(March 15, 2011) CoB News 15-March-2011 More Poaching on CoB Property? According to Vanessa Molden’s 14-Mar-2011 USM presser entitled “Southern Miss to Offer Professional Management, Leadership Programs,” USM’s Office of Professional Development and Educational Outreach is gearing up to offer a Professional Certification in Human Resource Management course that “. . . will provide human resource professionals with advanced knowledge for managing human resource challenges.”

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(March 30, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . CoB to Get $33 Million Facility HATTIESBURG – According to a 29-Mar-2011 report by The Hattiesburg American, the Martha Saunders administration of USM announced (also on 29-Mar-2011) the kickoff of a $10 million private fundraising campaign to support construction of a new, $33 million facility for USM’s College of Business.

(April 5, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 5-April-2011 One, Two, Three, Four . . . Eighty Six
Eighty six faculty have departed the CoB since former CoB dean, Harold Doty, was hired by USM back in 2003.

(June 6, 2011) What do USM administrators mean by “milestone achievement”? The Hattiesburg American
reprinted a public relations notice provided by the USM College of Business entitled, “Southern Miss HR Program Earns Endorsement.”

(April 6, 2011) Christmas in June FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR NEW COB FACILITY BEGINS The title of this report is what USM president Martha Saunders and CoB dean Lance Nail are hoping for by kicking off the 2011 fundraising campaign for the CoB’s new building (see rendering below). That campaign hopes to raise $10 million toward the $36 million total, representing only 28% of the total cost of the new facility. Recent reports here at USMNEWS.net, and in The Hattiesburg American, indicate that $2 million of the $10 million has already been pledged.

(June 17, 2011) Dear USM News: Do you have any update on the fundraising efforts of Dean [Lance] Nail for the new business building? Everything seems very quiet about that. Did you see NC State received a $40M gift, Rollins College received a $12.5M gift, Montana State received a $3M gift, Illinois State received a $3M gift, and West Virginia's College of Business and Economics received a $3M gift; the money is out there, Dean Nail, keep looking!