POMONA : Audit of Cal Poly Urges Tougher Financial Controls
A comprehensive audit of two departments at Cal Poly Pomona has found various personnel and policy violations and recommends that the university tighten financial controls at two campus offices.
The report by the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche said the violations appear to be the result of a series of miscommunications, inexperience, lack of information and appropriate guidance. It adds that the violations are isolated incidents that do not reflect a pattern.
In a prepared statement, Cal Poly President Bob Suzuki said he was pleased that only minor problems were uncovered and called the violations “honest mistakes made by people trying their best to do their jobs.”
Irregularities in Cal Poly’s continuing education department and its foundation were first revealed in The Times last year, detailing how friends of Suzuki were hired to promote the university in Asia. Henry and Jennifer Whang received $239,569 in salary, commissions and travel expenses over a one-year period.
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