SDSU Accounting Students Are Awarded Prestigious Scholarships

Two first-generation students in the Charles. W. Lamden School of Accountancy within SDSU’s Fowler College of Business have each been awarded $15,000 scholarships from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) based on their outstanding academic achievements and their demonstration of high ethical standards. 

Jahaziel Sanchez, a BMACC  4+1 student and Meng Wang a student in the Master of Science in Accountancy program (MSA), were nominated for the scholarships by several SDSU accounting professors. 

The PCAOB scholarships are awarded to students who are likely to become financial and accounting auditors and who are attending U.S. colleges and institutions that are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Over half of the PCAOB scholarship recipients come from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the accounting profession. 

“As a Latino student with a passion for accounting, I am deeply thankful to the PCAOB for investing in me and the community I represent,”  and Sanchez, who is the owner of SD360 Photo and a member in SDSU’s Project Rebound Program. “I am honored to have been chosen to be a recipient of the PCAOB scholarship, which eradicates the stress of being able to afford my master’s degree.” 

“I am grateful to the PCAOB for their recognition of my achievements and for their generous award,” said Wang, who currently serves as a graduate assistant in the Charles. W. Lamden School of Accountancy. “The funding will give me greater flexibility to study for the CPA exams this spring before I launch my career as a financial auditor.”

Both Sanchez and Wang are on track to complete their degree programs at the end of the spring semester in 2025.