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(May 24, 2007) Money, Money, Money, Money Consulting and Paid Service in USM’s College of Business This report examines the consulting and paid service that faculty in the CoB are performing, at least according their own SEDONA files (as of May 2007). As you will see below, some of the CoB’s least research-active faculty are engaging in significant amounts of consulting and paid service, all of which enhances their (in some cases bloated) USM salaries. At the bottom of each consulting/paid service bio below, we provide salary data for 2006-07 along with a projected salary for 2007-08. Enjoy.

(June 14, 2007) Davis, Green Get New iPods for Instruction The CoB’s Donna Davis (Professor of MIS) and Evelyn Kwan Green (Instructor of Tourism Management) were recently named among the 12 winners of USM’s “Podcasting Pilot project,” which was kicked off in USM’s Learning Enhancement Center on 8-Jun-07. According to USM Public Relations officials, the 12 faculty members were selected “based on proposals that demonstrated a commitment to improving student learning through the use of innovative technologies.” The 12 winners, along with LEC officials, are shown below:

(June 25, 2007) iCoB by Duane Cobb The recent report on the selection of Donna Davis and Evelyn Green to participate in USM’s new Podcast Pilot Project fits real well with usmnews.net editor’s recent open letter to former CoB Dean Harold Doty. The letter deals with aspects of the CoB’s Wall Street Journal Academic Partnership Program (WSJAPP), a program that assesses a tuition fee to provide daily copies of the WSJ to CoB students, while CoB professors receive copies for free. Like the WSJAPP, students in Davis’ and Green’s classes may now feel it necessary to acquire iPods in order to keep up in class, given Davis’ and Green’s participation in the pilot project described in that report. Of course, Davis and Green get iPods for free.

(March 4, 2008) Breaking News Back to the Well HATTIESBURG – Reporters at USMNEWS.NET have learned that the CoB’s central administration has once again called upon MIS professor, Donna Davis, to spearhead an administrative effort for the college. Interim CoB Dean, Alvin Williams, recently named Davis Interim Director of Graduate Programs for the CoB, a position Davis inherits from assistant professor of management, Francis Daniel, who is leaving USM after the 2007-08 academic year. Davis has held several quasi-administrative posts in the CoB over the past several years.

(March 10, 2008) GH Chatter Now that MIS professor, Donna Davis, has been installed as Director of Grad Programs for the CoB, some are saying that the GMAT scores of incoming cohorts will renew the slide they have been on in the past. One reader even projects that the programs' online presence will grow under Davis' guidance. If the past means anything in these cases, it's hard to argue with these water cooler predictions.pursuit of such a lofty position, and that he is in competition with former CoB Dean Harold Doty on occasion.