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Accounting Programs Leadership Group

25th Anniversary Meeting

Leading Your Accounting Program
into the Millennium

February 6-8, 2000
Flamingo Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday, February 6

7:00 am–5:00 pm:
Registration

8:00 am–12:00 noon:
The APLG New Chairpersons’ Seminar will feature three 45-minute sessions focusing on external relations and marketing, faculty coaching and mentoring, and student recruitment, retention, and cultivation. Each session will consist of 15-minute presentations by two speakers, followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. Any questions not addressed during these sessions will be covered later during the panel discussion.

During a 75-minute panel discussion, each member of the panel will briefly discuss three important qualities of a good program leader. Then the panel will respond to questions from the seminar participants.

The complete program follows:

7:15 am–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–8:15 am
Welcome and Introductions by John Cumming, Miami University

8:15 am–9:00 am
External Relations and Marketing
Moderator: Jody Magliolo, Southern Methodist University
Speakers:

Linda M. Marquis, Northern Kentucky University
Dale R. Martin, Wake Forest University

9:00 am–9:45 am
Student Recruitment, Retention, and Cultivation
Moderator: Jody Magliolo, Southern Methodist University
Speakers:

James A. Heintz, University of Kansas
Kenneth P. Sinclair, Lehigh University

9:45 am–10:00 am
Break

10:00 am–10:45 am
Faculty Coaching and Mentoring
Moderator: John Cumming, Miami University
Speakers:

Karen V. Pincus, University of Arkansas
Thomas F. Schaefer, University of Notre Dame

10:45 am–12:00 noon
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kathleen Mooney, St. Cloud State University
Panelists:

Richard E. Flaherty, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Helen Gernon, University of Oregon
Lee H. Radebaugh, Brigham Young University

12:00 noon
Lunch for New Chairpersons’ Seminar Participants

1:00 pm–4:50 pm
APLG Sunday Afternoon Workshops for all Attendees

1:00 pm–1:50 pm
The AAA Benchmarking Project
Speaker: Tracey Sutherland, AAA Director of Faculty Development

2:00 pm–2:50 pm
Content Changes Planned for the CPA Exam
Speaker: Jan R. Williams, University of Tennessee

3:00 pm–3:50 pm
Changes in Beta Alpha Psi
Speaker: Bernard J. Milano, Executive Director and Trustee of the KPMG Foundation and President of Beta Alpha Psi National Honor Fraternity

4:00 pm–4:50 pm
Changes Planned for AACSB Accounting Accreditation
Speakers:

Gary L. Sundem, University of Washington
Doyle Z. Williams, University of Arkansas

5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Welcome Reception for All Attendees

Monday, February 7

7:00 am
Registration

7:00 am–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast

8:15 am–8:30 am
Welcome
Speaker:

Keith Stanga, University of Tennessee, APLG President

8:30 am–12:30 pm (break from 9:45 am–10:15 am)
Workshop on Leadership
Speakers:

Drs. Susan and Peter Glaser of Glaser & Associates, Eugene, Oregon

12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch and Business Meeting

2:15 pm–3:45 pm
New Professional Recruiting Models and What They Mean for Accounting Programs
Interactive Panel Presentation
Panelists:

Ellen Glazerman, Ernst & Young
John Holdeman, Crowe Chizek
Jim Darby, Deere & Company

3:45 pm–4:15 pm
Break

4:15 pm–5:30 pm
New Student Recruiting Models
Interactive Panel Presentation
Panelists:

Dan Deines, Kansas State University
Larry Rittenberg, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Milly Pellizzari, Texas Society of CPAs

6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Reception for All Attendees

Tuesday, February 8

7:00 am–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–9:15 am
Three Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Using Advisory Boards Effectively
Panelists:
Jim Heintz, University of Kansas
Dick Kochanek, University of Connecticut
Steve Limberg, University of Texas at Austin
Penny Yunker, Western Illinois University

Session 2: Successful Faculty Recruitment Strategies
Panelists:
Jane Reimers, Florida State University
Ron Pawliczek, Boston College
Jamie Pratt, Indiana University
Paula Thomas, Middle Tennessee State University

Session 3: Choosing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Software
Panelists:
JD Edwards, Pat Dorr, Oklahoma State University
SAP, Thomas Donley, DePaul University Great Plains, Thomas Gulledge, George Mason University

9:15 am–10:30 am
Concurrent Sessions Repeated

10:30 am–11:00 am
Break

11:00 am–12:00 noon
Fund-Raising: A Guide Through the Various Phases of the Development Cycle
Presenter: Don Gray, University of Wisconsin Foundation

12:00 noon Adjournment


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