Another question: will it be reported that GL isn't really leaving USM, he's just going to "spread the good word about USM" to the folks in Tyler, TX?

Apparently, there's some need for USM's brand of good word in TX....NOT!

No quarter,

Truth

http://www.casethree.org/olc/pub/CSD/track_senior.htm

CASE III Conference

Professional Development Sessions - New to Case!

At every Case 3 Conference, there will be plenty of great sessions that help us develop the fundamentals needed to become stronger in any of the particular disciplines of advancement. This year, in keeping with the "Fundamentally Sound" theme of the conference, we have developed several unique programs that will go a long way in helping you become the consummate "well-rounded" professional. Check out these interesting topics below that will be offered...

Monday, Febuary 6

3:30 – 5 p.m. 

Working with the CFO: Wisdom from the Business World (Professional Development)

Lassen, a former senior executive with Amoco, left Chicago and the Business Sector and came to Higher Ed and Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  One of his first moves at USM was to change his job title from VP to CFO.  He will offer a perspective valuable for the advancement professional on effective collaboration with the CFO resulting in mutually satisfactory outcomes.

Presenter:  Gregg Lassen, Chief Financial Officer, The University of Southern Mississippi

 

not that this will surprise anyone--but GL's replacement is Ken Malone. Seen today in the dome.

For real? Where does this leave us in terms of the Dome Body Count since the Glamser/Stringer debacle? (Angie Dear=gone, Jack "Hack" Hanbury=gone, Marky Mark D.=gone, Lisa MaderMath=gone, Tim "I'll be back" Hudson=gone, Kenny Boy "Job Snowball" Malone=stripped of power...and now, Gregg "No, really, I'm a grad student" Lassen=gone). Who am I missing? Oh, right, Shelboo=gone in 2007!

The wheels of justice grind slowly...

Truth

you forgot to mention CM.

 

you forgot to mention CM.

Is Cynthia Easterling Moore gone, too?

Truth

didnt say CM was leaving, just that is another of the Dome bunch that could benefit USM by going elsewhere

HA. 1/31/06 (update)

http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS01/60131005

Southern Miss CFO resigns
Special to the American



HATTIESBURG – Dr. Shelby F. Thames, president of the University of Southern Mississippi, announced today that Chief Financial Officer Greg Lassen has resigned his position.

“Greg Lassen has served the university with dedication and excellence,” Thames said. “He will now return to Texas where he can be closer to family members.”

Lassen has been at the university for two-and-a-half years and has spent his career in higher education and private industry. His last day will be Feb. 24.

“I am proud to have been a part of Southern Miss and have enjoyed the experience of enhancing campus facilities and bringing new business approaches to the university,” Lassen said.

Notable projects on campus led by Lassen include the student malls, pedestrian walkways, and expansive building projects, including the Student Union addition that is set to open this summer and the successful outsourcing of food service and book store operations.

Added Thames: “I want to thank Greg for his innovative and fiscally prudent approaches that have advanced our university. He has given much to make Southern Miss a better place. He will be missed.”

stinky cheese man wrote:

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Malone being chair of a department (other than polymer science) poses a SACS problem. SACS takes the position that department chairs and program directors have to have a terminal degree in the area, and to not have one requires a portfolio review and justification.

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But isn't being a boy wonder & SFT grad student sufficient justification?

truth4usm/AH wrote:

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Dark Days wrote: "there will be no one in the way of redirecting funds to pet projects and personal friends" Puh-lease. Are we to believe that all that stood between Katrina funds and SFT's pet projects was Gregg Lassen, his pet monkey? Stop huffing those PowerPlant fumes, open up your door, and step into the light, DD! Truth

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Shelby does make mistakes in his own other worldly reality in addition to those perceived from the outside.

in all fairness to the HA and Lassen, if you read carefully it says "special to the american." that means it was a USM press release--i read it on USM talk. the american didn't write the story--it wasn't a story at all. in all fairness to Lassen, he didn't write the press release and it doesn't say he initiated any of the projects--it said he led them--and that is probably factually true since the CFO is the person responsible to those physical plant projects.

nice thing now is that you can read most of the good stuff (including police reports) from the HA online. don't need to subscribe.

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too wrote:

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Yes, GL appears to be one of the most competent members of the administration, which says more about them than about him. I've heard that he is among the least ethically challenged. However, All the administrators from dean on up share in the responsibility for the damage that has been done. Silence is not a virtue. Looking the other way or hiding under a desk does not reduce culpability. It increases it. GL's departure suggests that he may be a man of integrity whose limits were reached.

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Amen, amen.