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James “Tony” Paulsen, a North Iowa Area Community College accounting student, received the national Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (TACTYC) Scholarship.

Paulsen, of Mason City, will receive $1,000 toward his education at NIACC.  In applying for the scholarship, Paulsen wrote an essay addressing a managerial accounting problem.  He was sponsored for the scholarship by NIACC accounting program leader and instructor Greg Lauer and was chosen from a national pool of candidates to receive this prestigious award.

“James is an extremely talented and dedicated student who pursues excellence in all of his classroom endeavors,” Lauer said.  “He willingly shares his academic gifts with other students by acting as a peer tutor on the NIACC Campus.”   

This year’s annual TACTYC Conference will take place in San Antonio, TX, in May.  Paulsen’s scholarship will be announced at the conference.  Paulsen marks the fifth NIACC student sponsored by Lauer to win a TACTYC Scholarship. 

TACTYC was founded in 1974 by a group of innovative educators.  TACTYC’s primary objective is the advancement of accounting education.  The group emphasizes the development of creative and innovative teaching and curriculum.  For more information on TACTYC, visit www.tactyc.org.

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