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(April 14, 2007) Everywhere BUT the CoB’s Webpage More than 100 hours have passed since USM Provost Jay Grimes informed the CoB that Dean D. Harold Doty and Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand are no longer Dean and Associate Dean, respectively. While Grimes carried the news across the USM community, usmnews.net and The Hattiesburg American made sure it (the news) went global. After 100 hours, it seems the news has reached every corner, except one. Somehow the CoB’s webpage (inside www.usm.edu) seems to believe that D. Harold Doty is still the Dean and that Farhang Niroomand is still the Associate Dean.

(April 16, 2007) The Post-AACSB Probation Hemorrhaging Continues Assistant Professor of Management Brian Gregory Bolts Word travels fast around USM’s College of Business. The latest in the line of post-AACSB probation faculty departures is assistant professor of management Brian Gregory. Gregory recently informed his MgtMkt Department colleagues that he has taken a position at Northern Arizona University, beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year.

(April 21, 2007) April 21, 2007 usmnews.net Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVELOPING STORY HATTIESBURG --- Sources have informed the staff at usmnews.net Reporter that officials in both the USM EEOC offices and the USM Department of Human Resources are contacting former CoB secretarial staff and seeking information about their experiences while employed in the CoB.

(April 24, 2007) 31st & Pearl Words to Remember David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, died recently in an automobile accident. Halberstam, 73, was famous for covering the Vietnam War and sports, topics that captivated the American consciousness for very different reasons. In a recent speech, Halberstam stated,

(April 29, 2007) Wishful Thinking Reporters from www.usmnews.net have obtained audio of new the introductory address given by Albert B. Collins, new CoB dean, to his CoB faculty at the first faculty meeting of the new year. The transcription of the address appears below.

(May 14, 2007) SAIS News, May 2007 There are a number of news items of interest coming out of the SAIS in recent weeks. This May 2007 update will touch on a few of these.

(May 31, 2007) Breaking News More Faculty Leaving the CoB HATTIESBURG – Reporters at USMNEWS.NET have learned that finance instructor Michael Madaris will be leaving the College of Business after summer of 2007. Word began to spread about Madaris’ departure earlier this week, though no details were available at that time. USMNEWS.NET has since learned that Madaris is departing for William Carey University, where he will begin this fall (2007) as an assistant professor finance in WCU’s School of Business.