Today’s guest is Dr. Roger Stichter, Professor of Accounting at Grace College for 28 years. He has a B.A., Goshen College; M.B.A., Indiana University at South Bend; D.B.A., Anderson University.
During his tenure, the accounting program has grown more than fivefold and has earned national recognition for its graduates’ CPA pass rates. Grace has graduated numerous High-Grade Winners by the Indiana Certified Public Accountant Society, scoring among the top 10 highest cumulative scores in the state. In 2020, Grace’s CPA pass rates were ranked in the top 7% nationwide for “first-time, small programs,” and in 2010, the graduating class’s first-time CPA pass rates were in the top 10 among all schools nationwide. In 2018, accountingedu.org recognized Grace College as the most effective and efficient accounting program among all private colleges and universities in Indiana.
He continues to communicate with over 300 accounting alumni through monthly emails. He has been awarded the Alva J. McClain Award in Excellence in Teaching at Grace College in 2018, the Indiana CPA Society Accounting Professor of the Year in 2013, and the CBFA 2013 Dissertation Showcase Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation. He has authored several books, the latest of which is The Principle of Maximums: Living with Enough to Give Away More.
And, he was also one of the earliest guests on the Grace Story Podcast, starring in episode 5, back in 2019! And recently he announced his retirement from full-time teaching.
You may know Dr. Roger Stichter as the long-time professor of accounting at Grace College. But have you heard the incredible story of how he landed here?
The Principle of Maximums: Living With Enough to Give Away More
