(October 12, 2009) President Saunders Swipes at Becker, and More . . . A LOOK AT SAUNDERS’ 12-OCT-09 BLOG
Former CoB tourism management chairperson, Cherylynn Becker, was an opponent of the USM Charcoal Room. She
made that fact plain and clear shortly after her arrival at USM during the Harold Doty administration (2003-07). Thus,
it was no surprise that the Charcoal Room closed shortly after Becker’s arrival as TM chair, and that the CoB’s two best
TM profs, Tanya Ruetzler and Jim Taylor, exited the CoB at about the same time. (Not surprisingly, the two of them
landed at Ole Miss, the flagship institution of MS. Becker failed at TM administration, and has since been moved to
management by CoB administrators as a result of her many failings).
CHERYLYNN BECKER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FORMER
CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(November 9, 2009) 31st & Pearl Turnover Unprecedented It's next to impossible to contemplate, as the 9-Nov-09
installment of GH Chatter does, even more faculty turnover in USM's College of Business. The faculty turnover page
here at USMNEWS.net was last updated in early Oct]-09. At that time it listed 72 faculty -- let's repeat that one, 72
faculty -- who have left the organization since former CoB dean Duane Harold Doty arrived on the scene back in 2003.
That's a turnover rate for the ages.
(December 18, 2009) CoBers' 2009 Christmas Lists . . . Just for Fun, part 5 Catherine Price (TM chair) to forget she once
roomed with Cheri Becker
(April 10, 2010) Special Report On the Clock A Look at the 2011 Louis K. Brandt Award Race The 2010 CoB awards
banquet has come and gone, and now CoB faculty are on the clock for the 2011 awards banquet. There the 2011 AT&T
Outstanding Faculty Award will be handed out, as will the 2011 Louis K. Brandt Research Award. The latter is the most
prestigious award delivered by CoB administration, and as such, reporters at USMNEWS.net spend some time tracking
the candidates and assessing prospects for those thought to be in the running.
