Professor Elam
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Category: Internal Audit
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Thursday June 30, 2016 IIA is offering some scholarships. One can read one of the winning essay entries at this location. I have never seen such details on accounting regulation from a student who appears to be as young as he is in his photo. What do you think?
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Weekend March 12, 2016 Hondo is a small town of 8,000 directly west of San Antonio. But fraud has been uncovered in this otherwise quiet community. Frances Bendele has been replaced as Treasurer of the donated funds. $304,907 had been raised bu the group. Bendele was expected to deliver a check in that amount. But…
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Monday February 29 2016 Brianna Casillas, Yarisa Ramon, Demetrius Williams were student volunteers at the SA IIA second annual I Love Audit conference. The day long conference was held at the La Cantera Conference Center on the west side of I 10 north. A full day of speakers and multiple break out sessions were on…
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Tuesday Feb 9, 2016 While those students are unable to sign up as attendees, per our discussion last week, we would like to get some student volunteers to assist with the conference registration process. I have included the requested time slots and number of students below. If you think those two student would be willing…
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Thursday Feb 4, 2016 I posted notice of the Feb 24 SA IIA conference to be held at La Cantera. It is already sold out with 284 paid attendees and now a waiting list. I have been preaching the gospel of internal audit in class, here is the proof. IT is one of the fastest…
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Thursday Feb 4 2016 More corporate boards depend on internal audit depts to monitor risk. Students continue to hear me emphasize the improtance of an internal audit program. Here is another article which makes just that point.
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Weekend Jan 30 2016 Here is a link to the IIA Internal Audit magazine scholarship. Six $1,000 scholarships will be awarded.
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Wed January 27, 2016 SA IIA is holding a day long seminar with multiple tracks on Wednesday February 24 at the La Cantera location across I 10 from the Rim Center. Cost to attend as a student is a mere $35. You can attend all the functions, the lunch, and network with probably 200 internal…
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Monday November 30, 2015 A TAMUSA accounting student attended the monthly SA IIA meeting. I asked her to jot down her impressions and take away from the meeting. Here in her own words is a description of the experience. On November 18, 2015 I took my very first step into the professional accounting world. …
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2015 I have mentioned the advantages of being a student member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Here is an example. I received this e mail today from IIA. Dennis, Internal Auditor magazine, the world’s leading publication covering the internal audit profession, and The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) are striving to…
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