THE MONEY CORNER

Brittney Biggs is a non-traditional accounting student who currently lives in Bowling Green with her husband Davis and their two dogs. Brittney was working full-time when her boss noticed her acumen with numbers and her organizational skills and encouraged her to go back to school. She earned her associate’s degree from a Tennessee community college but felt there was more that she could pursue. She found the Gordon Ford College of Business through research and enrolled here in the fall of 2017. She pursued a number of internships that would give her the much-needed accounting experiences she desired. She worked for both Constellium and the Tennessee Department of Treasury, where she will return in January as a full-time employee. Brittney tirelessly advocates the virtues of internships to all of her fellow classmates. “Internships give you the experiences you need and make you stand out.” Almost 150 students will participate in Commencement exercises this Saturday, December 1

Accounting occupies a special place in the annals of history. Whether  it's from the Sumeria cataloguing goods involved in transactions, the development of abacus counting systems to calculate large sums, introducing double-entry bookkeeping, the rapid advancement of computers enabling accounting software and cloud services or the progression of artificial intelligence and machine learning, humankind understands the value of information. We're living in a time of accelerating change where innovation has necessitated swift development and full-scale service integration. Competition has spurred action resulting in a bevy of consumer choice. In three to four years, companies can achieve billion dollar valuations. In today's market, that's the strength of great ideas. It’s not enough to be a reactive and transactional firm, your ACCOUNTANT needs to be proactive, offer diversified service streams and demonstrate value. Clients need a team of advisors who recognise the