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lutions to complex issues and debating
their cases on a national stage. MUN
students represent countries and non-
governmental organisations, tackling
topics such as climate change, public
health threats, global conflicts and
international trade. MUN is a truly
international student organisation;
it currently welcomes students from
several countries, including India, the
US, Russia, Germany, South Korea,
Greece, Morocco, Tunisia among oth-
ers. I invite interested Indian schools
and students to connect with us,”
says Dr. Jeff Abernathy, an alum
of Longwood College, Virginia Com-
monwealth and Florida universities
with career experience in Augustana
College and Virginia Wesleyan Col- UDM's Donald Taylor: nationwide CPA reputation
lege, appointed President in 2010.
Currently, Alma College has 1,245 the high quality of its Certified Public from 54 countries (including 57 from
students from 21 countries (including Accountant (CPA) degree programme India) mentored by 216 full-time fac-
three from India) mentored by 103 is the University of Detroit Mer- ulty on its muster rolls.
UDM’s four-year Bachelor of Sci-
highly qualified faculty on its musters. cy (UDM, estb.1877), a “Catholic ence in Business Administration with
A N INDIAN SCHOOL which traditions”. “We provide excellent a major in accounting and MBA pro-
university in the Jesuit and Mercy
is highly impressed with
student-centred undergraduate and
gramme which integrates CPA is likely
the MUN programme of
text. A Detroit Mercy education seeks
Alma College is the EW graduate education in an urban con- to be of great interest to school-leavers
in India. “In 2022, University HQ
Top 10 ranked Shiv Nadar School, to integrate the intellectual, spiritual, ranked UDM one of the nation’s best
Noida. For the school’s MUN con- ethical and social development of our accounting colleges, as well as one
ference, they partnered with Alma students,” says Dr. Donald B. Tay- with the Best MBA Programs for ac-
College which “arguably has the best lor, an alum of University of Mem- counting, while College Factual ranks
MUN team in the world”. Under the phis and former president of Cabrini UDM #1 for Value for Business in the
partnership students from Alma University, who helms this highly re- state of Michigan and in the United
“spent over a month teaching our spected university with 5,360 students States. This suggests that students
students from grade VII-XI the ba- Aquinas sports director Ambrose (right) who aspire to practice as accountants
sics of MUN procedure and ran them — and especially CPAs — would do
through many interesting simula- well to enrol in Detroit Mercy’s Ac-
tions,” says Col. (Retd.) Gopal Ka- counting program because the prob-
runakaran, CEO of the Shiv Nadar ability of success is exceptionally high.
School (estb.2012) in an online blog. Most of our students don’t need to re-
“While exposing students to several take the CPA exam multiple times —
agendas of global importance, MUN having earned a UDM degree, they are
builds skills of effective and sponta- well-prepared for licensure exams and
neous public speaking, and being a positions as accountants,” says Taylor.
completely students-led initiative, it Likewise, while providing 36 arts,
also develops leadership skills,” added science and commerce majors and
Karunakaran. several innovative minors, another
Another MCA member university MCA member institution — Aquinas
which offers more than 100 under- College — has acquired a national
grad study programmes spanning reputation for its degree programme
the gamut of arts, science, business, in sports management. “The distin-
biology, dentistry among others, but guishing feature of Aquinas College
has acquired a national reputation for education is that we maintain a low
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