Fisher School of Accounting 2020-21

From the Director's Desk

As I write this message, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Students have returned to campus for full-capacity, face-to-face classes. Faculty and staff are excited to be interacting in person. There is truly excitement in the air. The fall semester saw the return of the many activities loved by all. We survived and prospered in the last year because of the tremendous resilience of our students, faculty, and staff. And the support of our alumni and friends has provided us with the financial resources to obtain state-of-the-art technology for use by our students and faculty.

We continue to move forward in the important area of accounting data analytics. We have hired two accounting analytics faculty members in the last two years. We’ve added a graduate analytics course to the accounting curriculum. Warrington created an undergraduate business analytics course that all College undergraduates will complete. We are developing a Master of Accounting concentration in accounting analytics that will complement the existing concentrations in auditing and taxation. In short, we are engaged in continuous improvement to make sure our graduates are the best in the world.

Despite the challenges of the last year, I have much good news to report. Our students and faculty continue to make us proud with significant awards and recognition. The Fisher School undergraduate and graduate programs continue their high national rankings. Achieving high rankings is not our goal. Rather, we believe these high rankings simply reflect the quality of everything we do at Fisher, Warrington, and UF.

The contents of this report contain only a sampling of our activities over the last year. Please visit our website often to keep up with Fisher news and learn even more about our students, faculty, and programs.

Sincerely,

Gary McGill
Director, Fisher School of Accounting
Senior Associate Dean, Warrington College of Business
Director, Hough Graduate School of Business