daily rumor mill #29 - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Jun 21, 2004

daily rumor mill #29

Date: Jun 21, 2004

sorry, it should've been marked "CBED special" on the topic line (above).

Date: Jun 21, 2004

Your rumor with respect to travel is probably the result of ED faculty being "taken care of" by TH. My guess is that a sizable chunk of the grant release salary that has been generated by grants goes into TH and AD's offices and "disappears". KM and the ED crew then use the money to do "Economic Development" all over the world.

Meanwhile, if I'm not mistaken, BizEagle can't get a trip to Magee....

Count

Date: Jun 21, 2004

Count, you must have missed the one about the CBED faculty who's been to Jamaica over 60 times in the past few years, and he's not in the ED department.

Date: Jun 21, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: natchezeagle
"Count, you must have missed the one about the CBED faculty who's been to Jamaica over 60 times in the past few years, and he's not in the ED department."

60 times? Why? Conferences? Research? Secret Service Activity? WHY??

Date: Jun 21, 2004

I guess I didn't know that - Maybe he knows TH too? Just wondering....

Count

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Counting the days
"I guess I didn't know that - Maybe he knows TH too? Just wondering.... Count"

Dat's irie man...

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: natchezeagle
"Count, you must have missed the one about the CBED faculty who's been to Jamaica over 60 times in the past few years, and he's not in the ED department."

And there were a bunch of trips to England, Japan and other locations. These weren't taken by Economic Development people either. As has been said on this board many times, at CBED what you get depends on who likes or dislikes you.

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Curious
"

As has been said on this board many times, at CBED what you get depends on who likes or dislikes you.

"

This is life under Thames elsewhere on campus, too.

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Curious
" And there were a bunch of trips to England, Japan and other locations. These weren't taken by Economic Development people either. As has been said on this board many times, at CBED what you get depends on who likes or dislikes you. "

Anyone who makes sixty trips to Jamaica, writes articles with the Provost, probable deserves a midyear raise. A review of the Provost's vita suggests that several CBED faculty outside of ED have been doing research with the Provost over the years. One idividual has 7 journal publications and five paper presentations with the Provost. Another faculty member has 3 journals and 5 meeting paper with with the Provost. Is there any correlation with travel and co-authoring with the Provost? At CBED it may not depend on who likes or dislikes you but what you have done for the person in power.

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Texas
"

At CBED it may not depend on who likes or dislikes you but what you have done for the person in power."

At CBED "who likes or dislikes you" equals "what you have done for the person in power".

Date: Jun 22, 2004

The most recent controversy at CBED revolves around a non-hire. A well-qualified female candidate for an administrative position was nixed by the president. JG/KM paired up to convince ST to override the decision of the search committee, department faculty, chair, and dean to hire this person. Word is that TH had been busy for weeks behind the scenes convincing JG and KM that the person was "not qualified" and "wouldn't fit in". When the decision was made, however, TH was "vacationing in Texas"!

Date: Jun 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Classic Behavior
""wouldn't fit in"

If the "wouldn't fit in" phraseology was truly used, it may have some very interesting EEOC implications in the event that the candidate chooses to pursue this further.