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Wisconsin Accounting Student Again Named to FASB Internship

Josie Cizek, a graduate student in the Five-Year Professional Program in Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, has been awarded a post-graduate technical assistant internship at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). FASB is the national standard setter for accounting and Cizek gained one of five prestigious positions open nationally for post-graduate internships. She will work on topics such as principles-based accounting and accounting for complex financial instruments.

Cizek is the seventh student in a row that the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the UW-Madison School of Business has placed at FASB. Previous interns were Troy Van Bleek (2005-2006), Brian Goetsch, (2005-2006), Holly Kispert (2004-2005), Lauren Belot (2003-2004), Michael Maffei (2002-2003), and Jenni Boelter (2001-2002).

“Year after year, FASB turns to Wisconsin to fill highly competitive intern positions,” said Accounting Professor Larry Rittenberg. “The combination of technical skills, conceptual understanding, work ethic and communication skills emphasized in our program helps creates these opportunities for our students."

Both the undergraduate and graduate accounting programs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business were ranked in the top 10 in the nation in October 2006 by Public Accounting Report, an independent newsletter covering the accounting profession.