Ali Gatrell earns YSU's new Master of Accountancy degree

2017 May 9

Ali Gatrell of Lisbon, Ohio (44432), was one of 11 Youngstown State University graduates to earn the university's new Master's of Accountancy degree during YSU's Spring Commencement ceremony May 6. They were the first class to complete the new graduate level accounting degree program.

"We are extremely excited and proud to be graduating our first class," said Ray Shaffer, assistant professor of Accounting and Finance and director of the Master of Accountancy program.

"Our graduates will be going on to and are equipped to contribute immediately to international, national, regional and local companies, firms and governmental and nonprofit agencies. Most will also be sitting for and will be successful in passing the Uniform CPA Exam."

Graduates in the first class are Stephanie M. Burke, Kayla Marie Cerimele, Jerald John Dugan, Ali Nicole Gatrell, Angeline Marie Gouldsberry, Mahmoud Hassan, Mei Liu, Jeremy Daniel Mathieson, Ann Louise Phillips, Justin Albert Reiss and Rachel Scot Scurpa.

The Master's of Accountancy is a 30 semester hour program designed to prepare individuals for successful careers and to provide the advanced knowledge necessary for students to sit for the CPA exam.

YSU's program is offered through the Accounting and Finance department in the Williamson College of Business Administration and is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.