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(Contains revisions) Following the Yellow Brick Road: A Look at Sources of Doctorates of CoB’s Non-USM Degree-Holders "The USMNEWS.NET reader who made the point that USM degree-holders are likely to also hold Tier III and Tier IV doctorates seems to have struck the nail on the head...".
(Contains revisions) (October 19, 2007 Update) There’s no place like home . . . . . . There’s no place like home: The Prevalence of USM Degrees among the CoB’s Faculty, 2007-08 "... The omission of the three names detailed in the latest two corrections to this report spotlights at least two key ideas. First, the CoB’s website continues to be inadequately maintained. Second, the turnover in the CoB since 2003 has been so dramatic that many members of the CoB don’t even know who their colleagues are anymore...".
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(October 28, 2008) CoB News, 28 October 2008 "One of Posey's Publications Located...".
(October 29, 2008) CoB News, 29 October 2008 "Google Scholar Revisits Management & Tourism Management...".
(October 30, 2008) CoB News, 30 October 2008 "'Significant Contributor' to CoB Lauded In Jim Coll’s 29-October-08 presser entitled 'Southern Miss Alumni Associate to Induct Seven Into Hall of Fame' USM officials announced that Bruce Rossmeyer, “a significant contributor to the College of Business,” ...".
(November 24, 2008) CoB News, 24 November, 2008 The Beechcraft Queen Judging by the behavior of USM president, Martha Saunders, one would never believe that Mississippi is in the grips of major economic crises. Yet despite the realities all around her, Saunders recently convinced Mississippi's IHL to get behind her idea to lease a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft for the period 1-Dec-2008 through 30-Nov-2013...".
(December 1, 2008) "... Planegate at USM "With her 28-Nov-08 article entitled "USM plan to lease airplane in the works," The Hattiesburg American's Valerie Wells follows up on USMNEWS.net's breaking story about the decision by USM to lease a Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane for about $2 million...".
(December 9, 2008) Clark’s Role? "One has to wonder just how involved CoB associate professor of finance John Clark is with the scandals involving the USM Foundation that have plagued USM in recent months, particularly the planegate episode. As Director of the CoB’s Center for Financial Services, Clark often works closely with officials at the Foundation. As such, Clark may well have played a role in the Foundation’s purchase of the Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane that the Foundation will be leasing to USM...".
(December 8, 2008) "Is Saunders Buckling Under Weight of Recent Scandals? It appears as though the customized textbook and planegate scandals are taking a toll on the Martha Saunders administration of USM...".
(December 4, 2008) "..."The Saunders Way" by Duane Cobb Yesterday’s investigative news story about the arrival of USM’s new Beechcraft King Air 200 one month before USM supposedly finalized a lease agreement for the plane is yet another example of why so many are fond of USMNEWS.net...".
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CoB News
(October 23, 2008) CoB News, 23 October 2008 "CoB Lands New Fundraiser According to Amy Martin’s 21-October-08 USM press release, Shannon Woodward has been selected to fill the fundraising void in USM’s business school...".
(October 16, 2008) CoB News, 16 October 2008 New Jack CoB? The now one-year old CoB News, 9 October 2007 story entitled New Jack CoB described just how dicey things in the CoB got during the Harold Doty and Alvin Williams administrations of USM’s College of Business.
(October 13, 2008) CoB News, 13 October 2008 "October Surprise -- Some CoB faculty may be surprised to learn that a number of new faces will be joining the CoB in January of 2009, just in time for the upcoming spring semester. ...".
(September 24, 2008) CoB News, 24 September 2008 "18 New Faculty at USM-GC...".
(September 19, 2008) CoB News, 19 September 2008 "Cool Beans: Word that the Martha Saunders administration of USM has committed $1,000,000 to the CoB’s research efforts over the next three years only adds to growing confidence that new CoB dean Lance Nail  will eventually turn to CoB around...".  (Please  note this report includes opinions of the contributor.)
(October 6, 2008) CoB News, 3 October 2008 "New 'Assistant Deans' Coming to CoB The e-mail posted below was sent from the CoB dean’s office earlier today...".
(September 18, 2008) CoB News, 18 September 2008 "More 'Jungle Rules' Fallout?.." As CoB Finance Professor James Lindley so eloquently explained to former USM provost Jay Grimes during a CoB wide convocation...".
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