Join the MS in Accounting and Analytics Peer Mentoring Program
We launched our peer mentoring program in Fall 2015 to connect our experienced graduate students with entering students. Peer mentors share academic and professional advice, helping each other become better student leaders while fostering a culture of support and encouragement in the UT Dallas student body.
Professional Connections
MS in Accounting and Analytics Flex students lead and make an impact through involvement in various student organizations. They can take advantage of numerous professional networking events, connections with professional speakers, advisory board members and alumni, company visits and special campus events like a visit from the U.S. tax court judge. Topics covered by speakers who come to the UT Dallas campus range from insights across accounting industries, including big data analytics, technology risk assurance, fraud and consulting.
Our students have connected with professionals and alumni as mentors and guest speakers from various companies, including:
- EY
- KPMG
- Deloitte
- PwC
- Citibank
- BDO
- RSM
- Weaver
- Intuit
- Kimberly Clark
- Texas Instruments
- AT&T
- Trinities Industries
- Dr Pepper Snapple Group
- Lennox International
Volunteering to Get Real Accounting Experience
While enrolled in the MS in Accounting and Analytics program, students can strengthen their leadership and networking skills as well as apply their professional accounting knowledge through initiatives that impact the community both on and off campus.
Whether your interests are joining a professional student organization, serving the community through projects such as the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), or participating in experiential accounting-related projects with local businesses or nonprofits, UT Dallas strives to create an enriching and résumé-building environment for you.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
For the last six years, UT Dallas students have been involved in the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, which helps in tax return preparation and education for low-to-moderate-income families in the community.
In the past two years, over 150 students have volunteered and provided almost 13,000 total hours of volunteer work, generating over $20 million in tax refunds.
This program provides a great service to the community and is a practical way for students to apply their accounting knowledge while developing leadership and communication skills.
For more information, contact the MS Accounting program at msaccounting@utdallas.edu.
