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March 1, 2008

Wisconsin Student One of 10 in Nation Selected for Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship

Marsha K. Keune, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, was one of 10 doctoral candidates in the nation to receive a Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting. She will receive $5,000 during her final year of course work and $20,000 in the following year as she completes her dissertation.

The other universities to have doctoral students win 2008 fellowships are: Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Texas–Austin, University of Southern California and University of Washington. The Deloitte Foundation, a not-for-profit arm of major accounting firm Deloitte LLP, announced grants totaling $250,000.

This year’s winners join more than 900 scholars who have received financial support since the program was founded more than 50 years ago. The nationally conducted program invites applications from nearly 100 universities. Doctoral students are nominated by their university’s accounting faculty.

Professor Jon Davis, who chairs the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Wisconsin School of Business and serves as Kuene’s advisor, said being selected for the fellowship is important recognition of her ability to add to new knowledge in the field of accounting. Keune’s dissertation focuses on various social psychological issues that arise in audit engagements.

“This fellowship is a tremendous tribute to Marsha’s scholarship and we are proud of her contribution to Wisconsin’s long tradition of leading-edge accounting research,” Davis said.

For more information, visit the Deloitte Foundation web page at www.deloitte.com/us/df.