From the President

June 21, 2019

Welcome, friends, to this edition of the College and University Auditor. While there are still several months left in the ACUA year, this will be my last letter as your President. It has been a true honor to serve alongside so many of you this year. I’d like to take a moment and highlight our accomplishments.

As I took office in New Orleans, I spoke about the theme of Association. I explained how I felt that our success as an organization is tied to how well we “associated” with each other. Our mission is to “assist each other in continually improving the internal operations and processes of the individual institutions we serve through continued professional development and the sharing of experiences with friends and colleagues.” In short, ACUA is an association with a purpose.

To achieve this vision, we completed many things this year. First, we signed some key strategic partnerships. Our reenergized Partnerships Committee grew our associations with other like-minded organizations such as EDUCAUSE, URMIA, and AHIA. We will continue to solicit more partnerships and build relationships. Second, we launched a completely redesigned website. Our online presence has a modern feel, increased functionality, and is technically sound. Third, we made major changes to our midyear conference by deploying the new Audit Interactive, with much success. Fourth, we will launch an updated annual conference, AuditCon, in September. Lastly, we provided new resources to help you do your job, such as monthly ACUA Kick Starters and our admissions hot topic communication.

All of these efforts come at the expense of an amazing amount of volunteer effort. The number of volunteers and the huge amount of hours is truly amazing. Thank you to every person who stepped up and into the many roles and helped execute our strategic vision.

So what’s next? Well, we still have a conference to deliver and a strategic plan to finalize. Julia Hann, our Vice President, will take the helm at the conclusion of AuditCon and will shepherd us under her vision and leadership as we continue to focus on being the resource of higher education internal auditors. I’m excited to partner with her as we move ahead.

In closing, as the heat builds in Texas and summer gets underway, I hope you find some time to get outside and enjoy your friends and family. More so, I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible as we gather and celebrate all that we accomplished this year in Baltimore. See you at AuditCon!

Happy Auditing!

Justin T. Noble, CIA
ACUA President
Assistant Chief Audit Executive
Texas Tech University System

About the Author

Justin Noble

Justin Noble, who is a Certified Internal Auditor, is an Assistant Chief Audit Executive for the Texas Tech University System. Justin leads a staff of eight auditors in conducting compliance, operational, financial, and fraud reviews across the System’s four component institutions. Justin completed his Master of Architecture and Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech. After graduating from Tech, Justin started his career with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and worked for Southwest Airlines prior to returning to his alma mater in 2009.

Justin is active in the profession currently serving as Immediate Past President for ACUA. In addition to his board service, Justin has chaired ACUA’s NCAA Taskforce and previously led the Association’s Distance Learning efforts. Justin is a regular at the Association’s conferences serving as a proctor and frequent speaker at both the Annual and Midyear conferences. Justin also serves on the Texas Tech Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors and Supervisory Committee. Outside of the profession, Justin is active in the South Plains Council of the Boy Scouts of America and serves in his church.

jtnoble@vt.edu

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