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  • I was very fortunate to be selected to represent RMU to participate in the EU’s flagship international cultural exchange program – Eramus+ staff mobility program visiting beautiful Slovenia in Fall 2025….Slovenia is such a lovely country that I didn’t know much about but will gladly visit again in the future! Day 1 as a visitorWhat

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  • It’s not a secrete that the CPA profession in the U.S. has a pipeline crisis. Many attribute (at least in part) the problem to the 150-credit hour requirement to be licensed as a hurdle to prevent college students from choosing accounting as a career. 150-credit requirement is not perfect – I believe the original idea

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  • G7 week

    I was fortunate to participate in the G7 Cybersecurity Seminar in Tokyo in early May, ahead of the G7 leaders’ annual summit in Hiroshima, Japan. As described in the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Ministerial Declaration, the G7 promotes secure, resilient, competitive, transparent, sustainable, and diverse digital, telecoms, and ICT infrastructure supply chains. However, the

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  • After a few days in my Japan long-staying, I found out that my host institution, Meiji Gakuin University, has a study abroad group that will visit Taiwan soon. As a study abroad faculty veteran, I have to find out what the trip is about and perhaps tag along since I have a plan to visit

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  • After a long (but comfortably empty) flight, I finally arrived in Japan. We thank God for His blessings – right before our departure, I was at my church’s quarterly co-workers’ meeting and 30+ brothers and sisters along with the pastor and elder laid on their hands in prayer to bless our journey. So, my journey

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  • Fulbright!

    I am so excited to be awarded the Fulbright scholarship to lecture and research cybersecurity disclosures in Japan in 2023! Becoming a Fulbright Scholar has always been one of my career goals – at the height of working on my department’s AACSB accreditation in 2021, I also took on a personal project of applying for

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  • In the summer 2002 AACSB confirmed that #RMUAccounting is now the ONLY accounting program in western Pennsylvania to have received the AACSB Accounting Accreditation. Read the AACSB news release about this historic moment. So many students, faculty, staff, and professional partners were involved in this journey. The university social media editor says it the best

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