Julie Ziemak, MBA, CPA | Faculty

What makes Lake Erie College a unique place?

• Development of our accounting students goes beyond the classroom!

  • Internships

  • Internships are the strongest pathway to a successful accounting career

  • 94% of our accounting majors have interned while completing their undergraduate studies (statistics based on the past three academic years)

  • Tax Clinic

  • Our students go out to the community and assist low income taxpayers with their annual tax filings

  • Over the past eleven years our students have assisted over 470 taxpayers in completing their federal, state and local income tax returns

  • Community Service

  • Financial Education Teaches Children Healthy Habits (FETCH!)

  • Our students participate in an interactive board game sponsored by the Ohio Society of CPAs that teaches elementary students important money skills and encourages financial responsibility

  • Elementary students track earnings and expenses and evaluate possible consequences of their choices and create strategies to meet financial goals

Degrees:

• M.B.A., Kent State University, 1994

• B.S., Accounting, Miami University, 1985

Courses Taught:

• AC 101 - Accounting Principles I

• AC 102 - Accounting Principles II

• AC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I

• AC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II

• AC 210 - Forensic Accounting

• AC 308 - Federal Income Taxation – Personal

• AC 406 - Taxes & Culture Clinic

• AC 416 - Advanced Accounting

Research/Creative Activity Interests:

• Primary focuses:

  • Financial Accounting

Awards/Professional Memberships:

• Awards

  • 2014-2015 Dean's Pillar Award

  • 2014-2015 Faculty Member of the Year Tibby Award

  • 2008/2009 Honorary Membership in Mortar Board

  • 2002/2003 Excellence in Teaching – Lake Erie College

  • 2002/2003 Excellence in Teaching – Northeast Ohio Council of Higher Education

  • 2002/2003 OhioMagazine Excellence in Education Award Winner

• Professional Memberships

  • Ohio Society of CPAs

  • American Accounting Association

Career Accomplishments:

• Responsible for the Bachelor of Science accounting major which serves both the traditional and non-traditional student population

• Offer concentration in forensic accounting due to developing and implementing the program

• Secure and supervise all accounting internships

• Co-direct Lake Erie College’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

• Coordinate the student-run Accounting Club that networks with local controllers/CPAs to discuss firsthand the accounting challenges facing different industries