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(June 15, 2010) Letters to USMNEWS.net, 6-15-2010 Dear usmnews, Thank you for running the article about Judson Edwards becoming the new Dean at Troy. He will do a great job. The story reminded people, or maybe let them know, how he was treated by Farhang Niroomand. [Harold] Doty and Niroomand said that the COB could not be reaccredited if economic development remained in the college. Well, they got rid of Judson and the program and still did not reaccredited. Meanwhile, Judson got a great big new job. This story teaches us that it was the presence of Doty and Niroomand, not the ED program, that doomed the COB’s reaccreditation.

(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.

(July 7, 2010) Special Report True Colors CoAL Dean Cans Barthelme, Violates Dictum in Doing So “Get rid of the good, glorify the bad, and recruit the mediocre.” AbbyD, 6-July-2010 In his 6-July-2010 article for The Hattiesburg American entitled “Center loses its director,” THA higher education reporter Ed Kemp tells the story of how CoAL dean Denise von Herrmann eliminated Frederick Barthelme, director of USM’s Center for Writers, and Rie Fortenberry, a CfW administrator.

(July 9, 2010) 31st & Pearl Little by Little With its 7-July-2010 editorial entitled “USM decision hurts writing program,” even The Hattiesburg American has figured out that something is amiss vis-à-vis USM’s decision to can English professor Frederick Barthelme, an award-winning, nationally renowned author of almost 20 books.

(July 12, 2010) CoB Website Gets Shake Up The CoB website has just recently undergone a transformation. The primary goal of this shake up appears to have been the purging of the USM economists, who are not longer part of the CoB. To do so, CoB administrators had “business economics” removed from the information systems group.