ARTICLES CONCERNING
NAMED PROFESSORSHIPS
(March 23, 2001 . . . breaking news . . . AT&T Goes to Sevier, Brandt Apparently Vacated HATTIESBURG –
CoB management instructorctor Amy Sevier was the big winner (among the CoB’s faculty) at the
recently-held 2011 CoB Awards Banquet. Sevier, pictured below, received the AT&T Outstanding
Teaching Award, marking the first year in some time that the award has gone to someone outside of the
CoB’s School of Accountancy. Sevier’s win also marks what is believed to be the first time that an
instructor has taken home the AT&T Award, an outcome sources say is somewhat troubling, given that
there are so few occasions for recognizing tenured/tenure-track faculty.
(May 19, 2011) Back to Brandt An Early Look at the 2013 Louis K. Brandt Award Race The 2011 Louis K.
Brandt Research Award results are barely in the record books, yet it is time to take an early look at how the
race for the 2013 LKBA is shaping up. Only four months into the 24-month eligibility period that covers
2011-12, there are a few CoB faculty already beyond the starting gate.
(May 19, 2011) A Brandt Award Primer PART 1 With the recent reports on the CoB’s Louis K. Brandt
Research Award, it occurred to USMNEWS.net staffers that many of the website’s newer readers are
probably unfamiliar with this particular award.
(May 23, 2011) A Brandt Award Primer PART 2 A search through the USMNEWS.net Archives reveals just
how political this award has been throughout the CoB’s history. The USMNEWS.net report entitled “Is the
CoB’s Louis K. Brandt Award Becoming a Political Football?” contains a section (entitled “The 2005 Award:
CoB Meets Watergate”) that tells the story of former CoB marketing chairman Barry Babin’s 2005 LKBA win.
(December 1, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 1-December-2011 Goodwin Awarded
Parham-Bridges Professorship After many years of neglect, the CoB’s Parham-Bridges Distinguished
Professorship in Real Estate is finally back on line. That professorship was recently awarded to CoB assistant
professor of real estate and finance, Kimberly Goodwin, who joined the CoB during the Alvin Williams
administration (2007-08).
(December 6, 2011) Special Report WSPBB? Where should Parham-Bridges be? WSPBB? That is essentially
the question posted in a 1-Dec-2011 installment of The Farm detailing the recent announcement that CoB
assistant professor of finance and real estate, Kimberly Goodwin, has received the long-dormant
Parham-Bridges Chair in Real Estate.