\u2019s T-shirt competition, which Scranton won.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the benefits of attending the Student Leadership Conference include connecting with like-minded individuals, learning more about companies within the CMA field and gaining insight into organizations that offer opportunities in managerial accounting and corporate financing,\u201d Spevak said. \u201cThe conference provides a great opportunity to learn about potential career paths while building relationships with professionals and other students who share similar interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) student chapter was recognized with Gold Status for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[17139,74148,74149,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-307334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-gold","tag-ima","tag-institute-of-management-accountants","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}