Who is Dr. Evelyn Money?
Professionally, I’m an accounting professor, a CPA, a business owner.
Personally, I’m a wife, a mother of 3, a sister, a friend, an aunt, and a daughter.
In a nutshell, I’m a numbers freak with many different roles who has a love/hate relationship with words. This blog was created to go beyond the numbers in search of the truth. Check out my first blog for more information.
Dr. Evelyn Money is a thought leader, researcher, educator, and practitioner in the accounting profession. She holds a BS degree in Accounting, an MBA with a concentration in Accounting and a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration. Evelyn is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Maryland with 15+ years of experience in public and private accounting including auditing, taxes, compilations, reviews, not-for profit and government accounting. She also has 15+ years of experience teaching accounting and business courses for Delaware Tech, Wilmington University and Delaware State University. Evelyn has published her research in the areas of accounting education and ethics and is currently writing and editing a new book project entitled “Accounting Education and Changing Trends in a Digitized World.
Beyond the numbers
In this day and age we are so caught up with numbers. Sometimes it’s used as a measure of encouragement. How many likes did I get on my social media page? How many hits on my blog? Some times its used as a measure of growth? What’s my credit score? How much money do I have in the bank? How many pounds have I gained/lost? Other times it’s a measure of our successes and achievements in life. What’s my net worth? How much have I saved for retirement? But it’s interesting to note that these measures alone don’t define us, they don’t tell us the story of our lives or about how to enjoy our lives. They are only performance indicators.
As an accounting professor, I often say that numbers are my friends, words sometimes get me in trouble but numbers never let me down. I also say that there is always a story behind the numbers. For this reason, this blog was created to look behind the numbers to find the real story. The real story of what you may ask? The real story of life. On this page, you will find a personal and professional space for words of encouragement, growth and life.
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