Rattler Nation

The majority of FAMU and other MEAC baseball players are predominately white or hispanic. Check today's Washington Post for the story. See: MEAC's Minority Rule

Debate over pay raise continues
FAMU Board of Trustees Chairwoman Challis Lowe said Wednesday, she is "open-minded" about including FAMU lab school staff in a proposed raised for overall University faculty and staff.

Lowe considers raises for FAMU DRS employees and University employees two separate issues, despite the fact that DRS employees are also University employees since the school is owned and operated by the FAMU College of Education.

Audit Further Delayed
The long awaited 2005 FAMU Financial Audit has been further delayed. State Auditors and FAMU officials met recently to go over some issues and a draft is expected to the University by the end of the month .

While it has taken an unusally long time for the audit to come out, the thinking is that the FAMU Adminstration is trying to slow the audit down until after the next Board Meeting. See: Under the Microscope

Minutes from the December 1, 2005 BOT meeting show that Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Gerald Dunn told the Board that State Auditors told him that several "jounal entry adjustments" needed to be made. Dunn, told the Board that this is quite common. However, once you've turned your taxes into the IRS, they generally don't allow you to make changes on mistakes they discovered without a penalty. See: Minutes (start reading on page 3, about 8 line from the bottom).