TXCPA's student and candidate membership and networking opportunities provide you with a connection to your future profession! TXCPA Panhandle is committed to helping local accounting students learn more about the CPA profession and engage with local firms and companies. Future CPAs are invited to attend all chapter events and broaden their networks.
Members receive notices about upcoming luncheons, scholarship opportunities, community service events. Stay tuned to your chapter communications to stay in-the-know!
Scholarships
William J. Haggard Scholarship - $1,400 scholarship awarded to an outstanding West Texas A&M accounting student based on interviews by the scholarship committee and coordinated with West Texas A&M accounting professors. The accounting professor screens the applicants and presents a list of candidates to the committee. The committee interviews should be conducted in March of each year.
TXCPA Panhandle Scholarship - $1,200 scholarship awarded to an outstanding West Texas A&M accounting student based on interviews by the scholarship committee and coordinated with WT Accounting professors
UIL Accounting Scholarships - Five scholarships of $500/year to the top five scorers of the District UIL accounting competition from the schools within the 25 counties that comprise the geographic area of the Panhandle Chapter of the TSCPA. A recipient can only receive the award once even if they are one of the top five scorers for more than one year during High School. The scholarships are renewable for up to five years as long as the following criteria are met:
- Must be an accounting major
- Maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
- Enrolled with full time status
- Renewable for 5 years
- Must attend a Texas College or University (TILF requirement)