/news-archive/tag/james-hubbard/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/03/06/southwest-bap-winners/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:23:42 +0000 /news/?p=73636 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students place second in Southwest BAP conference competition]]> Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock students took second place at the annual Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) regional meeting in Dallas on Feb. 23. Senior accounting major James Hubbard from Wabbaseka, junior business major Shibani Lal from Little Rock, and senior accounting major Joseph Griffith from Benton competed in the conference鈥檚 鈥淏est Practices鈥� competition, during which they presented about 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 鈥淩eality Fair鈥� financial literacy workshop. 鈥淔or the Reality Fair workshop, we let participants choose their career and family goals, and make housing, transportation, communication, entertainment, giving, and saving decisions.鈥� explained Cynthia Johnson, accounting instructor and Beta Alpha Psi faculty co-advisor. 鈥淭hey then spin the 鈥榳heel of life鈥� to see what random event, representing real life happens to them. If they are not living within their budget, they must go back and change earlier decisions until they can live within their means. It鈥檚 quite an eye-opener!鈥� Nine students in total attended the conference, hosted jointly in Dallas by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and the University of Central Arkansas. Christina Gu, Jessalyn Jackson, Sean Corrothers, Daniel Nwachuku, Hitaxiben Patel, and Jay Patel, along with the winners of the competition, met with Beta Alpha Psi members from colleges and universities across the region to discuss the latest topics in accounting, finance, and information systems. Gu, Jackson, and Patel also took part in a non-judged discussion with other Beta Alpha Psi chapters where they discussed workforce readiness among their members. Johnson could not be more proud of how her students fared. 鈥淭hey all stepped up and were ready and able to do above what was required of them. Their attitude was amazing and they helped give our school a great reputation,鈥� said Johnson. 鈥淲e hope to take the Reality Fair workshop on the road to area high schools and youth events.鈥�]]> /news-archive/2019/02/05/vita-program-free-tax-assistance/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:13:33 +0000 /news/?p=73269 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hosts VITA program to help people file taxes for free]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will run a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for the second year in a row to assist members of the public and the campus community file their taxes free of charge.聽 The offers free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, people with disabilities, non-residents, and limited English-speaking taxpayers who need help preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. However, they are unable to prepare tax returns for individuals who are self employed or contribute to a health savings account. Tax preparation and filing assistance will be available on a walk-in basis every Wednesday through April 3 from 1-6:30 p.m. in Reynolds Business Center Room 104. The center will be closed on March 20 due to spring break. Taxpayers have an option to prepare their own free simple federal and state tax return using web-based tax preparation software using an onsite computer. To have a return prepared by a volunteer, members of the public should bring a valid photo identification, Social Security card, W-2s, 1099 forms, a copy of last year鈥檚 tax return, and any other information and forms concerning income and expenses for 2018. Faculty members from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Accounting and students from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi have been training for months to provide tax help for the public. 鈥淲e believe this service to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students, staff, faculty, and the general public will fill the needs of taxpayers who do not have the funds to pay for-profit tax preparers for simple returns,鈥� said Cynthia Johnson, an accounting instructor in the College of Business and faculty advisor of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock VITA program. Members of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Beta Alpha Psi started the VITA program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock last year after learning about it at a conference in 2016. Students who are participating as volunteer tax preparers, led by Student Coordinator James Hubbard III, a senior accounting major from Wabbaseka, include Mikayla Corbitt, Joe Griffith, Christina Gu, Jessalyn Jackson, Daniel Nwachuku, Simranjit Kaur, Taylor Lemus, Hitaxiben Patel, and Katie You, as well as alumnus Dave鈥檆ia Randall. For more information, contact the VITA program at ualittlerockvita@gmail.com or 870-575-3638.]]>