School of Business Gazette

Another Wisconsin Accounting Student Named to FASB Internship

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

He is the sixth 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 Brian Goetsch, (2005-2006), Holly Kispert (2004-2005), Lauren Belot (2003-2004), Michael Maffei (2002-2003), and Jenni Boelter (2001-2002).

“The fact that, year after year, FASB turns to Wisconsin to fill these highly competitive intern positions shows the strength of our accounting students and our accounting program,” according to Accounting Professor Larry Rittenberg.