WACUBO is an organization that depends on volunteers stepping forward from its membership to devote some of their time and energy to assist in achieving WACUBO’s mission, goals and objectives.
WACUBO'S mission is to build an organization that promotes and maintains professional standards and conduct for management and financial administrators in higher education.
The Association endeavors to fulfill this mission by working toward the following goals:
Develop and maintain interest in the continuous improvement of principles and practices of management, business, and financial administration in higher education;
Foster among member institutions professional ideals, standards and ethical conduct in business and financial administration;
Create professional development opportunities for association members which will include basic and advanced training, career development, skills improvement, and other forms of professional growth;
Gather and disseminate information that will assist in management, and the business and financial administration of colleges and universities, and to stimulate research and the development of sound practices in these fields;
Disseminate information that will assist in day-to-day institutional operation and increase awareness of current issues in higher education;
Encourage cooperation with organizations having common interests in management and financial administration of higher education; and
Support and work in concert with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the other regional associations in the achievement of its purposes and objectives.
How to Get Involved:
Being an all-volunteer organization, WACUBO has many opportunities to get involved in either program delivery, constituent advocacy or to assist in the administrative functions needed to promote and sustain the organization.
Positions on the WACUBO Board of Director include:
Officers of the Board (elected each year at the annual meeting by the WACUBO membership)
President;
First Vice resident;
Second Vice President;
Treasurer;
Secretary;
Other Board of Director Positions:
Communications Director;
Three At-Large members;
The Two Immediate Past Presidents of WACUBO;
Chairs of the various WACUBO standing committees (see list below);
Any WACUBO member who is the chair or immediate past chair of NACUBO; and
The Directors of the Business Management Institute and the Executive Leadership Institute.
In order to ensure continuity in WACUBO’s operations, we have also recently added the following positions:
Assistant Secretary
Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Communications Director
In addition, WACUBO has numerous standing committees that are always in need of volunteers. These committees include: Service Committees:
Audit
Professional Development
Cluster site coordinators are also needed to host workshops offered around the region.
Information Exchange
Host Committee
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Constituent Advocacy Committees:
Comprehensive and Research Institutions
Small Institutions
Community College
To learn more about the role and functions of each of these committees or the responsibilities of the Board of Directors see the WACUBO Handbook (PDF)
Eligibility:
To be eligible for these positions you must work as a management or financial administrator at a WACUBO member institution.
How to Volunteer:
To volunteer simply send an e-mail message to the WACUBO First Vice PresidentStan Nosek and Second Vice PresidentMichael Unebasami who will be making committee assignments for the coming years. Most positions begin in May or June each year, thus you may not hear anything until that time each year. Volunteers are generally selected based on institution type/size factors, position and geographic location factors.
