When their Kassouf internship begins, students complete many of the typical tasks associated with a new job: completing paperwork, training, and getting to know their coworkers. In addition to these usual to-do’s, they also select a research topic for the Kassouf Symposium. From AI to cryptocurrency, interns present their findings about accounting’s hottest topics.
The symposium includes two portions, academic and culture. The academic portion centers on an individual research project. This year’s topics included the following:
- Blockchain Technology in Accounting
- AI and Accounting
- Creating Future Accountants
- Data Analytics and Forecasting
- Data Security
- Increasing Diversity in Accounting
- Navigating Succession Planning for Business Owners
- Employee Engagement and Retention
- Bridging Gaps in the Multigenerational Workplace
- Enhancing the Client Experience and Mapping the Client Journey
- Cyrptocurrency’s Impact on Tax and Advisory Services
- Advising Clients through Economic Uncertainty
The culture portion challenged interns to propose an employee engagement or recruitment initiative for the firm. Ideas included an awards ceremony like The Office’s Dundies, service projects, and campus socials.
Interns presented both the academic and culture findings to our firm’s leadership group for feedback and scoring.
2025 Kassouf Spring Symposium Winners
Jonathan Folger, a senior at The University of Alabama, earned the highest academic score for his presentation on employee engagement and retention. Jonathan interns in our Assurance Services Group.
Price Cannon, a senior at the University of North Alabama, earned the highest culture score for his proposal for a company-wide picnic which included ways to engage remote team members. He interns in our Estate Planning and Administration Group.
Congratulations to our entire Spring 2025 Intern Class for their hard work!
