Governor Ned Lamont Proclaims November 2024 as Accounting Opportunities Experience Month

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has proclaimed November 2024 to be Accounting Opportunities Experience Month in the state of Connecticut.  

"Whereas the state's CPAs provide career sessions to students about business and the role of accountants and the CTCPA also provides educational materials and programs to enhance the financial literacy of the public, now therefore I, Ned Lamont, Governor of the State of Connecticut, do hereby officially proclaim November 2024 as Accounting Opportunities Experience Month," he said in the proclamation. 

View the proclamation in its entirety.

The Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) is sending CPAs and accounting professionals into classrooms across Connecticut in November as part of Accounting Opportunities Experience Month, a nationwide initiative to inspire high school students and help them learn about everything a career in accounting has to offer.

The Accounting Opportunities Experience connects CTCPA members with high school students and educators in their local communities. The accounting professionals will speak to students about the vital role accountants play in business and protecting the public, the wide variety of organizations that rely on accounting professionals, as well as what steps a student should take to pursue a career in accounting.   

The presentations will also make the students aware of the many scholarship opportunities available through the CTCPA Accounting Scholarship Foundation, which awards $500 scholarships to 10 Connecticut high school seniors who are planning to major in accounting at a four-year Connecticut college or university each year. The Accounting Scholarship Foundation also awards $5,000 scholarships to community college students, four-year college students, minority accounting majors, and students pursuing the 150-hour requirement to sit for the CPA Exam. The Accounting Scholarship Foundation awards more than $50,000 annually to help the next generation.

The Accounting Opportunities Experience is part of an extensive CTCPA pipeline and career awareness program that also includes Accounting is My Major (AIM) careers conferences that bring high school students to college campuses, on-campus visits to college and university students, and the popular Interview Day, which this year connected Connecticut employers with high-performing college students for a total of 225 individual interviews in one day.

“CPAs and accounting professionals are trusted advisors to hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses in Connecticut,” said CTCPA Executive Director & CEO Bonnie Stewart. “Accounting Opportunities Experience Month celebrates their contributions to the state's economic fabric and their work to protect the interests of the public. The accounting profession provides a wide variety of career opportunities in public practice, business and industry, government, not-for-profit, and education at many different types of organizations. We are excited to share these opportunities with the next generation as we fill the pipeline for the future.”

With a membership of more than 6,000 in public practice, business and industry, government, and education, the CTCPA's mission is to advocate on behalf of the accounting profession, foster a professional community, and provide high-quality professional development opportunities.

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