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USM Departures, August 2004 thru July 2005


Sheila Alber, Associate Professor of CISE (The Ohio State University)


John Bivins, Associate Professor of Music (retirement)


Charles Bolton, Professor and Chair of History (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)


Peter Butko, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (University of Maryland)


Deborah Carr, USMCC Counselor (situation pending)


Theodore Christ, Assistant Professor of Psychology (University of Minnesota)


Syd Conner, Assistant to the Editor of the Donne Variorum (Texas A&M University)


James Crockett, Professor of Accounting (retirement)


Angela Cutrer, Marketing and Public Relations (Tulane, Kaplan University, Arts Institute)


Luann Daggett, Assistant Professor Nursing (situation pending)


John DeChiaro, Professor of Music (retirement)


Angeline Dvorak, President of USM Research Foundation (Area Development Partnership)


Luz Marina Escobar, Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages (job in Middle East)


Newton Fawcett, Professor of Chemistry (retirement)


Douglas Feldmann, Assistant Professor of CISE (Northern Kentucky University)


Ray Folse, Professor of Physics (retirement)


Hayley Froysland, Assistant Professor of History (Indiana University at South Bend)


Hugh Garraway, Professor of Computer Science (retirement)


Bonnie Gibbs, Alumni Association Communications Manager (Northwestern University)


Danyel Gipson, AA/EEOC Staff (down-sized, situation pending)


Linda Goff, Associate Professor of Speech Communication (retirement)


Mark Goodman, Director of Center for Community & Economic Development (took job in Arkansas [?])


Brenda Goza, Speech Pathologist, DuBard School (private sector)


William Hansen, Development Officer (situation pending)


Kim Herzinger, Professor of English (retirement)


Kay Hobson, Assistant Professor of Nursing (retirement)


Marta Hofacre, Professor of Music (retirement)


Sherman Hong, Professor of Music (retirement)


Troy Howell, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach (fired; situation pending)


Dennis Hunt, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice (retirement)


Ibrahim Ibrahim, Associate Professor of Community Health (situation pending)


Melanie Kemp, Marketing/FA Director, USM Public Relations (public school teaching)


Amal Khoury, Assistant Professor of Community Health (University of Florida)


Linda Krhut, Director of Student Housing Administration (University of Mississippi)


Jake Levy, Assistant Professor of Psychology (University of Tennessee)


Yuan Luo, Associate Professor of Biology (University of Maryland)


Lisa Mader, Director of Public Relations (Wesley Medical Center)


Stephen Mallory, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (University of Mississippi)


Amos Mansfield, Associate Director of Athletics Training (University of Memphis)


Gerald Mattson, Associate Professor of Polymer Science (University of Central Florida)


Mark McKean, Assistant Professor of Music (situation pending)


Mary Kay Meyer, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Systems (situation pending)


Wilbur Moreland, Professor of Music (retirement)


Jeanne Morrison, Instructor of Nursing (resigned, situation pending)


Rosamond Myers, Internship Director, USM Counseling Center (University of New Orleans)


Janet Nelson, Associate Professor of CISE (situation pending)


Tyrone Nix, Defensive Coordinator (University of South Carolina)


Austin Norris, Assistant Mens Basketball Coach (resigned)


Jeff Norwood, Associate Head Coach, Men’s Basketball (situation unknown) [‘03-’04 list]


Brian ONeil, Assistant Professor of History (University in California)


Warren Ortloff, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership (job in Middle East)


Talai Osmonbekov, Assistant Professor of Marketing (situation pending)


Virginia Pearson, Instructor of Nursing (private sector)


Noel Polk, Professor of English (Mississippi State University)


Ginamarie Pugliese, Curator de Grummond Collection, McCain Library (situation pending)


Daniel Randolph, Professor of Psychology (retirement)


Lillian Range, Professor of Psychology (retirement)


Stephen Rey, Associate Director of Recreational Sports (Western Kentucky University)


Thomas Richardson, Professor of English (William Carey College)


Beth Roberts, Visiting Assistant Professor of English (situation unknown)


Cynthia Rouse, Instructor of Nursing (private sector)


Tanya Ruetzler, Instructor of Tourism Management (University of South Carolina at Hilton Head)


Rip Scherer, Offensive Coordinator (Assistant Coach, Cleveland Browns)


Harold Shoemaker, Assistant Professor of Education (Troy University)


Ann Smith, Undergraduate Services, CoB (private sector)


Eric Smith, Assistant Professor of English (Athens State University)


Margaret Smith, Professor of Education (retirement)


Diane Stevenson, Assistant Professor of English (situation unknown)


Jim Taylor, Instructor of Tourism Management (Western Carolina University)


Alan Thompson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice (Old Dominion University)


Joel Treybig, Assistant Professor of Music (Belmont University)


Mary Villeponteaux, Associate Professor of English (Armstrong Atlantic State University)


Markeda Wade, Marketing/Public Relations Editor, (University of Houston at Victoria)


Anne Wallace, Professor of English (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)


Harry Ward, Professor of Art (retirement)


Dave Warner, Wide Receivers Coach (fired, situation pending)


David Wheeler, Professor and Chair of English (Armstrong Atlantic State University)


Hitomi Wince, Marketing and Public Relations (situation pending)


Bobbie Sue Whitworth, Instructor of Nursing (resigned; situation pending)


Jerry Worley, Instructor of CISE (situation unknown)


Total Leaving: 80 Total Retiring: 18



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You can add: Brenda Goza, Dubard School- Speech-Language Pathologist. Retired to private pratice 



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Counting

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Counting wrote:


You can add: Brenda Goza, Dubard School- Speech-Language Pathologist. Retired to private pratice 

Oops.  Sorry I missed her name when I read the list.

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Gnome Watcher

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Counting wrote:

You can add: Brenda Goza, Dubard School- Speech-Language Pathologist. Retired to private pratice 



Counting,

Did she actually retire, then go into private practice? Or would it be more fair to say that she decided to go into private practice, but was able to draw a retirement due to her years of service? I would hope that you might know her personally and would be privy to her attitude and feelings on this issue.

Gnome Wathcer

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Counting

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Gnome Watcher wrote:


Counting, Did she actually retire, then go into private practice? Or would it be more fair to say that she decided to go into private practice, but was able to draw a retirement due to her years of service? I would hope that you might know her personally and would be privy to her attitude and feelings on this issue. Gnome Wathcer


A subtle distinction, Gnome Watcher, but I believe she couldn't go into private practice without the retirement because of the health insurance.   I don't know her well enough to say if this move had anything to do with the issues at USM.  

 

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Gnome Watcher wrote:


Did she actually retire, then go into private practice? Or would it be more fair to say that she decided to go into private practice, but was able to draw a retirement due to her years of service?

It's not uncommon for a faculty member with practice skills to engage in those skills after they retire from full- time academics. I can name several off hand. They are still retirees. Those skills give them the opportunity to bail out sooner rather than later.

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I have heard that David Betounes, Professor of Mathematics, multiple NSF grant recipient, researcher, educator and text book author, has retired this summer, and will be leaving Hattiesburg to join his wife, Professor Mylan Redfern who retired from the USM Math Department last year and is currently the chair of mathematics at Valdosta State in Georgia.  How many folks does this leave in USM's Math Department?  Since 2000, Doblin, Webster, King, Caveny, Walls, Stuart, Thrash, Fay, Redfern, and Betounes have left/retired from tenured positions.  (Did I miss any??  Is Pye still there? For more than the coming year?)  How many PhD replacements have been hired to tenure track positions? Two? Three? How many tenured lines has the department lost in total?  Six? (out of sixteen?)  What used to be a vibrant department is now becoming a service department - "Would you like some remedial algebra with that diploma?"



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Late nite Lil

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I'm sorry, but please advise the Math Department that they have to take a number (ha, ha) in order to be devastated. The line forms over that way . . . others were here first.

(Joking aside, every loss like this is serious.)

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Counting wrote:

Gnome Watcher wrote:
Counting, Did she actually retire, then go into private practice? Or would it be more fair to say that she decided to go into private practice, but was able to draw a retirement due to her years of service? I would hope that you might know her personally and would be privy to her attitude and feelings on this issue. Gnome Wathcer

A subtle distinction, Gnome Watcher, but I believe she couldn't go into private practice without the retirement because of the health insurance.   I don't know her well enough to say if this move had anything to do with the issues at USM.   



Counting,

Thank you for the additional information. I know it is like splitting hairs, but I am very interested in knowing, if at all possible, how many faculty/staff members are retiring because: 1) They need to or have to (due to age, illness, etc.) 2) They want to ("I've had a long, fulfilling career" or "I've accomplished all that I set out to do.") or 3) They feel forced to due to circumstances within their respective departments or on campus in general.

I fully realize that it will most likely be impossible to find out the truth behind each and every retirement. Still, after analyzing the numbers and percentages concerning the faculty members and staff who have left since 2001 (as I did on several different threads), I cannot help but believe that there must be an accompanying increase in the number of retiree's who are leaving because they can leave (either from feeling forced out or from being tired of the current administration), rather than leaving because they want to or need to.

Now, if there was just some way that I could get my hands on the numbers before 2001 . . .

Gnome Watcher


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Intrepid wrote:

Gnome Watcher wrote:
Did she actually retire, then go into private practice? Or would it be more fair to say that she decided to go into private practice, but was able to draw a retirement due to her years of service?
It's not uncommon for a faculty member with practice skills to engage in those skills after they retire from full- time academics. I can name several off hand. They are still retirees. Those skills give them the opportunity to bail out sooner rather than later.




Intrepid,

I agree completely - they are retirees. However, please refer to my reply to Counting (posted above) for an explanation of the exact type of information that I would very much like to know, but which will most likely be impossible to ever discern.

Gnome Watcher

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Gnome Watcher wrote:


 Intrepid, I agree completely - they are retirees. However, please refer to my reply to Counting (posted above) for an explanation of the exact type of information that I would very much like to know, but which will most likely be impossible to ever discern. Gnome Watcher

The information you seek would be nice to have. Too bad the retirees couldn't be given an exit interview. My guess is that not many leave here as happy campers.

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Intrepid wrote:


Gnome Watcher wrote:  Intrepid, I agree completely - they are retirees. However, please refer to my reply to Counting (posted above) for an explanation of the exact type of information that I would very much like to know, but which will most likely be impossible to ever discern. Gnome Watcher The information you seek would be nice to have. Too bad the retirees couldn't be given an exit interview. My guess is that not many leave here as happy campers.


I know that some, including myself, loved there jobs but couldn't afford to continue at USM.  The raises were few and far between. The direction USM is going suggest that only those who bring in money will get raises.  When you do a calculation of retirement benefits with that 3% compounded COLA, you can't afford to stay.  I loved teaching, research and service, but the family has to eat, pay medical bills and prepare for George W. Bush's attack on S.S.  



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A recent retiree wrote:


....and prepare for George W. Bush's attack on S.S.  

You got that right.

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