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08
Oct
2015
IMTA alumnus and Champion 2013 from Singapore wins another prestigious award
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  • CEEMAN
IMTA Alumnus, Poh-Sun Seow, has together with Suay-Peng Wong been awarded the 2015 Innovation in Accounting Education Award by the American Accounting Association (AAA) for their work "Accounting Challenge: Mobile-Gaming App for Learning Accounting." The pair are also the first outside of the United States to be honoured.

Dr. Poh-Sun Seow is Associate Professor of Accounting (Education) and Associate Dean (Teaching and Curriculum) of the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University. Prior to joining SMU, he was a lecturer at The University of Melbourne and worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore. Dr. Seow received his PhD in Accounting from The University of Melbourne and obtained his Masters of Business Administration and Bachelor of Accounting with First Class Honors, both from Nanyang Technological University. His teaching and research interests are in accounting information systems, behavioral issues in accounting and accounting education.


Suay-Peng Wong joined the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University as a senior lecturer in 2010. Her varied career experience included audit at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co (now KPMG), as well as finance and project management across cross-functional teams at IBM Singapore Pte Ltd. She was also a member of the pioneer team that established the School of Business Management at Nanyang Polytechnic. Suay-Peng has a keen interest in innovation in education. She initiated a few e-learning projects at Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic. At SMU, she was a member of the team that developed a mobile game to enhance the learning of accounting.

The annual Innovation in Accounting Education Award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education, and submissions are judged by their innovation, demonstrated educational benefits, and adaptability by other academic institutions or to other situations. More information about this award is available online at http://aaahq.org/About/Directories/2014-2015-AAA-Committees-Task-Forces/Award-Committees/Innovation-in-Accounting-Education-Award-Committee/Award-Criteria

Congratulations for the great achievement!
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