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Allyson d'Aquin
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LSU News
January 29,2003
Allyson d' Aquin, a Baton Rouge native and a student
in LSU's master of business administration program,
posted the highest overall score on the Institute
for Internal Auditors' 2002 Certified Internal
Auditor exam. D'Aquin had not only the highest
student score on the exam, but the top score of
any of the 18,657 people worldwide who took the
test, including professionals.
The Institute for Internal Auditors recently
announced that d'Aquin will receive the IIA Certified
Internal Auditor Student Highest Achievement Award
for highest overall student score internationally,
as well as the IIA's Gold Medal award for the
highest overall score among both students and
practitioners.
D'Aquin is the 13th LSU student to receive the
Student Highest Achievement Award in the last
17 years. According to the IIA, this is the first
time in the history of the 29-year-old exam that
a student has made the highest overall score in
the world.
"Allyson's performance is unparalleled and
enhances LSU's leadership position in internal
auditing," said Glenn E. Sumners, director
of the LSU Center for Internal Auditing.
The student score award that d'Aquin will receive
is officially titled the William S. Smith Student
Highest Achievement Award. It is named in honor
of William S. Smith, the IIA's first chairman
of its Board of Regents, a former IIA chairman
of the board and a driving force behind the development
of the Certified Internal Auditor program. For
achieving the best overall score, d'Aquin has
been named the William S. Smith Gold Medalist.
She will officially receive her awards at the
IIA's annual International Conference in Las Vegas
this summer.
D'Aquin is the daughter of Davis and Janet d'Aquin
and attended Woodlawn High School. She received
a bachelor's degree in accounting from LSU in
May of 2001. She is a member of the LSU Internal
Auditing program and is on track to receive her
MBA in May of this year. In June, she will begin
a job as a Downstream Internal Auditor for ExxonMobil.
"It really has been a rewarding experience
-- getting the certification and receiving the
awards," said d'Aquin. "The CIA review
process was the capstone of my education. I not
only learned and reviewed internal auditing skills,
but I solidified my knowledge of general business
topics."
Six other LSU students successfully passed all
four parts of the exam on their first attempt:
Doug Paul, an MBA student from Norcross, Ga.;
Ben Ortego, a business undergraduate from Carencro;
Brian Nichols, a master's student in information
systems and decision sciences; Xueping Xiong,
an MBA student from Jiangxi, China; Mercedes Levy,
an MBA student from Baton Rouge; and Shannon Williams
of Hammond, a graduate of the master's program
in accounting.
The Institute of Internal Auditors was established
in 1941 and serves more than 80,000 members in
internal auditing, IT audit, education, security
and governance and internal control from more
than 120 countries. The institute is the recognized
leader in the field and serves as the profession's
watchdog and resource on significant auditing
issues around the globe.
LSU's Center for Internal Auditing has been an
international leader in internal audit education
since its inception in 1985, when the IIA designated
the LSU program as the Internal Audit Pilot School
to develop internal audit education. Since then,
endorsed internal audit programs have been established
at 43 colleges and universities throughout the
world, including France, Jordan, Lebanon, the
Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Switzerland, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Internal auditing is essentially a risk assurance
and consulting function that serves the organization
through operation, compliance and financial evaluations.
It is a relatively new, multidisciplinary profession,
and the LSU Center for Internal Auditing seeks
students from backgrounds as varied as engineering,
finance, information systems, management, marketing,
accounting, economics, public administration and
nonbusiness areas.
For more information on d'Aquin's awards or LSU's
Internal Audit Program, contact Glenn E. Sumners,
director of the LSU Center for Internal Auditing,
at 225-578-6210.
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