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Senate Action: were adjuncts allowed to vote?
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A post on another thread about Noel Polk's letter got me to thinking about this. On the last few votes the Senate had regarding Thames:
1) Were non-tenured faculty allowed to vote 2) Were adjuncts or other part-time faculty allowed to vote?
Thank you.
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Online Prof
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Gurunuburg where are you
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Hey gurunuburg, where have you been? I've really missed the rumor mill.
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Kid
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use of one year to determine raises disturbing....
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To hear that a single year (2003) was used to determine raises in at least 1 of the colleges, and maybe two, is highly disturbing. A general merit raise has not been given at USM since well before the end of the last century (1998 or 1999, right?), and to think that all the work done over the past 5 or s...
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charlie's angel
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Some USM programs are changing lives
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040727/opinion/927075.html
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Online Prof
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Jul 27, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Artifact From HA
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Hattiesburg American, April 7, 2004.
“…one or more members of the faculty covet the office of president for themselves and are attempting to undermine some good decisions for potential personal gain.”
William G. Mitchell, Hattiesburg
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Original Sin
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75 faculty leaving...Is Thames a patho liar?
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I looked over babbs' list and counted 75 faculty that are leaving this year. Thames regularly reports that about 55 are leaving. He's about 50% off the true total (using babbs' list). Is he a pathological liar?
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Jul 27, 2004
by foot soldier
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Will the USM Tax Pass?
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040727/opinion/index.html
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Angeline
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Faculty departures in context
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If the number of "only 75 faculty" departures is quoted as an example that this past year hasn't been as bad as others, then there's a need for "historical" data with which to compare.
(The following tables didn't print correctly when I tried to post this before, but I'll try again):
In Spring 20...
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under the radar
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Jul 27, 2004
by under the radar
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UPD Crime Log
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This is interesting:
http://www.usm.edu/police/crimelog.html
7-07-04
040552 - Forrest County Hall - Trespassing - Unknown person(s) entered an office after business hours and used computers. Follow-up by ITECH.
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Impeach the Leech
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Reasons Pood should not be provost
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I'm starting this thread because I think Pood would not be a good provost. My reasons:
1) I have seen him handle several _simple_ situations very poorly and without integrity.
2) He's supposed to be an expert in conflict management, and he hid under his desk during the Stringer/Glamser cris...
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foot soldier
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Jul 26, 2004
by Malapropism
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USM departures 7/25/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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babbs
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Jul 26, 2004
by Long Gone and Forgotten
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daily rumor mill #65
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1. Seems a misunderstanding of sorts from the last mill. TH is considering "leaving behind" a couple of boxes of goodies. His named would not be linked to them, as the info contained there would be leaked out over the course of months and year(s) to come. He would have been all but fo...
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gurunuburg
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Jul 26, 2004
by Mal 'n Vict fan
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USM Tax Plan causing division
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040726/localnews/920363.html
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Angeline
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Jul 26, 2004
by First Ant at the Picnic
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Provost: Pood or Doty?
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Which would be better for the job?
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cat in the hat
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Gnome Fact #1
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GNOME FACT #1: "Gnomes made oil paint from oil pigments long before men . . . Gnomes use paint for decorating furniture and the interiors of their houses; they do not use it to paint pictures; Instead, they carve portraits of their ancestors, loved ones, or celebreties."
SOURCE: Huygen, Wil...
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Gnome Facts
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Jul 26, 2004
by Drop Cloth
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Nom d"Aplomb Award for July 25
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Well, I was able to get this finished before the Ladies Missionary Society meeting, which means I can stay for the ice cream social...
There may be some concern amongst the readers that I am not an open-minded person. That is simply not the case. Invictus and Malapropism spent a great deal of time t...
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Miss Information
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Jul 26, 2004
by Little Sister
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Evaluations in COAL
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The dean's evaluations are out in COAL and they seem to be seriously problematic. From what I've heard Dr. Pood and his folk have redone all the departmental evaluations, in spite of the apparently quite limited knowledge they have of various disciplines within the college. It might be a good...
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Nobody Special
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Mr. Wonderful's le Citation de la Semaine: 7-25
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Let me apologize. There will be a slight delay in announcing Mr. Wonderful's le Citation de la Semaine Award today. It is our new Selection Committee member, #1 Groupie, who is giving us problems. Big time probems. You see, #1 Groupie was appointed before her credentials were fully exa...
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Mr. Wonderful
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Jul 26, 2004
by flesh base myth author
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Judge Cooley sightings!
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Ah, now that I have your attention....
I thought I'd start a separate thread for any Judge Cooley sightings (or Mrs. Cooley or the RM or the RM's Associate, etc.).
I'll start, since the last sighting I had was of Judge Cooley's Risk Manager as he was wiping the last of the maple syrup off his tie as he w...
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truth4usm/AH
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Jul 26, 2004
by RM in Waiting
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CBED Mail Server
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I apologize to those of you tired of hearing the CBED mail server is down, but, like some other posts, you can simply skip it. Please remember that your college could be next.
The after hours telephone number given to us is not to a telephone carried by anyone who can do anything about a problem. It is...
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And the horse you rode in on
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daily rumor mill #64
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1. Tim Hudson is gone. In private conversations, these are but a few people (outside of SFT) who will claim to have "brought down" the master politico:
Lisa Mader Harold Doty Jack Hanbury Carl Nicholson
There a...
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gurunuburg
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Jul 25, 2004
by Let Freedom Ring
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Question for babbs
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babbs,
First, you're doing a great job keeping up with the faculty/staff who have retired/left USM.
My question: How do your numbers for this year compare with those who retired/left USM in years prior? I recall some discussion on the board about the numbers from this year and comp...
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Green Hornet
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Jul 25, 2004
by Otherside
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Trivial Pursuit - The FireShelby Version
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If Lessons from Mama were still posting, LfM might say that Mama advised a diversion when the children started bickering. Sounds like it has been too long a summer already so time to pull out another game.
No fair for those with access to FireShelby Records - let's do this from memory.
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Bored Games
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Jul 25, 2004
by Polyonymous
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Nom D'aplomb Progress Report
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The committee for this week's Nom d'aplomb award has just come out of executive session. Although much of what was discussed will never be revealed (at least not until 2044), we can share the following:
Services of Dr. MaderMath Revisited were approved. Fees of $3.25/...
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Malapropism
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Jul 24, 2004
by Miss Information
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Resignations?
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I just heard that Dana Keith resigned today. I have not been able to confirm this and do not know what her current position is. At one time I believe she was the internal auditor.
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Anita Stamper
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Jul 24, 2004
by beentheredonethat
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Victoria Advocate Story on Hudson Hire
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http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/front/story/2093274p-2423485c.html
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Googler
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new Glossary entries: A-Z
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educator < anonymous poster on message board at aaup-usm.org who conducts a weekly William Lloyd Garrison Award, an award given to the best use of emoticons within a post of 50 words or less.
emoticons < cute, little cartoon figures used to add emotions or expressions to posts/threads on th...
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webster
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Understand the Man
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Shelby (What's In It For Me) Thames is not such a difficult character to understand. He is convinced that he has devoted his life to the University of Southern Mississippi. He is sure that what he is doing now is in the best interests of the university. He is also aging and not...
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WIIFM
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Jul 24, 2004
by Gordon Gekko
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USM departures 7/24/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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babbs
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Expansion of Mr. Wonderful's Committee
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Hello. you don't know me, but I know you. I have been reading your each and every posting since the board's inception.
By way of introduction, let me say that I am the newest member of Mr. Wonderful's Selection Committee. He calls me his #1 Groupie. I was initially concerned that my appointmen...
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Mr. Wonderful's Groupie #1
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daily rumor mill #65: BREAKING RUMOR
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Although the verbal jousting will likely be kept to a minimum, late breaking word is that TH may "leave behind" a "box or 2 of 'goodies'" for "the USM family." Though the contents will be wide/varied, reportedly part of it (if it is "left") will "definitively exonerate FG and GS.....
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gurunuburg
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Jul 24, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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emoticons
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guys--i get it. i'm just not a big user. probably will stick with my old dry text!
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stinky cheese man
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Jul 24, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Southern Miss Family: Land of Oz
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Cowardly Lion: Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes...
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USM Departures 7/23/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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babbs
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Maybe Shelby's right about "world-class!"
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After all this talk of Shelby's intention of making USM "world-class," I decided to do a search on my favorite website, Dictionary.com, to find out just what we are talking about:
And I quote:
world-class (wűrldkls) adj.
Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an internationa...
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truth4usm/AH
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Jul 24, 2004
by LeavingASAP
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Seymour’s Closing
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For those of you on campus, I heard that Seymour’s in the Union will close at 3pm on Monday for renovations that will last three weeks. This will affect the last week of classes and exam week.
I guess our breaks are too short to do renovations between sessions.
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Hungry
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King of the Castle
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What happens with the French castle when Hudson leaves? Is it owned by USM?
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Curiousity killed the cat
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Jul 24, 2004
by Hard-Line
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Really Off-Topic: New Military Rations
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Army rations rehydrated by urine
An all new meaning for "Who in his corn flakes?"
No doubt polymers are intimately involved with the osmotic wrappers for these new MREs.
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Invictus
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HA: Hudson to TX--$180K, not bad!
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040724/localnews/905604.html
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Jul 24, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Best pieces from the FS board
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I hope that people will use this thread to post the best (i.e., most substantive, most thoughtful, most helpful-to-others) messages from the late, great FS board. In this way, the best of the FS can be preserved for later reference and later use. I will begin with something by one...
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need info about lowering under grad hours, where?
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Where can I get more info on the justification/rationalization for lowering the undergraduate hours to graduate? Thanks.
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IHL#1
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Jul 24, 2004
by KISS Principal
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Hudson gains UH-Victoria prez job
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BogusBoy
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Jul 23, 2004
by stinky cheese man
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message from babbs
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Next week is the last week of July, and this year's departures list will end then. I need help with one last push to go over the list and make sure it's comprehensive. Please go over it and note any omissions.
As for the first name for next year's list, does anyone remember the professor (i...
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New Alumni Assoc Board
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SOUTHERN MISS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2004 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HATTIESURG -- The University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association executive committee and new members of the board of directors took their posts July 1. Board members serve a t...
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More Hudson News
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Have heard today that TH's departure means that Pood will be next provost. Have also heard that KM is extremely unhappy at not being named to the post and will follow TH to Texas.
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Jul 23, 2004
by And the horse you rode in on
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no evidence of enrollment inflation?
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Hattiesburg American, Jan.8, 2004.
"I could find no evidence of an attempt by the administration to inflate enrollment at the university."
Phil Pepper, assistant commissioner for policy research and planning for the state.
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timbuck2
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Jul 23, 2004
by Former chair
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WDAM NEWS
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Did any one catch the WDAM NEWS at 6 pm? I only caught part of it. USM screwed some doctor's business by backing out of an agreement and not paying bills. I'm trying to find the complete story.
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Otherside
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Tim Hudson
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I realize that Tim Hudson has taken a great deal of bashing during the past few weeks - criticisms, as well as the butt of humorous remarks. However, I would to remind everyone that, as far as I can determine, Tim Hudson was the only USM higher-level administrator (whether chair, dean, or provost) who h...
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Lamont Cranston
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Jul 23, 2004
by Lamont Cranston
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Complaint May Be Filed Against USM/IDS
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040723/southernmissnews/904409.html
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Googler
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Quote from the Chronicle
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This is from today's Chronicle of Higher Ed, a column by Shannon Hodges called "Keeping the Faith." Lots to chew on here:
"As a professor, I struggle to reconcile my late grandparents' transcendent faith in higher education with the realities of an evolving 21st-century environment in which s...
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foot soldier
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Jul 23, 2004
by foot soldier
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