(May 25, 2010) GH Chatter More evidence that former CoB management professor Stephen Bushardt is headed west to join former CoB dean Harold Doty at the University of Texas at Tyler – word is that Bushardt does not appear on the 2010-11 course schedules at Spring Hill College. It is mind boggling to many that Doty would move so early in his UT-T deanship to hire someone like Bushardt. To add to all that is known about Bushardt’s tenure at USM, in 2009-10 we learned that his wife filed a restraining order against him as part of their ongoing divorce proceedings. It seems she fears for her safety, and that of their children.

D. HAROLD DOTY, FORMER DEAN, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER

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(June 2, 2010) GH Chatter Chatter has it that outgoing CoB economist Sami Dakhlia’s Canebrake home is up for sale at a cool $450,000. Dakhlia didn’t make the four year mark with USM, and he is leaving at $84,000 per year.

(June 9, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Doty-Era Former B-Schooler Appointed Dean at Troy HATTIESBURG – Former USM b-school faculty Judson Edwards was recently appointed dean of the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University. Edwards, pictured below, joined USM’s then-College of Business & Economic Development in August-2004 (as an assistant professor of economic development/graduate programs director), or about one year into the Harold Doty/Farhang Niroomand administration of USM’s b-school.

(June 14, 2010) GH Chatter The pending arrival at the University of Texas at Tyler’s b-school of former CoBer Stephen Bushardt is back on the radar. Why current UT-Tyler b-school dean Harold Doty, the former CoB dean, would hire Bushardt is boggling minds.

(July 20, 2010) Bushardt and Doty ‘Leading by Example’ Dynamic Duo also Enlists Services of David Glascoff According to the University of Texas at Tyler website, former CoB management professors Stephen Bushardt and Harold Doty have teamed with another former CoBer, David Glascoff, who is now with Spring Hill College, to produce a 2011 publication for the Journal of Organizational Culture, Communication and Conflict.

(August 10, 2010) 31st & Pearl AACSB Express The recent news of Danny Arnold’s curious move from Missouri State to Stephen F. Austin State reminds some of his role in the CoB’s 2007 AACSB effort. That year Arnold visited the Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast campuses to assess the college’s business education products. The news also has us thinking about the next effort former CoB dean Harold Doty will make regarding AACSB accreditation.