Accounting Student Awarded Prestigious PCAOB ScholarshipPage Title

Isabella Gaffney, BMACC Student
Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy

Isabella Gaffney, a BMACC student at the Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy at San Diego State University’s Fowler College of Business, was chosen as a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar and awarded a scholarship of $10,000 for the 2021-22 academic year. 

PCAOB is a non-profit established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies and SEC-registered brokers and dealers in order to protect investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate, and independent audit reports. 

Since 2011, the PCAOB has administered a scholarship program for accounting students enrolled in AACSB accredited colleges and universities to benefit students who are likely to pursue careers in auditing. To be eligible, students must be nominated by their college or university, have outstanding academic performance, and have demonstrated high ethical standards. 

“Being a recipient of the PCAOB scholarship is one of the greatest honors of my academic career,” said Gaffney. “Not only has it given me the opportunity to pursue my graduate degree in accounting information systems with less of a financial burden, but it has shown me that hard work, dedication, and saying ‘yes’ to opportunities pays off. Thank you to my advisors Dr. Chang and Dr. Luo for advocating for me so much over the past year.”

Gaffney will be eligible to sit for the CPA exams when she graduates from SDSU in 2022.