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Top three scorers of November 2003 CPA exam announced.


Winners of the Elijah Watt Sells Awards for attaining the three highest combined scores on the Nov. 2003 CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000.  Examination have been announced. Alison Rae Mathis of Tampa, Fla., received the highest score among the 59,500 candidates who took the exam. Mathis graduated summa cum laude sum·ma cum lau·de  
adv. & adj.
With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction: graduated summa cum laude; a summa cum laude graduate.
 from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes.  in 2003, earning both a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Master's degree in Taxation.

The Silver Medal, awarded for the second highest grade, went to Laura C. Willis of Indianapolis. Willis graduated summa cum laude from Valparaiso University in 2003 with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

Receiving the Bronze Medal was Nivedita Giupta of Aurora, Ill. Giupta earned a Bachelor's degree with Honors from Panjab University, Chandigarh Panjab University is one of the oldest universities in India. The university campus is located in the city of Chandigarh and is spread over an area of 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25 of the city. , India in 1996. She attended Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill., graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems in 2001, and an MBA in Accounting in 2003.
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Date:May 1, 2004
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