Amanda Macinga earns IMA scholarship

2016 Jun 30

Amanda Macinga, an Accounting major in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University, has been selected to receive the Institute of Management Accountants Ohio Regional Council Scholarship.

The IMA scholarships are given at both the undergraduate and graduate student levels and are based on academic merit, extent of IMA participation, and strength of outside recommendations. The scholarships are awarded to any student with an accounting major who is enrolled at an Ohio college/university.

Macinga of Struthers, Ohio, received a $2,500 scholarship. She completed her sophomore year at YSU and is involved in the WCBA Business Leader Program and Enactus group. She is doing work with the campus Emerging Leader Program and will be chapter secretary for IMA this coming Fall. Macinga also plans to obtain a master’s degree and become a Certified Management Accountant.

“My participation in the Institute of Management Accountants will help me advance my career goals in numerous ways,” she said. “I will gain invaluable knowledge of the accounting field and further develop my professional development skills. I am honored to have been chosen as a recipient of the Ohio Regional Council IMA Scholarship, which will greatly assist me in furthering my education in the accounting field.”

The IMA is a worldwide association of accountants and financial professionals who have careers in business. The association has a membership of more than 80,000 professionals and students.