|
NACC Receives Outstanding Audit for
2005-2006
Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC)
has received an outstanding audit for the college’s most
recently review period – budget year 2005-2006. The Alabama
Department of Examiners of Public Accounts conducted this audit.
The Examiners of Public Accounts do annual
audits of public colleges and other public entities in the
state. The Examiners’ report determined that NACC was in
compliance on the college’s internal control over financial
reporting, internal control over major programs, financial
statement findings, and federal awards findings and questioned
costs. The audit revealed no material weaknesses in financial
statements or federal awards, including financial aid. The
Examiners’ review was unqualified, meaning that all auditing
standards were met.
“We are very pleased with the findings of this audit,” stated
Dr. David Campbell, President of NACC. “Of course, our charge is
to handle and spend our finances by the guidelines of
appropriate state and federal laws, and by the policies of the
Alabama State Board of Education. This audit tells us that we
are doing what we should be doing.”
Campbell noted that the college has become much more complex in
recent years, due to the addition of federal programs, such as
Adult Basic Education. The college also has begun a
federally-sponsored student loan program and added new programs
of studies. Also, NACC is currently completing a major building
project on campus. This project includes the construction of the
55,000-square-foot Health Education and Technology Center and a
new campus road that reroutes traffic around the perimeter of
NACC. Cosmetology centers also have been added to the college’s
curriculum at Rainsville and Scottsboro.
There are approximately three hundred employees at the college
and student enrollment this fall is at its highest level in more
than thirty years. With some registration time still remaining,
more than 2,500 students already have enrolled at Northeast for
credit courses for the Fall Semester.
“We especially thank our Business Office, under the direction of
Dean Larry Guffey, for the excellent work in their making
certain that all audit guidelines are in place and are followed.
Our Financial Aid, Bookstore, Admissions, and Human Resources
offices do a great job following these guidelines as well.
Receiving an outstanding report of this nature is a team effort,
and certainly faculty and staff play a major role in achieving
the standards set by the Examiners of Public Accounts.”
Campbell noted that the Business Office personnel consist of Larry Guffey, Dean of Administrative Services;
Susan
Hancock, Assistant to the Dean of Administrative
Services/Accountant; Linda Cunningham, Payroll Clerk; Linda Guffey,
Purchasing Coordinator and Business Office Secretary; Lenoyette Beam, Cashier/Business Office
Secretary; and Kathy Gledhill, Receptionist/Inventory
Clerk/Switchboard Operator. Leisa Bunch also serves as an
Accounting Assistant for the Adult Basic Education program at
NACC and works closely with the Business Office staff.
For more information about the report visit the website for the
Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts at
www.examiners.state.al.us. |
