The WTAMU Accounting & Finance Association (AFA) is a student led organization with a mission to advance the study of accounting and finance by providing students opportunities to personally interact with community professionals and learn about careers in the accounting and finance fields. Many of the community speakers hosted by AFA are alumni of WTAMU who help students relate their coursework to the skills needed in the real world.
Stewart, Martin, Dudley & Webb
From left to right: Back row – James Hancock, John Culwell, Evan Brantley, Logan Johnson
Front row – Jelan Hutton, Riley Valentine, Keri Smith
The AFA works closely with the WTAMU Career Services team to recruit speakers that sponsor qualified internships for students. The AFA recently partnered with the WTAMU Financial Planning Association to host joint meetings and facilitate a virtual speaker series via Skype in order to expand access outside of the region to professionals in the area of personal finance.
Finally, as a service organization, the AFA participates in an annual service project where student members volunteer their time to do outreach in the local community. Last year, as part of the Texas State Society of CPA’s month of service, the AFA joined forces with the Panhandle Chapter of CPA’s to sort food for Snack-Pack for Kids in Canyon. The two groups prepared enough “snack packs” to cover all of the participating schools in the Canyon ISD district.
The organization hosts two meetings (with lunch provided) each month on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays during the Fall and Spring semesters. Officers for the 2019-2020 academic year are President – James Hancock, Vice President – Keri Smith, Secretary – Sandra Chairez, Treasurer –Canon Brown, Membership Coordinator – Kendall Boaz, and Marketing Director – Logan Johnson.
For more information, contact an AFA faculty sponsor: Karen Cooley or David Clark. The first AFA meeting for the Fall 2019 semester will be September 11, 2019 at 12:15pm in Classroom Center Room 221.
Paul & Virginia Engler College of Business Student Organizations
Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA)
Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 12:30 p.m. in CC221
For more information, e-mail Dr. Leslie Ramos Salazar or call 806-651-2548
American Marketing Association (AMA)
Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 12:20 p.m. in CC219
For more information, e-mail Dr. Turkan Kilic or call 806-651-2506
Buffteks
Meeting times are to be determined
For more information, e-mail Dr. Katherine Carl or call 806-651-2446
Economics Club
Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 12:25 p.m. in CC201
For more information, e-mail Dr. Ryan Mattson or call 806-651-2509
Enactus
Meetings are on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in CC 219
For more information, e-mail Dr. Marisa Crisostomo or call 806-651-8477
Financial Planning Association
Meeting times are to be determined
For more information, e-mail Dr. Shine Lei or call 806-651-2513
Media Minds
Meetings are the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesdays of each month at 12:30 p.m. in CC212
For more information, e-mail Dr. Heidi Huntington or call 806-651-2765
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Meetings are every third Thursday at 12:25 p.m. in CC221
For more information, e-mail Dr. Rahul Chauhan or call 806-651-4001