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![Cover of the 2023 issue of Iowa Ledger](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/2023-11/Ledger_2023_cover_lg.jpg)
Ben Gilbertson is not one dimensional
For Ben Gilbertson (BBA22/BFA22), art and business are interconnected on a micro and macro level. That’s why this accounting and ceramics alum refuses to let one thing define him.
![A giant wave of Nazare](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/wave.jpg?h=c15b87cc&itok=Mv8Bk571)
![Patrick Chesterman in front of Phillips Hall on the University of Iowa campus](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/patrick%201%20final%20copy.jpg?h=40e66ba2&itok=JP802KbA)
![Arlene Houk in The Hague, Netherlands](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/arlene.jpg?h=285d466a&itok=VQ96UPqr)
Inquisitive and fearless
While some of her peers were retiring, Arlene Houk took on a new assignment in the Netherlands.
![Missed target](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/target.jpg?h=8ab50f82&itok=TUHLQk2I)
Misplaced confidence
Tippie researcher Paul Hribar finds company earnings guidance is wrong about 70% of the time.
![Mark Ruedy at Deere & Co. headquarters in Moline, Ill.](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Mark%20R.jpg?h=b0d61083&itok=6uxiskk3)
An MBA gamble that paid off
Although friends and family were worried when he quit his job to pursue an MBA, Mark Ruedy was not deterred. Today he's the director of financial reporting at Deere & Company.
![Maria Turner](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Maria%20Turner_2%20copy_0.jpg?h=e3253adc&itok=UN55Phpy)
Sage advice from the 2023 Outstanding Accounting Alum of the Year
Maria Rydberg Turner (BBA86) shares 5 proverbial sayings that have never steered her wrong.
![The Hawkeye hockey club celebrating a win.](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Brickhaus.jpg?h=1d7839b6&itok=nEUSizqV)
Back on the blue line
Ryan Brickhaus thought his hockey days were over, but ended up leading the Hawkeyes to their first ever championship.
![TA](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/ta.jpg?h=c1b9418a&itok=F69eS59J)
TAs: The secret sauce
How teaching assistants at Tippie are inspiring the next generation of accountants.
These alums are kind of a big deal
Congratulations to Jack and Anna as you begin the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)’s postgraduate technical assistant program! Check out more young accountants to watch on page 4 of this issue.
![Jack Krause and Anna Thomas](/sites/tippie.uiowa.edu/files/2023-11/krause-and-thomas.png)
Iowa Ledger is the annual publication for alumni and friends of the Department of Accounting at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.