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The Internal Audit Center (the Center), housed in the Coles College of Business School of Accountancy, is here to serve our students through providing leadership for the Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) program of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) here at KSU. The program is the only college and university in the State of Georgia that is recognized at the IIA's Comprehensive Level. The Center also serves as a thought leader in the internal audit arena through groundbreaking applied research conducted by our Center faculty.
Dr. Richard Clune, CPA, CIA, Associate Professor, has been teaching full-time at Kennesaw State University (KSU) since 2002, upon his retirement as an audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). While teaching at KSU, he earned his doctorate from Case Western Reserve University. His internal audit experience includes being a director of internal audit for a financial services group, engagement partner on internal audit outsourcing and co-sourcing arrangements, and PwC's national partner in charge of internal audit services to the insurance industry. He has received two awards from the IIA: the Michael J. Barrett Dissertation Award and a William S. Smith Award for performance on the CIA examination. He presently serves on the Atlanta Chapter IIA Board of Governors and as Board member and Audit Committee member for a wholly owned US based life insurance subsidiary of a multi-national corporation.

News Flash:
Institute of Internal Auditors awards $100,000
grant to KSU's School of Accountancy
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has awarded $100,000 in grants to Kennesaw State University's School of Accountancy for its internal audit education program.
The School of Accountancy at the Coles College of Business, which houses the Internal Audit Center, will receive a $50,000 grant from the IIA's Internal Auditing Academic Advancement Fund and an additional $50,000 grant from the IIA's Atlanta Chapter.

Richard R. Clune, Jr., Director
Office: Burruss Building 205
Phone: 770-423-6514
rclune@kennesaw.edu
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