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(October 14, 2008) Special Report Hub FINs An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials With a number of tenure and promotion decisions looming large in the finance section of the EFIB over the coming months, USMNEWS.net reporters are taking a look at the quality of the economics and finance research coming from the CoB’s FIN faculty.

(October 14, 2008) Professionalism Dean Lance Nail said at his faculty meeting that “the College of Business is open for business.” The specific reference was aimed at departments not shutting their doors between 12:00 and 1:00 for lunch; lunches should be staggered and staff and administrators should cover the offices so they are open at least 8:00 to 5:00. That is, for the most part, being done.

(October 16, 2008) CoB News, 16 October 2008 “Nail’s Days” – An Editorial by Duane Cobb Like many of you, I want to be hopeful about the new Lance Nail administration of the CoB. But, also like many of you, I was hopeful about the administration of former interim dean Alvin Williams. Look where that got us. Let’s be clear – I don’t think we will ever put Nail anywhere near the category we might put Williams. But, with every day that Nail has department chairs like George Carter (EFIB), David Duhon (MGT & MKT) and Steven Jackson (ACC), another day is lost to reform and progress. Pretty soon we’ll be months into this administration, and with the same good ol’ boy network standing in the way. There is so much good work to be done isn’t it time that work begins?

(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 24, 2008) GH Chatter Is new CoB dean Lance Nail already searching for b-school dean.s job #2? There have been conversations to that effect, and academia is, in many ways, a small world. How strange would this be? If true, it would probably be a good hint about USM president Martha Saunders. management style.

(November 1, 2008) BREAKING NEWS New Nail CoB HATTIESBURG -- Halloween 2008 was indeed a very big day in the life of USM's College of Business. During a CoB-wide faculty meeting, new CoB dean Lance Nail presented a major reorganization plan to CoB faculty and staff. That plan increased the number of departments in the CoB from four to six, representing the largest number of departments in the college in many years.