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Florida Southern MBA graduate
scores highest in Florida CPA exam

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2003) - Jeanette Dugas, a former student at Florida Southern College, received the highest score in Florida on the May CPA examination. Dugas graduated from Florida Southern with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 2000 and a master's in business administration in 2002. She received the Ernst & Young award as the outstanding accounting graduate in the MBA program. 

"Jeanette is one of the brightest accounting students I have ever had the privilege of instructing," said Dr. John Stancil, FSC accounting professor. "We in the accounting program are pleased, but not surprised, at her accomplishment." 

Dugas has been employed since 2000 with the State Attorney's Office as an economic crime investigator. She resides in Winter Haven. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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