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(September 10, 2008) Economoney A Look at the 2008-09 Salaries in ECO Continuing recent reports examining some of the financials in the CoB's economics unit, this report presents the 2008-09 salaries for all of the CoB-H's economics faculty. These data, which come from the 2008-09 USM Budget Book, are shown below in Table 1.

(September 11, 2008) Special Report Swimming in Quicksand An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials Assistant professor of economics, Daniel Monchuk, was one of first new hires of the 2003-07 Harold Doty administration of the CoB. As a new PhD from Iowa State University, Monchuk came to the CoB earning $68,000 per year. That salary rose by $3,811 with the 2006 merit raises, and again by $3,875 with the 2007 merit raises, so that Monchuk is earning a salary of $75,686 for the 2008-09 academic year. During this time, Monchuk was building up his research portfolio, which now contains publications in Review of Agricultural Economics, Review of Regional Studies, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy and others.

(September 26, 2008) CoB News, 26 September 2008 EFIB Fridays Drying Up? Save for new CoB dean Lance Nail’s interventions, it appears as though EFIB economist Sami Dakhlia’s “EFIB Fridays” seminar series is drying up.

(October 21, 2008) Is Nail Still Sprucing Up Dakhlia’s Seminar Series? A Look Ahead to Future Participants Various reports here at USMNEWS.net have indicated that EFIB economist Sami Dakhlia’s weekly seminar series is struggling. A portion of CoB News, 27 August 2008 entitled “Nail Classing Up ‘EFIB Fridays’,” indicated that new CoB dean Lance Nail was attempting to boost the struggling series by cultivating his own professional contacts.

(October 20, 2008) CoB News, 21 October 2008 Dakhlia Misses Boat in 2008 With fall break 2008 having come and gone, sources tell USMNEWS.net that associate professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, missed the boat on his annual teaching trip to Europe. Apparently Dakhlia remained in Hattiesburg for the fall break week. As long-time readers of USMNEWS.net recall, in past years’ fall break Dakhlia has journeyed to Europe for a week-long for-pay teaching gig.