For the third time in his long career as a state public servant, Eddie N. Moore, Jr., is stepping into the role of “Mr. Fix-it,” tasked to plug fiscal holes and put the wind back in the academic sails of an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in danger of sinking.
He accepted that role for 17 years at Virginia State University and briefly at the former St. Paul’s College. Today, for the next three years or more, he has been hired at Norfolk State University to steady the state’s largest HBCU from succumbing to some storms which recently have battered the 78-year-old institution.
At the top of his “to do list” is to correct the fiscal issues facing NSU. It failed to report on time the 2011 and 2012 state audits of its finances. Recently, the State Auditor of Accounts reported that the delayed NSU 2011 Audit which was turned in last month was sound.
Moore said his staff is compiling all of the financial statements to allow state officials to conduct the audits for 2012 and 2013 by January 2014. read more…
