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NE MS DJ, 6/15/06: University presidents receive pay hike
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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=221892&pub=1&div=News
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CL, 6/19/06: Tuition hikes not only necessary, but reasonable
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060619/OPINION/606190309/1166
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Could William Carey have done any better?
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Since 2002, William Carey's enrollment has grown quite a bit, it's campus has undergone an overall facelift and new structures are popping up, it's received a large financial gifts, it has added a few/several USM faculty looking for a peaceful place to work, and in a month it is going to be known as Wil...
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SACS Reaffirmation Report
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The SACS Reaffirmation report is now on the web:
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Three New Jobs in Cont Ed?
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Why are there three new positions in Non-Credit & Conference? Is this a new function or have people left? Anybody know what gives?
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Jun 14, 2006
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word on raises?
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Not much discussion here on how raise processes in the various colleges played out. Everyone satisfied?
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Jun 17, 2006
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Your conclusions
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I put together some pieces of random data that I found while looking into the Angie - USM research foundation appointment. ASome not easy to come across, but an open ear filled in some blanks at a party.
Anyone else smell something fishy?
USM Research Foundation Reports up to Shelbo...
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Jun 16, 2006
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Commercial Dispatch, 6/15/06: State university presidents to get 5 percent raises
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http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/06/15/local_news/local02.txt
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I was just told my someone with iTech connections that Dean Doty has been monitoring the e-mails of about 10 of his faculty in the college. This has been going on for some time and can be substantiated.
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C.L.--Miss. politics skewed by a conservative bias, indeed
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Miss. politics skewed by a conservative bias, indeedhttp://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060611/OPINION/606110310/1166"We live in a state so skewed to the right that centrists get labeled as liberals and liberals get labeled as commun...
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IHL decision for PP??
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I just saw the posting where IHL approved the rehabilitation plan for the Gulf Coast campus.
Any word on the fate of Physical Plant by IHL?
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A. Godwin
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Credentials are not he only thing perking in MS. Her credentials now become questionable in Alabama regardin her promotion and tenure based on her dissertation defense and graduation! Question after question!
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IHL PR, 6/15/06: Board approves rehab of USMGC
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=404
BOARD APPROVES REHABILITATION OF USM’S GULF PARK CAMPUS
6/15/2006 (Jackson, Miss. )
During its regular monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) met today and approv...
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USM Departures, August 2005 thru July 2006
Scott Baker, Assistant Professor of Music (University of Oklahoma)
Charlotte Batson, CCED Research Coordinator (private sector)
Jeannette Bolte, Assistant Professor of Psychology (private practice)
Bradley Bond, Professor of History...
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CL, 6/11/06: School strives to recover
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SH, 6/14/06: College Board approves Gulf Park, operating budget
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/14818555.htm
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Embezzlement at USM?
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I was told that someone who works under Dr. Dana Thames was arrested today for embezzlement. The person who told me this said they heard it form more than one source. Does anybody have any information to confirm or refute this rumor?
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Faculty Senate DRAFT Resolution
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DRAFT The Faculty Senate is concerned about the plan by the Administration to outsource all Physical Plant services. Because a decision to outsource is basically irreversible for probably a decade, and because a new USM administration may see this matter very differently, we urge the Tham...
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NE MS DJ, 6/14/06: State university presidents likely to get raises
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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=221653&pub=1&div=News
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Jun 14, 2006
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USM Foundation in the crosshairs
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Check out the latest at www.usmpride.com
The stuff about the professorships in business will be interesting. For some periods the McCarty Chair was unoccupied, allowing WG and FN to raid the funds. Also, a marketing professor now holds the International Business professorship -...
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From F.S. Minutes
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From F.S. April minutes: http://www.usm.edu/fsenate/minutes/2006-04-07.htm
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HA, 4/16/06: Thames raise draws concerns of favoritism
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060416/NEWS01/604160301/1002
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NE MS DJ, 6/9/06: MSU president reveals ideas
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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=221374&pub=1&div=News
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Dr. Joe Paul is a "Happy Person"
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Check out today's HA. There is a feature about "happy people," and Paul leads the pack. The print copy says there is expanded coverage of these people but I can't find the link to it.
All the "I'll knife your back" people at USM do seem to be "happy people."
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Jun 11, 2006
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Just curious
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Runaway Jury was on TNT tonight. Appearing in a minor role was a USM alum,actor Gary Grubbs. Just curious. Several years ago Grubbs was on of Giannini's major supporters. Has he been visable among the Thames cronies?
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The HA maintains a community message board, and has started a thread on the Physical Plant situation, if anyone cares to look over there.
Is anyone concerned about outside people having keys to the offices?
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Faculty Senate Agenda 6/9/2006
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AGENDA
The University of Southern Mississippi
Faculty Senate Meeting June 9, 2006
Hall of Honors at 2:00 p.m.9.0 ;
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IHL PR, 6/9/06: Agenda for June meeting
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=403
BOARD TO HOLD REGULAR JUNE MEETING IN LIEU OF RETREAT
6/9/2006 (Jackson, Miss. )
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, June 14, 2006, beg...
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OT: MLK Historical Ephemera
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While sorting through old papers, we have come across three copies of a flyer which was apparently handed out during the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis in 1968. These are printed on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper. The heading says, "March for Justice and Jobs/ Called By/ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr./ a...
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WDAM--White supremacist fights Kennard ruling
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White supremacist fights Kennard rulinghttp://wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=4939857
"Longtime segregationist Richard Barrett filed court papers Tuesday in Hattiesburg to appeal Judge Bob Helfrich's decision that exonerated civil rights pioneer Clyde Kennard. The white supremacist...
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IHL to Meet on Coast 6 June?
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A message circulated among USM Gulf Coast faculty by Will Watson this evening announced that the IHL will meet on the Coast this upcoming Tuesday at 2:30, apparently on the MGCCC-Campus on DeBuys Road, the Jefferson Davis campus. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the fate of USM on the Co...
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HA, 6/4/06: AAUP opposes [OUTSOURCING] physical plant workers
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060604/OPINION03/606040327/1014/OPINION
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Jun 8, 2006
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News From F.S. Listserv
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From Faculty Senate Listserv:
Dear Colleagues: The IHL held two meetings today at the Jefferson Davis campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to brief local business and political leaders about the decision to be announced next week reg...
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WDAM@6pm--Physical Plant workers walk out of meeting in protest
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WDAM At 6pm reported that physical plant workers walked out of a meeting about outsourcing. The WDAM website is having technical problems and can't be linked at this time. The workers complained about the lack of communication since they are just now being informed of the new re...
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news links on rebuilding USMGC
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/14758083.htm
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Mozilla Banned from SOAR??
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Today I tried to use Mozilla to access SOAR. The page froze up and I couldn't get anywhere. When I tried IE, it worked perfectly. Is this another shot at Mozilla-loving faculty from Homer, Shelby, and the boys?
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NE MS DJ, 6/5/06: MSU strategic planning' team works toward August deadline
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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=220947&pub=1&div=News
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S.H.--UM to take over Keesler training program
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/14754108.htm
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S.H.--USM in Long Beach to remain open, but to what extent?
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/14753898.htm
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The Fall of USM Athletics Under SFT, 2003-2006
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Through 6/4/2006:
Sport '05-'06 '04-'05   '03-'04
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Jun 6, 2006
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GA Monies
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I heard from one of the Polymer Science braggarts that Shelby saw to it that they more than doubled their University supplied GA monies. Aside from Bidness being torpedoed how did other departments fair? did all of the monies from Bidness go to Polymer?
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AAUP-USM Resolution
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http://www.aaup-usm.org/
RESOLUTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE INITIATIVES
The American Association of University Professors, USM Chapter, calls upon the Thames administration to stop all major actions currently underway, including:
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Jun 5, 2006
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H.A. Perspective--Who will follow Thames at USM?
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Check out the "Perspective", page 9C, of the hard copy of today's Hattiesburg American. It isn't available on line. The title is "THE SEARCH FOR A SUCCESSOR" below which is a large (1/5 page) photo of Thames.
There are two articles by Rachel Leifer: "Who will follow Tham...
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Jun 4, 2006
by Jean Moulin
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Another Letter in the HA pointing out the dismal state of education in MS
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Jun 3, 2006
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Merit Raise Bulletin Board
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Please use this thread to update everyone on where your own college is with regard to merit raises for this year.
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by like_a_mushroom
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Name Change for William Carey College?
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Story in today's HA, with quotes from WCC Executive VP Tommy King:
This could be the last crop of spring graduates to receive a degree from William Carey College - the Board of Trustees hopes to change the institution's name to William Carey University by the fall.
Carey's size, organization and...
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USM Departures, August 2005 thru July 2006
Scott Baker, Assistant Professor of Music (University of Oklahoma)
Jeannette Bolte, Assistant Professor of Psychology (private practice)
Bradley Bond, Professor of History (Northern Illinois University)
Charles Cartee, Professor of F...
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Jun 3, 2006
by firsttimer
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Record Number of Students Accept Presidential Scholarships to Southern Miss
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Record Number of Students Accept Presidential Scholarships to Southern Miss
http://www.usm.edu/pr/releases/2006/jun/honors.htm
Date 6-1-06
Contact David Tisdale 601.266.4499
Hattiesburg—A record number of incoming students at the University of Southern Missi...
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H.A. Update--Trent Lott Center progressing on time
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Trent Lott Center progressing on time http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060602/NEWS01/60602004"That building taking shape on the eastern edge of the University of Southern Mississippi shou...
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H.A. Update--College Board to vote on USM outsourcing physical plant
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College Board to vote on USM outsourcing physical plant
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