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Old Prof

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From: "Dr. Joan Exline" <Joan.Exline@usm.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:05:15 -0600
Cc: 'Sid Gonsoulin' <Sidney.Gonsoulin@usm.edu>, <margie.jepson@usm.edu>
Subject: Announcement from Dr. Thames - please share with your 
areas/organizations

The university has convened a Master Facility Planning Committee for the 
Hattiesburg campus.  The committee is tasked with formulating a plan for 
the future physical development and layout of the campus.  Numerous campus 
entities were contacted and they have provided a representative to 
participate as a member of the committee.  The first task of the committee 
will be to seek professional assistance for the facilities planning 
process, a process which will eventually involve the university community 
at large.  To keep the university community apprised of the committee's 
progress, a web site will be established shortly.

Members of the Master Facility Planning Committee are:  Mary Beth Applin 
(Faculty Senate), Homer Coffman (iTech), Dr. Dick Conville (Hattiesburg 
Planning Commission and Faculty), Dr. Chris Crenshaw (Student Affairs, 
Residence Life), David D'Aquilla (Alumni), Kara Drane (Forrest County), 
Dr. Joan Exline (Assisstant to the President ), Margaret Firth (Staff 
Council), Dr. Angie Godwin (Area Development Partnership),Gene Gouaux 
(Student Government Association), Rita Hailey-Burks (Physical Plant), 
David Hansen (Athletics), Suzy Hebert (Office of Disability 
Accommodations), Bob Hopkins (University Police), Mike Mitchell (Dean of 
Students Office), Dr. Cynthia Moore (Provost's Office and Space 
Utilization and Allocation Committee), Rusty Postlewate (Physical Plant), 
Fred Varnado (Office of Non-Credit Programs), Lakeylah White (City of 
Hattiesburg), Sid Gonsoulin (Chair)



Joan L. Exline, PhD, FACHE
The University of Southern Mississippi
Associate Professor, Health Policy & Administration
Assistant to the President for Accreditation,
Planning, and Articulation
Hattiesburg, MS


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Broken governance

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Hold on! This isn't shared governance. It becomes shared governance when we feature the liberal moaners and groaners. The people on this committee are much too level headed and mature to be a valid part of shared governance.

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Angie's Last Revenge ???

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Why the hell is Dr. Angie Godwin sitting on this committee?  Who appointed her? I'd hoped USM had seen the last of her.  That's just what we need,  Angie planning campus improvements and layout. 

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Far Away Alum

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Is this part of a plan to resurrect Angeline's academic career with a new name?

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disgusted student

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Just great! Now that the campus is in the world's biggest mess they want to push the results off on a commitee. Don't let them get away with it! Let the blame for this mess fall on the one who created it - Thames.

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Joker

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Don't you find it funny that they have shared governance for Master Facility Planning, but not for the distribution of Graduate Assistants or assignment of standard teaching loads and other academic matters?   Now that is funny.

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brown bag

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I count 20 members on this committee. My best estimate is that 5 are tenured or tenure-track faculty, while the rest are at-will employees, students, or community members. Tenured faculty are notoriously outspoken and concerned with the long-run health of the university, while the second group is notoriously and easily manipulable. Could this be a blatant an attempt to contract out future "campus improvement" rights in exchange for cash now? Shelby sure could use an infusion into his budget....

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Googler

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Far Away Alum wrote:

Is this part of a plan to resurrect Angeline's academic career with a new name?
Or to help resurrect her campaign to be the next USM president?

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Far Away Alum

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Googler wrote:
Far Away Alum wrote:
Is this part of a plan to resurrect Angeline's academic career with a new name?
Or to help resurrect her campaign to be the next USM president?


I wouldn't be at all surprised if that were the case.

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out in the far left

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Sid Gonsoulin (Chair)

who is sid and what does he do for the university?

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Jumpin' the Gun

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Old Prof wrote:

The university has convened a Master Facility Planning Committee for the Hattiesburg campus.  The committee is tasked with formulating a plan for the future physical development and layout of the campus.  Numerous campus entities were contacted and they have provided a representative to participate as a member of the committee.  The first task of the committee will be to seek professional assistance for the facilities planning process, a process which will eventually involve the university community at large.  To keep the university community apprised of the committee's progress, a web site will be established shortly.Members of the Master Facility Planning Committee are:  Mary Beth Applin (Faculty Senate), Homer Coffman (iTech), Dr. Dick Conville (Hattiesburg Planning Commission and Faculty), Dr. Chris Crenshaw (Student Affairs, Residence Life), David D'Aquilla (Alumni), Kara Drane (Forrest County), Dr. Joan Exline (Assisstant to the President ), Margaret Firth (Staff Council), Dr. Angie Godwin (Area Development Partnership),Gene Gouaux (Student Government Association), Rita Hailey-Burks (Physical Plant), David Hansen (Athletics), Suzy Hebert (Office of Disability Accommodations), Bob Hopkins (University Police), Mike Mitchell (Dean of Students Office), Dr. Cynthia Moore (Provost's Office and Space Utilization and Allocation Committee), Rusty Postlewate (Physical Plant), Fred Varnado (Office of Non-Credit Programs), Lakeylah White (City of Hattiesburg), Sid Gonsoulin (Chair)Joan L. Exline, PhD, FACHEThe University of Southern MississippiAssociate Professor, Health Policy & AdministrationAssistant to the President for Accreditation,Planning, and ArticulationHattiesburg, MS
I've seen some outrageous actions during the past 48 months but establishng a "Master Planning Committee" at a university with a lame duck president has to be right in there as "the most recent stupid thing."  When the Grand Plan is completed will it be bound with a slick cover and presented to the incoming president in a formal public ceremony staged in Bennett Auditorium with the Press present and cameras rolling? What if the new incoming president has other ideas? Whose brainstorm was this? What is the motive? And, pray tell, why was someone whose presence was accompanied by a storm of controversy and dissent named as a member of a "Master Planning Committee"? I find this not only stupid, I find it insulting. I think USM should think about rebuilding the important things it has lost during the past 48 months and leave it to a new president to guide it into the future.

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Reichean

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Like his namesake, USM's fuhrer is simply pursuing a version of "scorched earth" policy, destroying the fatherland rather than surrendering it to his successors. I'm sure Dr. Goebbels would agree.


 



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Landscape J.E.B. Architect

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Jumpin' the Gun wrote:

Old Prof wrote: The university has convened a Master Facility Planning Committee for the Hattiesburg campus.  The committee is tasked with formulating a plan for the future physical development and layout of the campus.  Numerous campus entities were contacted and they have provided a representative to participate as a member of the committee.  The first task of the committee will be to seek professional assistance for the facilities planning process, a process which will eventually involve the university community at large.  To keep the university community apprised of the committee's progress, a web site will be established shortly.Members of the Master Facility Planning Committee are:  Mary Beth Applin (Faculty Senate), Homer Coffman (iTech), Dr. Dick Conville (Hattiesburg Planning Commission and Faculty), Dr. Chris Crenshaw (Student Affairs, Residence Life), David D'Aquilla (Alumni), Kara Drane (Forrest County), Dr. Joan Exline (Assisstant to the President ), Margaret Firth (Staff Council), Dr. Angie Godwin (Area Development Partnership),Gene Gouaux (Student Government Association), Rita Hailey-Burks (Physical Plant), David Hansen (Athletics), Suzy Hebert (Office of Disability Accommodations), Bob Hopkins (University Police), Mike Mitchell (Dean of Students Office), Dr. Cynthia Moore (Provost's Office and Space Utilization and Allocation Committee), Rusty Postlewate (Physical Plant), Fred Varnado (Office of Non-Credit Programs), Lakeylah White (City of Hattiesburg), Sid Gonsoulin (Chair)Joan L. Exline, PhD, FACHEThe University of Southern MississippiAssociate Professor, Health Policy & AdministrationAssistant to the President for Accreditation,Planning, and ArticulationHattiesburg, MS I've seen some outrageous actions during the past 48 months but establishng a "Master Planning Committee" at a university with a lame duck president has to be right in there as "the most recent stupid thing."  When the Grand Plan is completed will it be bound with a slick cover and presented to the incoming president in a formal public ceremony staged in Bennett Auditorium with the Press present and cameras rolling? What if the new incoming president has other ideas? Whose brainstorm was this? What is the motive? And, pray tell, why was someone whose presence was accompanied by a storm of controversy and dissent named as a member of a "Master Planning Committee"? I find this not only stupid, I find it insulting. I think USM should think about rebuilding the important things it has lost during the past 48 months and leave it to a new president to guide it into the future.
I can't help but wonder if the plans will call for a winding circle of magnolia trees leading from the campus entrance and laced with large bronze statues of former USM presidents.

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Dr. Joseph Goebbels

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Reichean wrote:

Like his namesake, USM's fuhrer is simply pursuing a version of "scorched earth" policy, destroying the fatherland rather than surrendering it to his successors. I'm sure Dr. Goebbels would agree.  

Dear Mr. or Ms. Reichean,


I'm very sorry that I am not fully conversant with recent happenings at USM,  or with the composition of this new planning committee.  As you may know,  I moved to Methodist hospital with Ms. Mader,  having been offered a very attractive position as her Assistant Minister of Information. With respect to Dr. Angeline Godwin Dvorak Godwin, I can tell you that Dr. Thames always valued Dr. Dvorak's eye for aesthetics and often sought her counsel on landscaping matters.  In fact, at one time he engaged her to personally maintain the grounds of his presidential mansion. 


I don't know whether her most impressive background in horticulture was included on her vita,  but Dr. Angie Godwin Dvorak Godwin is a certified Master Gardener and honors Ph.D. graduate of the University of Phoenix program in landscape architecture.  At one point in her  career,  she held the prestigious Poulan-Weedeater  Professorship in Gardening Technology at Ashland Community College and Technical Institute, where  her seminal research in the eradication of Lesser Chickweed and Liverwort is legendary.  I feel comfortable in commending Dr. Dr. Godwin Dvorak Godwin, Esq. to USM as being extraordinarily capable in all matters involving university administration,  physical planning,  landscape design,  English literature,  the law,  style and fashion, and of course economic development. 


I hope this has been helpful in answering your question.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you feel I can be of further assistance.


Very truly yours,
Joseph Goebbels, Ph.D.
Assistant Minister of Information



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Far Away Alum

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Very funny, Dr. Goebbels.

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Potmetal

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Landscape J.E.B. Architect wrote:

I can't help but wonder if the plans will call for a winding circle of magnolia trees leading from the campus entrance and laced with large bronze statues of former USM presidents.
Bronze statues? Nah. Make that plastic and the plan will fly.

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bird watcher

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as long as we can all chip in for the pigeons!

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