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(December 13, 2010) Blame it on NiRiomand: More Travel for the UH-V -Dean Former CoB associate dean (1998-2007) Farhang Niroomand, now the business dean at the University of Houston - Victoria, continues to consume travel budgets to attend the annual meetings of the Academy of International Business (AIB). Check out the June-2010 UH-V travel voucher below.

(December 13, 2010) Same Ol’ Niroomand? More Sketchy Travel Spending from Former CoB Associate Dean "The USMNEWS.net news office continues to sort through piles of official documents regarding activities at USM. Those same piles also include official documentation about activities at other institutions of higher learning. This Special Report concerns some of those. Take a moment and examine the travel voucher inserted at the end of this report. ...".

(December 14, 2010) University of Houston - Vampire: Once a NASBITEr, Always a NASBITEr "Former CoB associate dean (1998-2007), and current business school dean at the University of Houston - Victoria (2008-present), Farhang Niroomand, once took “a NASBITE out of the [USM] budget.” That turn of phrase refers to the old USMNEWS.net report about Niroomand’s April-2002 trip to San Francisco, to attend a NASBITE International conference (see insert below). NASBITE is an acronym for North American Small Business International Trade Educators...".

(December 15, 2010) Have Deans’ Group, Will Travel: Is There a Deans’ Group Niroomand is Not a Member Of? Current University of Houston - Victoria business school dean, Farhang Niroomand, long ago had a goal of being a high-ranking college administrator. He became the associate dean of business at USM in 1998, a position he held until 2007. He has held his current post atop the b-school at UH-V since 2008, when he was hired by then-president Tim Hudson, an old friend of Niroomand from Hudson’s many years at USM...".

(December 16, 2010) ‘Yippee Ki-Yay’: Farhang Niroomand, the AGB Amigo, Rides Again "Farhang Niroomand, the current business administration school dean at the University of Houston - Victoria, continues to exhaust university travel funds at an alarming rate. The velocity with which Niroomand spent on travel while associate dean of the b-school at USM (1998-2007) prompted the Niroomand on the Move reports here at USMNEWS.net, which indicate that the former CoB administrator spent more than $75,000 in travel funds over the 59-month period from Aug-2001 through June-2006...".

(December 17, 2010) Full-Body Scan or Pat-Down? Either Way, there is No Touching Niroomand’s Junkets to Places like Washington, D.C. "On 18-Mar-2010, University of Houston - Victoria business school dean Farhang Niroomand departed Victoria for Washington, D.C. The return date, 25-Mar-2010, marked a one-week visit to the nation’s capital, where Niroomand journeyed in order to 'visit the Dept. of Education about a grant proposal.'...".

(December 20, 2010) June Travel Bug: A Closer Look at Niroomand’s June-2010 Travel Expenses at UH-V Farhang Niroomand, business school dean at the University of Houston - Victoria, had an eventful June-2010, at least when it comes to university travel. The former USM associate dean of business (1998-2007) made a few trips in June-2010, spending a relatively large amount of money in the process.

(December 22, 2010) UH-Victoria’s AACSB Soup How Niroomand is Traveling to Keep UH-V Accredited in Business "Much like when he was associate dean of the b-school at USM (1998-2007), Farhang Niroomand, now the business administration dean at the University of Houston - Victoria travels for accreditation purposes, particularly regarding AACSB accreditation. Table 1 below shows three such trips made by Niroomand since taking over the b-school reins in Victoria...".

(January 5, 2011) Niroomand’s Little Junkets: How Even the Low-Cost Trips that Niroomand Takes Often Add Up to Something Big "As readers have seen in some instances, Farhang Niroomand’s university travel expenses come in below four-figure sums. Still, the former CoB associate dean, and current University of Houston - Victoria business school dean, takes so many trips that even the lowest-cost journeys add up to significant sums of money. This report takes a look at some of the lower-cost jaunts made by Niroomand since becoming the UH-V b-school leader in 2008. Table 1 below presents information on some of these types of trips, in this case totaling more than $1,800...".

(January 6, 2011) It’s Good to See You Again, Old Friend: How Niroomand’s Travels Often Simply Involve Seeing Former Colleagues "The new series on Farhang Niroomand’s travels as b-school dean at the University of Houston - Victoria is drawing a lot of interest from USMNEWS.net readers. Among the most popular installments in the series has been Same Ol' Niroomand?, the series’ inaugural report. That report told the story of Niroomand’s summer-2010 visit to Hattiesburg, MS, in order to attend/participate in an unspecified “ODE event.” As long-time USMNEWS.net readers are aware, Hattiesburg is home to the University of Southern Mississippi, Niroomand’s professional home for 25 years...".

(January 7, 2011) Niroomand on the Move . . . from Victoria this Time: FARHANG NIROOMAND’S UH-V TRAVEL IN MONEY & MILES "The Special Report entitled “Niroomand on the Move . . . in Miles” is one of the most eye-opening reports here at USMNEWS.net. It indicates that former CoB associate dean Farhang Niroomand, currently the business school dean at the University of Houston - Victoria, “amassed $75,000 in travel expenses over the 59 months from August-01 through June-06,” a period included in Niroomand’s reign as the CoB’s associate dean (1998-2007). That same Special Report also points out that Niroomand’s 2001-06 travels covered 149,395 miles. These figures come to an astonishing $1,271/month in travel spending, and 2,532/month miles traveled...".

(March 7, 2011) Niroomand Fighting to Maintain Power in Victoria "With all of the chaos involving former USM business college executives Harold Doty and Stephen Bushardt at the University of Texas - Tyler, USMNEWS.net continues to receive reports of unrest in the business school at the University of Houston - Victoria, which is now managed by former USM associate dean of business Farhang Niroomand. Niroomand’s abuse of power, as told in part through the reports in the link above, became the centerpiece of an 8-Feb-2011 meeting...".

(March 9, 2011) Twenty Years of Niroomand at the Trough: A Look at FN’s Salary, 1990-2009 "The four year anniversary of the surprise “resignations” of former CoB dean Harold Doty (2003-07) and former CoB associate dean Farhang Niroomand (1998-2007) is just around the corner...".

(March 14, 2011) Comments about Farhang Niroomand's Fight to Maintain Power in Victoria "usmnews.net ran a report entitled Niroomand Fighting to Maintain Power in Victoria growing out of a two hour long faculty meeting. Here are some thoughts/comments passed along by Victoria faculty with first hand knowledge of the meeting...".

(March 17, 2011) Victoria’s Secret No More "The recent posting here at USMNEWS.net of a document that was sent in by business school faculty at the University of Houston-Victoria who are suffering under the boot of their dean, Farhang Niroomand, widened many eyes...".

(March 21, 2011) ‘All About Aubrey’ "If you’ve been following reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.net about the problems b-school faculty at the University of Houston -Victoria are having with their dean, Farhang Niroomand, it must be a little like déjà vu all over again...".