Angela Apple

will be entering the Master's of Accounting and Information Systems program in January 1998. In addition to being involved in the Ernst & Young Fellowship Program, Angie is also the recipient of the University of Kansas School of Business Scholarship and the Steve Bauer Memorial Scholarship. Her name is included in the National Dean's List, and she has been on the Dean's Honor Roll for all semesters. Angie is working with Professor Mike Ettredge to discover factors which determine the amount and nature of financial data presented on the web sites of various organizations.

Scott Barnes

is pursuing a Master in Accounting and Information Systems with a double concentration in tax and information systems. Scott received an undergraduate degree in broadcasting, and spent three and a half years working as Production Director at KLJC radio in Kansas City. Under the direction of Professor Susan Scholz, Scott is working on the Internet on-line financial reporting related research projects

Jill Earles

a second-year MBA student, is working with Professor Kay Nelson. Jill received her undergraduate degree (B.A. in Music, Piano emphasis) from KU in May 1996. Currently, she is in her last year of the MBA program working on a concentration in Information Technology. Jill's Ernst & Young project consists of working with relational databases to create forms and reports for the School of Business Administration and Faculty, and construction of a database for FRAANK experiments between KU and Rutgers. In addition, she will be assisting in and learning CGI database access on the web.

Hai Lu

is working with Professor Rajendra Srivastava. Hai has BS in Engineering from Zhejiang University in China, and M.Eng, Ph.D. in Optoelectronics from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked in Australia CSIRO Division of Telecommunication and Engineering Physics from 1991-1993. He was in MBA program last year and currently pursue Ph.D. in Business. He is working on FRAANK Project, a joint project of KU and Rutgers. His responsibilities include the intelligent agent programming and analysis of on-line auditing. He is also going to work on the uncertainties of evidences in audit.

Susan Shanafelt

is currently working with Professor Rajendra Srivastava, the Director of the Ernst &Young CARAT. Susan is a junior currently seeking a B.S. in Accounting with an emphasis in Computer Information Systems. Susan's CARAT responsibilities include updating, redesigning, and maintaining the Ernst & Young CARAT webpage and all other related pages. In addition to the CARAT webpage, she is also designing a WWW Board for Professor Srivastava's graduate auditing classes.