Kansas State Accounting

🎉 Congratulations to Ms. Sarah Ramirez-Mathews on receiving the 2026 Koch Service and Leadership Award!

This award recognizes faculty members who exemplify leadership, community service, and operational excellence.

As our MAcc director and Beta Alpha Psi faculty advisor, Ms. Ramirez-Mathews is a dedicated advocate for student success and is always willing to step in where help is needed. She has also played a key leadership role in organizing our international study abroad programs and strengthening the planning process for future trips.

“I am honored to be selected as a recipient of the Koch Industries Leadership Award. This recognition means a great deal to me and truly reflects the support and guidance within the Herbel Family School of Accountancy. I am excited for the opportunities to keep learning, growing, and working toward future goals.”

Please join us in congratulating her on this well-deserved recognition! 👏💜

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 Accounting & Technology Conference these past two days!

We are grateful to our outstanding speakers for sharing their expertise and to our attendees for making this year’s conference a tremendous success.

If you would like to support the next generation of accounting leaders, consider making a gift to the Accounting & Technology Conference Excellence Fund. In addition to making this conference a possibility, your donation provides scholarships for K-State accounting students and helps them succeed in the classroom and beyond.

📲 Scan the QR code to give and make a lasting impact.

Together, we are investing in the future of accounting. 🤝💜

What a special evening celebrating the outstanding students of the Herbel Family School of Accountancy! 💜🏆

At this year’s Scholarships and Awards Gala, we proudly recognized 251 scholarship recipients and awarded more than $600,000 in scholarships thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, alumni, and friends.

We were also honored to recognize Mr. Charlie Cole as our newest Hall of Fame inductee, whose outstanding career and lifelong commitment to the accounting profession continue to inspire our students and alumni.

Congratulations to all of our scholarship and award recipients — we are so proud of you! 🎉

Safe to say — the future of business showed up at EXPLORE today! 👏

🎓📊✨Over 125 high school students joined us on campus to learn more about the accounting profession, connect with faculty and students, and experience what it means to “speak the language of business.”

From a scavenger hunt through the building to networking opportunities, it was a fantastic day showcasing the impact and possibilities within accounting.

A huge thank you to everyone who made today possible — we loved having you on campus and can’t wait so to see where your journeys take you! GO CATS!

📣 Join us for the K-State Accounting and Public Interest Symposium on June 18-19, 2026.

📍: K-State College of Business Administration
📧: Email PDF version of your paper to [email protected]
📅: Deadline is May 1, 2026
📢: Papers will be chosen by May 22, 2026

For registration, full event details, and hotel info:
https://cba.k-state.edu/academics/departments/accounting/public-interest-symposium/

We look forward to seeing you at K-State soon!

👏 Congratulations to Jacob Mason of the K-State Herbel Family School of Accountancy on his selection into the highly competitive Postgraduate Technical Assistant (PTA) Program with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Jacob is the first K-Stater to earn this prestigious national opportunity.

“I’m honored to be representing Kansas State University at the FASB,” Jacob said, “and hope that by being a participant, it will demonstrate to the students who come after me that Kansas State belongs at any table.”

This milestone reflects the strength of the Herbel Family School of Accountancy and its commitment to preparing students for leadership in the profession.

We are so proud of you, Jacob! 🎉 Go Cats!

We are excited to welcome a new team member, Natalie Weber! Natalie graduated from the U of South Carolina and has worked in Toledo, OH, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Manhattan, KS. We are delighted to have Natalie on the team and we look forward to her working with our students, faculty, alumni, donors, and friends!

Welcome Natalie and Go Cats!

Congratulations to Kim Charland, one of our outstanding Herbel Family School of Accountancy faculty members, who has been awarded lifetime membership of the Kansas Society of CPAs!

Kim's impact on our accounting program, our accounting students, and the accounting profession, is both amazing and immeasurable.

Congratulations Kim and thanks for being an outstanding faculty member in the Herbel Family School of Accountancy!

Go Cats!

Do you know someone who would like to work with the outstanding faculty team at the Herbel Family School of Accountancy? Please encourage them to apply:

Office Specialist III - Manhattan, Kansas, United States About This Role The position supports the School of Accountancy and the Department of Finance by managing daily operations, coordinating communication, and delivering comprehensive administrative services essential to both academic units. This position exercises independent judgment in overseeing of...

Welcome back Cats! It's great to see our students back at the Herbel Family School of Accountancy, ready for an exciting Spring.

Go Cats!