YSU professor can now use ‘CPA’ after his name

YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown State University professor can begin using the initials “CPA” after his name, as soon as he sends his registration fee to the Accountancy Board of Ohio.

Dr. Joseph Antenucci, chairman of YSU’s department of Accounting and Finance, was officially certified as a certified public accountant by the Accountancy Board last week, said Tamera Stripsky, certification and verification secretary for the board.

All that remains is for Antenucci to send the board a $36 registration fee and he can begin using the title “CPA inactive” after his name, Stripsky said.

Antenucci said Friday that he will do more than that. He intends to also submit a $100 fee for a two-year active CPA permit.

“I’m actually going to go active,” he said, explaining that, as an active CPA, he will automatically be granted continuing education credits for courses he teaches. Continuing education is an important job requirement at YSU, he said.

He, said he has no intention of becoming a practicing accountant, but he won’t have to use the word “inactive” after the title.

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