UHV hires new vice president for administration, finance

Beverly Shuford understands that achievements and doing vital work does not always necessarily mean getting out in entrance and receiving accolades, and that’s the mindset she designs to carry to the College of Houston-Victoria as a new vice president.

“I locate good results in becoming at the rear of the scenes, enabling other people to do well and eradicating limitations,” Shuford reported. “My leadership design focuses on accountability, rely on but verify, empowerment, and support and encouragement of my direct studies and groups. With expert business enterprise and finance groups, I have uncovered that a ‘thank you’ for a occupation very well accomplished is powerful and welcomed.”

Shuford will join UHV on June 22 as the university’s new vice president for administration and finance. She will be taking the reins from the present vice president, Wayne Beran, who plans to retire that same month after functioning at the university for 32 several years.

“UHV has been privileged to have a proficient, devoted economical specialist like Wayne Beran at the helm for the past three a long time,” UHV President Bob Glenn stated. “I can’t say adequate about all the great items Wayne has finished to enable the college mature. Now, as he prepares to retire, we are seeking ahead to bringing Dr. Shuford, a different proficient skilled, in to hold that legacy of results and growth transferring ahead.”

Shuford is coming to UHV from University College or university Cayman Islands, where by she serves as vice president of company and finance. She started off her present-day function in February 2021. Right before then, she held several administrative leadership positions, like vice chancellor of administrative companies at the College of Alaska Anchorage, associate vice president of spending budget and analytics at University of North Texas, vice president of small business and finance at Brite Divinity Faculty at Texas Christian College and many finance-similar roles in the Texas Tech College Technique.

In addition to her operate in higher schooling, Shuford has labored as a licensed community accountant, a tax accountant and as a senior economical analyst. She is a certified CPA and a accredited fraud examiner.

She holds a doctorate in higher training administration as very well as a Grasp of Science in accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in accounting and finance, all from Texas Tech University.

“I am so excited to be part of UHV’s staff,” she reported. “The university is delightful, and I’ve loved conference all people for the duration of the evaluation method and getting to know the college. My time in the Cayman Islands has been wonderful, but now it is time to arrive residence to Texas.”

Shuford’s encounter in functioning with universities has provided some institutions that struggled with serious finances cuts. She ideas to provide that focus on performing extra with what a college has to UHV to help the college continue to be real to its mission and keep on earning strategic investments though paying out sensibly.

“No college has plenty of money to do all the issues it requirements and would like,” she reported. “Even universities that are expanding require advice in how they devote the new dollars that is coming in. I provide insight that includes a target on compliance for accreditation and governing administration bodies as nicely as knowledge in serving to a college accomplish its ambitions with whatsoever means are offered.”

Despite the fact that UHV is a comparatively young faculty, the university has some excellent traditions and has goals to expand in fascinating approaches, Shuford said. That is anything she is wanting ahead to functioning towards in the days to appear.

“I’m enthusiastic to develop into component of the UHV household and understand about the campus, its learners and the group,” she claimed. “From what I see, there’s so a great deal assure and possible in UHV, and I want to be concerned in bringing individuals goals to lifestyle.”