The Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance holds two Continuing Professional Education (CPE) events each year. The Accounting Society student organization organizes a CPE event every December.
During the Spring term, the department hosts a CPE event on ethics.
CPE EVENT: December 12, 2025
The Accounting Society and Epsilon Pi Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at听糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock听invite you to its听annual听eight-hour continuing professional education听event. The听event听will be on听Friday,听December听12th,听2025,听hosted via Zoom Webinar. Registration听through Zoom听and PayPal is now open. If you do not have a PayPal account, you may register using PayPal as a “guest”.
The cost is $150. The proceeds of the event fund scholarships, club activities, service projects, and attendance at the regional and national Beta Alpha Psi conferences.
To register a group and/or pay by check contact Cynthia Taylor at [email protected].
2025 CPE Event Schedule
- 8:25 Welcome & CPE requirement instructions
- 8:30 – 9:20听 Cynthia Bearden, Chief Financial Officer, Arkansas Department of Inspector General – Update from the Office of the Inspector General.
- 9:20-10:10 听T.J. Lawhon, Partner at Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP – Arkansas Tax Update.
- 10 minute break
- 10:20 – 11:10 听Michael Singleton, Associate State Director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center听 – Small Business Outlook, including the impact of tariffs on small businesses.听
- 11:10 – 12:00 听Leonell Thompson, Manager, Legal Business Operations at Williams in Tulsa, OK. 听鈥淐onnecting Ethics and Leadership.鈥�
- 30 minute lunch break
- 12:30 – 1:20 听Chieh Lin, Assistant Professor of Accounting at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock –听 FASB Update.
- 1:20 – 2:10听 听 听Vimal Bava, Instructor at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淎I in Accounting.鈥澨�
- 10 minute break
- 2:20 – 3:10 听TBA
- 3:10 – 4:00 Carlos Dias, Jr., Tax Planner and Wealth Manager at DIAS Wealth, 鈥淭he One Big Beautiful Bill Act.鈥澨�