<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/walton-college-accounting-student-awarded-prestigious-fasb-assistantship.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><external_link>https://news.uark.edu/articles/80422/walton-college-accounting-student-awarded-prestigious-fasb-assistantship</external_link><pubDate>11/19/2025</pubDate><title>Walton College Accounting Student Awarded Prestigious FASB Assistantship</title><description>Grace Helmers, a Master of Professional Accounting student in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has secured a postgraduate technical assistantship with the Financial Accounting Standards Board. She is only the second U of A student to achieve this honor, and the first since 2012.</description><author>Jerra Toms</author><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/news/posts/images/grace_helmers.jpg" alt="Grace Helmers"/></image><tags><tag>accounting</tag><tag>acct</tag></tags></item>