ACAP stands for the Accounting Career Awareness
Program. The mission of ACAP is to recruit target minority youths and provide educational
enrichment experiences and practical help they need to prepare for higher education and careers in the field of accounting
or business related areas. This is accomplished
with the following objectives: - Teach students about the skillsets relevant to the field of business.
- Inform students about opportunities
in business professions.
- Provide students with minority role models in the business profession.
- Involve
Puget Sound area businesses, career guidance counselors and parents in ACAP through contributions and volunteer time.
- Provide
students internships at Puget Sound businesses that will help them get meaningful job experience.
Most of ACAP's efforts are focused on our
Summer Residency Program. This is a one-week program for qualified Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors in high school.
This motivational and educational program is held each year at the University of Washington School of Business. It introduces
the students to accounting, finance, economics and management through a customized curriculum involving UW faculty and guest
lecturers from the business community. Students selected for the residency week receive scholarships covering the total
cost of tuition, room and board, books, supplies, entertainment, and transportation. This program has been held annually
since 1982.
