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February 10, 2012
Dear usmnews.net, I don't know why Russ Willis stepped
down from a high level administrative job [Vice President
for Administrative Affairs], but I'd be surprised if it was
overwork as suggested during a recent Faculty Senate
meeting.
The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss
10-February-2012 Round-Trip Ticket According to new
paperwork obtained via the Mississippi Open Records Act
by USMNEWS.net regarding the USM Beechcraft King Air,
the lease between USM and the USM Foundation for the
Beechcraft airplane appears to have been extended through
2019. The lease was originally set to expire in 2014 with a
sizable balloon payment.
February 13, 2012
Dear usmnews.net, I read last week's The Farm. I have two
questions. How did Martha sneak the extension for her toy
airplane past everyone without the usual round of bad
publicity? What were the changes in the lease terms?
February 14, 2012
The CoB's Brain Drain Compilation, 2003-Present An
Illustrated Account There is little argument with the notion
that the College of Business at USM has been severely
diminished by the faculty flight that has occurred since
former CoB dean, Harold Doty, assumed the reins of
management. Doty's tenure began in 2003, when he was
hired by former USM President, Shelby Thames, to lead the
newly reorganized College of Business & Economic
Development.
February 15, 2012
All My Children? USM Sports Programs not Treated
Equally, at Least not by Gender A number of
USMNEWS.net readers have commented about their
perception of how USM’s sports programs are being
supported, or not, on the basis of gender by the upper levels
of athletics administration at USM. This is a subject that
USMNEWS.net reporters and editorial writers have touched
on in the past. This report examines this perception by way
of the 2010-11 data.
February 16, 2012
Dear usmnews.net, Thanks for the reports on Martha's
airplane. I'm sure all of our students are overjoyed to pay
higher and higher tuition and fees so that she can fly in her
private plane. For someone who claims to be an expert in
public relationship, it is difficult to believe Saunders is
really so stupid and self-centered that she does not
understand or care
February 21, 2012
31st & Pearl Not Once Not once. Not once has a sitting
CoB dean used the position as a stepping stone to
another, better one. Only one former CoB dean went on
to later become a business school dean at another
institution. That was Harold Doty, the former CoB leader
who USMNEWS.net columnist Duane Cobb ranks at the
bottom of all-time USM business college deans.
February 22, 2012
Lost List Ranking A Column from Susan Green-Lewis All
of the ranking reports here at USMNEWS.net of late are
intriguing, as are recent reports highlighting the human
resources disaster that resulted during the tumultuous
Harold Doty administration (2003-07) of the CoB. Since
2003, nearly 100 faculty have departed one CoB unit or
another, and the cost of this exodus in terms of lost
scholarship has been well documented here at
USMNEWS.net.
Martha’s Podium An Editorial Cartoon Series from
USMNEWS.net, part 5 This is an enlarged facsimile of
the property tags that have been placed on all of the 700
and something Samsung Galaxy Tab devices that were
distributed to our students back in the fall. If you see a
Tab without one of these, please contact our office and let
us know about it.
February 23, 2012
February 17, 2012
The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss
17-February-2012 Where else is Your Money Going? The
following two inserts are found in the Feb-2012 Board Book
from the Mississippi IHL Board. They provide information
about how USM’s budget is being used to employ the
services of the Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada
law firm in a case being brought against USM by the
University of Iowa. One payment is a relatively small $675.
The other is a more substantial $13,054.05. The two total
$13,729.05, a considerable sum.
February 24, 2012
February 27, 2012
. . . breaking news . . . Moore Takes New Appointment at
ISU HATTIESBURG – At its 17-Feb-2012 meeting, the
Indiana State University governing board appointed USM
associate dean of students, J. Brooks Moore, to the ISU
post of associate dean of students for student engagement
& leadership development. In assuming this new position
at ISU, Moore departs USM as predicted by a
USMNEWS.net source several weeks ago.
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usmnews.net, are pleased that the Institutions of Higher
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IHL Commissioner and Members, have any suggestions,
please pass them to us. Today's report is for you.
February 20, 2012
The Dean’s List, 2012 by Duane Cobb Ranking all things
USM and all things CoB has become a tradition here at
USMNEWS.net. This particular column revisits a past
ranking endeavor – ranking past CoB deans. Since USM has
had a formal business college, there have been only a
handful of deans. So, this task is not made difficult by the
number of administrators to consider. Interestingly enough,
the disparate performances of the CoB’s deans also makes
this particular effort a little easier. Let’s begin.
February 28, 2012
An update to Who Reads usmnews.net We are frequently
asked who usmnews.net's readers are. Given the
numbers of readers it has become increasingly difficult to
estimate by percentages where our readers come from.
However, over the past several months we have seen an
increase in our Mississippi and Texas readership.
February 29, 2012
