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(September 15, 2006) Quotable Doty, part 5, Career Services in the CoB "...The CoB Career Services Interview Suite is another example of a vanity project that Doty can use as a talking point when on job interviews, as he did at the University of South Florida. We are left to wonder about the cost of the project, which has not been disclosed. However, the benefit must be weighed against the loss of space as well as the money spent, and the cultural damage and sense of entitlement created by Doty’s mindset cannot be overestimated. ...".

(September 18, 2006) Update HVAC Tales: A Look at Dean Doty’s Revisionist History "Problems associated with Doty’s handling of the HVAC replacement in Joseph Greene Hall continue to be uncovered. The e-mails below point out that the Career Services program in the CoB was seriously hampered during Spring of 2006. Whether the damage is permanent remains to be seen."

(September 25, 2006) Bureau of Business & Economic Research: The Untold Story An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain "... A previous Special Report indicates that Gunther is possibly doing double-duty (teaching) by teaching at both USM and the University of West Florida. When Gunther first arrived on the scene in Hattiesburg in the late 1990s as the new CBA Dean, it was no secret then that he continued to teach courses at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he was formerly employed. Now we learn that his current residence is a 6-hour roundtrip drive to/from work at USM. It’s little wonder that Doty’s new BBER does little in the way of research about the South Mississippi economy. Not only that, Gunther is not inside South Mississippi economy enough to spend the $120,368 salary (not including benefits) that Mississippi taxpayers have kindly provided to him."

(September 26, 2006) Doty’s “Professors in Practice” Servitude "It is well-known throughout the CoB that USM Provost Jay Grimes has urged CoB Dean Harold Doty to select candidates for CoB faculty positions based largely on prior business experience. Opinions on such a policy are likely to be as varied as they are regarding tastes for foods. Doty has resisted past attempts by Grimes to enforce this hiring strategy from the Dome. One of the things many CoB faculty have come to understand is that Doty does very little in the way of decision-making that has no impact on his own “nest,” nor those of his cronies in the College. It seems to us as the case of Doty’s resistance to Grimes suggestion that the CoB seek prior business experience in its job candidates is no exception to Doty’s rule...".

(September 26, 2006) Doty’s Shameful Treatment of Dr. Lo "... USMpride.com research center seems to indicate that that Lo was the victim of the Doty regime’s malice rather than its neglect. While pieces of the puzzle are still missing, it seems that Lo (a minority female) was denied proper raises during an exceptionally productive period (research-wise) because she had disagreed with Doty in public. More than one informant recounts Doty’s harassment and unprofessional treatment (non-sexual) of Lo, leading to a shouting match between the two in a stairwell in Greene Hall...".