Another accounting student named to internship

Josie Cizak, a graduate student in the Five-Year Professional Program in Accounting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business, has been awarded a postgraduate technical assistant internship at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

FASB is the national standard-setter for accounting. Cizak gained one of five prestigious positions open nationally for postgraduate internships. She will work on topics such as principles-based accounting and accounting for complex financial instruments.

Cizak is the seventh student in a row that the school’s Department of Accounting and Information Systems has placed at FASB. Previous interns were Troy Van Bleek (2005-06), Brian Goetsch, (2005-06), Holly Kispert (2004-05), Lauren Belot (2003-04), Michael Maffei (2002-03) and Jenni Boelter (2001-02).

“Year after year, FASB turns to Wisconsin to fill highly competitive intern positions,” says accounting professor Larry Rittenberg. “The combination of technical skills, conceptual understanding, work ethic and communication skills emphasized in our program helps creates these opportunities for our students.”

Both the undergraduate and graduate accounting programs of the School of Business were ranked in the top 10 in the nation in October by Public Accounting Report, an independent newsletter covering the accounting profession.