<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/accounting-major-first-male-in-his-family-to-attend-college.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>Smith Earns Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Scholarship</title><summary>Alabama A&amp;M University sophomore Timothy Smith III, an accounting major from Tallahassee, Florida, has been named a 2025–2026 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar, earning a $15,000 merit-based scholarship. Smith becomes only the second AAMU student to receive the honor, following Amberly Pettaway’s selection last year.</summary><date>2025-10-08T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Timothy Smith III stands outside the AAMU Event Center with trees behind him</imageAltText><image>/_images/smithlredit.jpg</image><name>Accounting Major is First Male in His Family to Attend College</name><first>Accounting</first><last>Major is First Male in His Family to Attend College</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/accounting-major-first-male-in-his-family-to-attend-college.html</url><tags/></item>