TSCPA recently honored three top Texas accounting professors with the organization's 2002 Outstanding Accounting Educator Awards.

Recipients are Paul A. Cameron, Jr., CPA, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Dr. Mary Fischer, University of Texas-Tyler; and Dr. Roselyn Morris, CPA, Southwest Texas State University.

At a ceremony held during the TSCPA Accounting Education Conference, the three winners each received a traveling trophy for their school and a $1,000 award provided by the TSCPA Accounting Education Foundation.

The TSCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator Awards honor Texas accounting educators who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and have distinguished themselves through active service to the accounting profession.

Criteria for judging includes instructional innovation, student motivation, the pursuit of learning opportunities for students, involvement and accomplishments in professional accounting organizations and student accounting organizations, and research accomplishments and publications.