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(August 8, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . Moser’s Salary Soars to $137,500 HATTIESBURG – With the completion of
the Mississippi IHL’s summer 2011 meeting, new CoAL interim dean Steven Moser’s salary is going up almost
30%, from $106,585 to $137,500 per year. This massive increase comes from Moser’s promotion from senior
associate dean of the CoAL to interim CoAL dean, a move that was necessitated by Denise von Herrmann’s recent
departure. Now the new provost at Oglethorpe in Atlanta, von Herrmann previously served as CoAL dean at USM.
(July 11, 2011) Breaking News USM Faculty to Receive Merit, Equity Raises Less than one year after announcing
that almost 30 USM faculty would be terminated in an effort to deal with massive budget cuts related to the
sagging U.S. economy, USM president Martha Saunders recently announced that USM faculty are set to recieve
both merit and equity raises heading into the 2011-12 academic year.
(October 17, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, Did you see the announcement in the Hattiesburg American that "The
University of Southern Mississippi has received $657,000 for a multi-use pathway project"?
Dear usmnews.net, A few days ago I read a report that college tuition has gone up more than 8% in the past year -
far more than the rate of inflation.
