GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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(August 31, 2007) Beck and Call The Impending Battle in EFIB over George Carter’s Attention As one of three
departments in USM’s College of Business, the Department of Economics, Finance and International Business (EFIB)
is chaired by George Carter (professor of economics). The EFIB’s office complex is located in Joseph Greene Hall,
Suite 309, which is divided into six separate areas. The EFIB complex is depicted in the box below:
(September 4, 2007) Ethics Update, Sept-07 "Our tradition of excellence continues to reinforce our commitment to . . . a
sense of ethical behavior." Alvin J. Williams, Interim Dean, USM College of Business Administration, 2007
(September 4, 2007) Point/Counterpoint Do CoB Students have the Right to Drop Courses WP/WF?
(September 6, 2007) Ribbon Cutting on Hiring of Ms. Doty Via a 5-Sept-07 press release by Janis May the USM Public
Relations department has made the EFIB’s recent hiring of Susan Doty (Ms. Doty) official. That press release is
shown below:
(September 6, 2007) Effects of Real Estate Program’s Demise Already Showing “Wreck Coming Up in the Curve
Ahead” “Sounds like the [Hattiesburg] realtors are living in a fantasy world . . .” tcmullic, 2007 If you had a chance to
visit the 6-Sept-07 issue of The Hattiesburg American you couldn’t help but notice the article by staff writer Emma
James entitled “Housing market is ‘balanced,’ realtors say.” For convenience, a copy of that article is inserted below:
(September 7, 2007) CoB News, 7 September 2007 The fall 2007 semester is underway, and there are a number of
things going on in Joseph Greene Hall. This "CoB News" installment covers a couple of them.
(September 14, 2007) 31st & Pearl Why Such a Difficult Time? We've all heard it, over and over again. Harold Doty
telling those assembled at USF in September of 2005: "I have a difficult time using State E&G dollars to supplement
faculty salaries." We've heard it so many times that you might even believe it. Well, don't. The record shows there's
nothing "difficult" about it -- using State E&G dollars to boost faculty salaries, that is.
(September 20, 2007) Special Report Too Cool for School A Look at the Service Dereliction of the EFIB’s Chairman
Reporters at usmnews.net have received tips indicating that EFIB Chairman George Carter has not been living up to
his service responsibilities. Table 1 below presents data on the CoB’s Council of Chairs representatives’
presence/absence at Council of Chairs meetings during the 2005-06 academic year. This information comes from the
Council of Chair’s website -- http://www.usm.edu/coc/.