Contact:	ASM Development Office, (505) 277-6264 Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
April 24, 2002 ANDERSON STUDENTS USE VITA SITE TO HELP LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION Accounting students at the Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at the University of New Mexico used their Volunteers in Tax Assistance (VITA) site to establish an effective partnership with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and ARCA, a local nonprofit organization. “This partnership is a great way for students to put into practice the concepts they have been learning in class and at the same time see a large benefit resulting from their work,” said Craig White, faculty advisor for the fraternity. Members of the Beta Alpha Psi, the national honor fraternity for financial information professionals and students in tax classes at the ASM prepared more than 250 individual tax returns for clients of ARCA. ARCA provides job training and literacy skills for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the Albuquerque-area. “The student volunteers did a tremendous job,” said Bernice Carlin, case assistant at ARCA. “Their professionalism and accuracy is greatly appreciated. ARCA looks forward to a continuing partnership with Beta Alpha Psi and the Anderson Schools of Management. “The contribution made by Beta Alpha Psi and the Anderson Schools is the perfect example of partnership,” said Dolores Herrera, tax specialist at the IRS. “Both student volunteers and ARCA benefit from this great association.” Beta Alpha Psi is a national fraternity that encourages and recognizes scholastic and professional excellence in the business information field. The organization, found in 1919, has grown to nearly 230 chapters on college campuses across the country with more than 230,000 members initiated in the 83 years since its inception. # # #

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