As businesses have grown more dependent on technology, it is hard to imagine an organization maintaining its existence with just paper and pencil.  Yet that is the reality of the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Northeast Indiana (CPC).  Currently, the CPC maintains its financial records manually.  Through the outreach of Tri-State University senior accounting students and professor Kim Miller, the CPC will be able to implement a new automated accounting software system that will help improve the non-profit’s mission. 

“This is a practical experience for our students,” said Kim Miller, TSU accounting professor.  “The students will participate in every aspect of implementing the new accounting software from selecting the software to implementing the program, and then evaluating the program.  We are very fortunate to be working with CPC and for them to give our students this opportunity.”

“Our group is very excited about working with CPC,” said TSU senior Robert Bialecki.  “We have been able to gain a lot of accounting knowledge on non-profit organizations and the software they use.  It is exciting to see how our knowledge and work will be able to make CPC a more cost efficient organization by tracking incoming and outgoing funds.”

With the help of Miller’s students and the implementation of the automated system, the center will be able to automate all accounting and payroll records, which will provide the ability to track finances and generate reports.  The students will also train CPC employees how to run the program once it is implemented and give them continued technical support throughout the semester.  The class project should take approximately four to six weeks to complete.