From the HA today.

"Embattled University of Southern Mississippi vice president Angie Dvorak will become full-time president of the university's research foundation July 1, USM officials were to announce today.

Long-time Southern Miss professor Cecil Burge will assume Dvorak's duties as vice president of research and economic development."

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Originally posted by: Anon
"Cecil Burge is a good guy.  He has been at USM and served loyally under Yarbrough, Cotten, et al as Asst VP for Research.  I am glad his day has come!"

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Ditto on Cecil Burge.  I've also worked with him and he's a good guy.

And all I can say about AD is....

 

DING, DONG, THE WITCH IS....DISEMPOWERED!!!

Or as The Donald would say:

KENTUCKY CABAL, YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!

This is a HUGE victory for everyone who has worked so hard to bring academic credibility back to USM.  EVERYONE on this board deserves a huge round of applause for keeping up the heat on SFT.  This wouldn't have happened without everyone's participation.  I'm proud to be a part of this community.

Chess, 3 down...who's next???

I'm very glad to see AGD out of the VP for Research position, of course; and I don't know much about Burge except that he has indeed been here a long time.

But am I not right that this also gives AGD a lot of even less supervised power? Is this "university research foundation" not a private foundation, not publicly funded, and therefore not subject to some of the oversight that would normally attend university affairs?

Perhaps I'm ignorant about this particular foundation . . . any thought from those more knowledgable on this point?

Whatever the negative aspects of this, I certainly join Truth4USM in celebrating AGD's departure from a job for which she was manifestly unqualified and in which she wreaked considerable havoc.

And let's just pause here for a moment, and once again thank our courageous colleagues, Gary Stringer and Frank Glamser, for all that they've sacrificed for us. There is no question that none of this--the departures of Hanbury and M. Dvorak, and the removal of AGD from the VP post, not to mention the apparent restraint being exercised on Thames--if Gary and Frank had not bravely pursued the Dvorak investigation.

NO QUARTER.
Anne Wallace

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Originally posted by: Anne Wallace
"I'm very glad to see AGD out of the VP for Research position, of course; and I don't know much about Burge except that he has indeed been here a long time.

But am I not right that this also gives AGD a lot of even less supervised power? Is this "university research foundation" not a private foundation, not publicly funded, and therefore not subject to some of the oversight that would normally attend university affairs?

Perhaps I'm ignorant about this particular foundation . . . any thought from those more knowledgable on this point?

Whatever the negative aspects of this, I certainly join Truth4USM in celebrating AGD's departure from a job for which she was manifestly unqualified and in which she wreaked considerable havoc.

And let's just pause here for a moment, and once again thank our courageous colleagues, Gary Stringer and Frank Glamser, for all that they've sacrificed for us. There is no question that none of this--the departures of Hanbury and M. Dvorak, and the removal of AGD from the VP post, not to mention the apparent restraint being exercised on Thames--if Gary and Frank had not bravely pursued the Dvorak investigation.

NO QUARTER.
Anne Wallace"

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Question: Who was over the Research Foundation before AD took this position.

Answer: AD was over the Research Foundation. In other words, Same Pay for Less Work. EFFICIENCY is the name of the game.