Cheryl Clark, MBA, CPA
Professor, Accounting
Chair of the Department of Business Analytics and Technology
Contact Information
- Office: 1201 West Penn Hall
- Phone: 412-392-4211
- Fax: 412-392-8048
- Email: cclark@pointpark.edu
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Master of Business Administration, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Courses Taught
- Introductory Accounting II and II
- Intermediate Accounting I and II
- Advanced Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Reporting and Control
- Accounting for Managers
- Corporate Finance
Background
Cheryl E. Clark is a professor of accounting at Point Park University's Rowland School of Business, chair of the Department of Business Analytics and Technology and a certified public accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prior to her promotion to professor, she was an associate professor and an assistant professor at Point Park. Clark has more than 15 years of experience working in public accounting, consulting and the healthcare industry, accounting for both an institutional pharmacy and a not-for-profit healthcare organization. In addition to her teaching responsibilities at Point Park, Clark has served as department chairperson, accounting program director, advisor to the University’s Student Accounting Association and on the Community College of Allegheny County Business Advisory Board.
Clark recently represented Point Park University at the American Accounting Association's Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting and completed the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project training led by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants at the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Accountants office in Pittsburgh.
Professional Memberships
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Accounting Association
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
In the News
- "Woodland Hills Students Get Firsthand Look at Accounting Profession Through Steelers Partnership," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 8, 2024.
- "Ask the Experts: 2020's 0% APR Credit Cards," WalletHub, July 10, 2020.
- "Ask the Experts: Young Adult Credit-Card Section," WalletHub, Feb. 13, 2020.
- "Point Park University professor completes AICPA program for advanced high school accounting curriculum," Leader Times, Aug. 9, 2019.
- "13 Best Credit Cards of July 2019 (Ask The Experts: Learning From the Best)," WalletHub, Aug. 5, 2019.
- "3 Credit Scores: The Myth, The Real Number & More," WalletHub, Oct. 4, 2017.
- "How to Establish Credit in 5 Easy Steps," WalletHub, June 11, 2017.
- "Accounting meets dance at Point Park University," Accounting Today magazine, May 8, 2017.
Point Park Features
- "Donovan Hindman '26 Reflects on Industry Conference and Benefits of Accounting Degree Program," Point Park University website, Aug. 28, 2024.
- "Student Q&A: Four Things to Know About Point Park University's Accounting Program," Point Park University website, April 11, 2023.
- "Accounting Major Fredrick Schoenefeldt Gains Hands-On Experience Through Dollar Bank Internship," Point Park University website, Nov. 15, 2022.
- "Rowland School of Business Faculty Tour Bitcoin Mining Facility to Further Cryptocurrency Education," Point Park University website, June 21, 2022.
- "Accounting Students Honored at 2022 FEI Pittsburgh Scholarship Night," Point Park University website, April 5, 2022.
- "The Resiliency of Accountancy: A Q&A with Point Park University’s Accounting Faculty," Point Park University website, May 19, 2020.
- "Students Complete VITA Accounting Course, Discuss Community Impact in Final Presentations," Point Park University website, April 23, 2020.
- "Accounting and IT Double Major, Veteran and Co-op Student Wins Financial Executives International 2020 Scholarship," Point Park University website, March 9, 2020.
- "Point Park Professor Completes AICPA Program for Advanced High School Accounting Curriculum," Point Park University website, Aug. 7, 2019.
- "Accounting Majors Assisting Community Members with Tax Returns as VITA Volunteers," Point Park University website, Feb. 8, 2019.
- "Student Accounting Association Officers Earn Ethical Leadership Certification from NASBA," Point Park University website, Feb. 6, 2019.
- "Networking Event Connects Accounting Major to Tax Internship With CPA Firm," Point Park University website, April 3, 2018.
- "Accounting Student Preet Mann '19 Wins FEI Scholarship," Point Park University website, March 27, 2018.
- "Army National Guard Member, Accounting Major Awarded Financial Executives Scholarship," Point Park University website, March 17, 2017.
- "From Point Park to BNY Mellon: Accounting Majors Graduates and Becomes Tax Specialist," Point Park University website, Sept. 12, 2016.
- "Accounting Major Helps Others With Taxes, Gains Field Experience as VITA Intern," Point Park University website, April 23, 2015.
- "Accounting Students Win Case Study Competition Second Year in a Row," Point Park University website, Nov. 18, 2014.
- "PA Institute of CPAs Awards Scholarships to Point Park Accounting Students," Point Park University website, July 2, 2014.
- "Accounting Student Christopher Cerda Named a 2014 Financial Executives Scholar," Point Park University website, April 29, 2014.
- "Recent Grads Land Jobs with Big Four Accounting Firm," Point Park University website, June 4, 2013.
- "Rosemarie Papariella Selected as Point Park's PICPA Outstanding Accounting Senior," Point Park University website, May 30, 2013.
- "School of Business Students Compete as Finalists in Auditing Case Study Competition," Point Park University website, Dec. 6, 2012.
- "Sudan Refugee Succeeds as Accountant and Grad Student at Point Park," Point Park University website, May 17, 2011.
- "Accounting/SAEM Student Named Financial Executive Scholar," Point Park University website, April 4, 2011.