SACUBO to Celebrate 100 Years

Share Your SACUBO Experience

As we celebrate SACUBO’s 100th Anniversary, we invite you to reflect on your experience and share your perspective. Please select one or two of the questions in the form to answer. You can also respond via video submission using the upload option at the bottom of the form. Your responses may be featured in SACUBO’s promotional and marketing materials, including excerpts from written submissions and video footage if you choose to provide it. We appreciate your willingness to help tell the story of SACUBO’s impact—past, present, and future.

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History

The organizational meeting for what would later become the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers (SACUBO) was held at the faculty club room in the library building of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, May 14, 1927.

Eight business officers representing seven institutions of higher education attended the inaugural meeting and set the course for a new organization – a course that has held for almost 100 years. Planning started immediately, and the first annual convention was held at the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 1928, establishing a foundation for forging alliances and the sharing of information with and among business officers.

Celebrating a Century, Innovating for Tomorrow

SACUBO's 100 Year Celebration will begin at the 2027 Annual Convention in Atlanta as we start our dive into SACUBO’s history. The yearlong celebration will honor and celebrate SACUBO’s history and will conclude with the SACUBO Centennial Celebration Gala at the 2028 Annual Convention in Nashville as we focus on bringing SACUBO into the next 100 years.

100 Year Celebration Events

Start making plans now to attend the following 100 Year Celebration events:

2027 Annual Convention | April 4–6, 2027 | Omni Atlanta Hotel | Atlanta, GA

2027 Fall Conference | November 3–5, 2027 | Norfolk Waterside Marriott | Norfolk, VA

2028 Leadership Forum | Date and Location TBA

2028 Annual Convention | April 30 – May 2, 2028 | Omni Nashville Hotel | Nashville, TN

This page will be updated as planning continues for SACUBO’s 100 Year Celebration, so be sure to check back periodically.