Saunders

31st & Pearl, Bloggedy ... Blog ..Blog "Is it just us, or is USM President Martha Saunders’ blog becoming a daily grind that paints a picture of the job of USM’s CEO as a low stress minimal-sweat exercise?...".

Saunders Like Thames, Doty by Duane Cobb "After watching all of the new Student Powered Videos at usm.edu, it was interesting to see that USM chose to air(on local television) one featuring new President Martha Saunders playing piano and continuing to wear out the borrowed "ride all the rides" phrase...".

(September 8, 2008) 31st & Pearl, Martha Saunders, Swisher Sweet "The thought of USM President Martha Saunders sitting around the Dome on Saturday ...". For a video of President Saunders' complete news conference, click here.

(September 15, 2008) USM's Next Controversy? A New Look at the Fraternity House Hazing Incident "Near the end of the 5-Sept-08 press conference regarding the recent fraternity house hazing incident on the campus of USM, ...".

(September 17, 2008) How do we Know Enrollment Didn’t Go Down? More on the “Duplicated Headcount” Nonsense "Just today USM officials released news that USM’s enrollment had increased by 3% this fall semester 2008. According to Jana Bryant’s 17-Sept-08 presser, the total “duplicated headcount” at USM now stands at 16,016 students, 13,093 of which...".

(September 26, 2008) USM Grants Procurement Declining Under Saunders "USM President, Martha Saunders, may have stepped to the podium on 24-September-08 and audaciously stated that USM faculty/staff had procured more external grant monies than faculty/staff at both Texas Tech University and the University of Alabama, but sources tell USMNEWS.net that her Fall 2008 Convocation speech did not recount all of the sordid details about USM’s own grant procurement efforts...".

(September 29, 2008) Oh No She Didn't!? A Look Back at Unnecessary Statements from Fall '08 Convocation "David Tisdale's 25-September-08 presser, entitled "Saunders Urges Southern Miss to Use its Strengths to Move University Forward," indicates that USM President Martha Saunders' Fall 2008 Convocation speech included the statement...".

(September 29, 2008) The Tale of the Tape A Wider Comparison of USM, Alabama and Texas Tech "In the middle of her 2008 fall convocation speech, USM president Martha Saunders made a point of noting that USM’s grants procurement total ($91.0 million) for 2008 was greater than that at both Texas Tech University ($48.7 million) and the University of Alabama ($68.9 million)...". For more thoughts on Dr. Saunders' comments about grant procurements, click here.

(October 23, 2008) Aunt Martha's Coaches: Has Saunders Lost the Magic Touch? Or, Did She Ever Have It? "After the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater won the Division III national championship in 2007, USM President Martha Saunders blogged that during the 2006-07 academic year while Chancellor at UW-W she had hired the first-year coach who led UW-W to the title...".

(October 24, 2008) ""... Some CoBers (and USMer have pointed out that it was interesting that USM president Martha Saunders spoke to the press shortly after the Auditor's report was released, saying that was relieved that the episode was over. Well, the episode was in many ways only beginning at that point...".

(November 6, 2008) Fedora Gets the High-Hat Treatment from the President? "The offense scores 70 points, the defense gives up few points, a big win for Homecoming, and nothing on Martha’s blog...".

(November 13, 2008) The Sounds of Silence "Aunt Martha says nothing more. The silence of the blog has been since October 29th. Now two Fedora victories in a row, the last a conference win, and still not a word of support or praise...".

(November 12, 2008) How Much Did Aunt Martha Promise You, Dr. Nail? "... Even under the most robust economic conditions, no one can envision Aunt Martha parting with nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in new money to get 5 more chairs in the CoB...".