{"id":21611,"date":"2026-10-08T13:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=21611"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:38:55","slug":"accounting-opportunities-information-session","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting Opportunities Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what you can do with an accounting degree? The possibilities extend far beyond traditional accounting roles! Join us for an interactive panel featuring accounting professionals from a variety of career fields\u2014including UWM alumni\u2014as well as a current Accounting Teaching Assistant. Hear firsthand about their career paths, experiences, and the opportunities an accounting degree can provide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This session will explore:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The many career paths available to accounting majors, including opportunities in public accounting, industry, government, and other fields.<\/li>\n<li>Firsthand perspectives from employers and UWM alumni about their careers and how they got started.<\/li>\n<li>Insight into the different types of work accountants actually do and how roles can evolve throughout a career.<\/li>\n<li>The skills employers value and how your accounting coursework helps build those skills.<\/li>\n<li>A student perspective on choosing accounting as a major and navigating the accounting program.<\/li>\n<li>An opportunity to ask questions directly of accounting professionals and current students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who Should Attend:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students currently enrolled in Introduction to Business (Bus Adm 100), Introductory Financial or Managerial Accounting (Bus Adm 201 and 202) who are exploring<br \/>\nmajors, considering accounting, or simply want to learn more about the career opportunities available with an accounting degree.<br \/>\nStudents must earn a grade of B or better in Bus Adm 201 to advance to the next core course within the accounting curriculum (Bus Adm 301 &#8211; Intermediate Accounting).<\/p>\n<p>Come discover where accounting can take you\u2014you may be surprised by the possibilities!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/forms\/rsvp-accounting-opportunities-information-session\/\">Register Now<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what you can do with an accounting degree? The possibilities extend far beyond traditional accounting roles! Join us for an interactive panel featuring accounting professionals from a variety of career fields\u2014including UWM alumni\u2014as well as a current Accounting Teaching &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":21529,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-21611","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lubar College of Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accounting Opportunities Information Session\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wondering what you can do with an accounting degree? The possibilities extend far beyond traditional accounting roles! Join us for an interactive panel featuring accounting professionals from a variety of career fields\u2014including UWM alumni\u2014as well as a current Accounting Teaching &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lubar College of Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-09T11:38:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2026\/09\/laptop-with-papers.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/\",\"name\":\"Accounting Opportunities Information Session - Lubar College of Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/554\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/laptop-with-papers.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-08T18:33:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-09T11:38:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/554\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/laptop-with-papers.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/554\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/laptop-with-papers.gif\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"laptop with papers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/event\\\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Accounting Opportunities Information Session\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lubar College of Business\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/554\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/554\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/business\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lubar College of Business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accounting Opportunities Information Session","og_description":"Wondering what you can do with an accounting degree? The possibilities extend far beyond traditional accounting roles! Join us for an interactive panel featuring accounting professionals from a variety of career fields\u2014including UWM alumni\u2014as well as a current Accounting Teaching &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/","og_site_name":"Lubar College of Business","article_modified_time":"2026-10-09T11:38:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2026\/09\/laptop-with-papers.gif","type":"image\/gif"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/","name":"Accounting Opportunities Information Session - Lubar College of Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2026\/09\/laptop-with-papers.gif","datePublished":"2026-10-08T18:33:26+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-09T11:38:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2026\/09\/laptop-with-papers.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2026\/09\/laptop-with-papers.gif","width":800,"height":400,"caption":"laptop with papers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/event\/accounting-opportunities-information-session\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Accounting Opportunities Information Session"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/","name":"Lubar College of Business","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21616,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21611\/revisions\/21616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21611"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=21611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}