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Reports for September 5 - 9, 2011
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September 6, 2011
University Administrators Part 3 ARAMARK A Food Service Vendor at USM, Too As reported by Courtney Spradlin, Log Cabin Democrat (September 1, 2011), "The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees emerged from executive session at a called meeting Thursday and recommended that a committee be formed to interview, under oath, those involved in the misrepresentation of a grant designated to renovations at the president's home.

Through Saunders’ Eyes A Look at How the USM Prez Views the Gulf South Much has been made of USM president Martha D. Saunders’ proclamation that USM is the premier research university of the Gulf South. What sources refer to Saunders’ erroneous claim perhaps emanates from how she sees “the Gulf South.”
September 7, 2011
. . . breaking news . . . Saunders Dragged Back Into Federal Court HATTIESBURG USM president Martha Saunders is being forced back into U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg, this time to defend herself against a racial discrimination charge leveled by Maria Salcido.
University Administrators Part 3 University of Central Arkansas ARAMARK (A Food Service Vendor at University of Southern Mississippi, Too) Administrators' Sympathy for Other Administrators The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on September 2, 2011 that "The University of Central Arkansas has lost its second president in a row to scandal."
Ego Busting A Guest Column by Victoria Tyler The recent letter to the editor regarding CoB accountant Michael Dugan’s ego is as enlightening as it is humorous. At the top of Dugan’s publication list at usm.edu, at least as of 6-Sept-2011, are a couple of 2009 publications in the Journal of Applied Business Research and the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal. Why would such low-level hits require ego stroking?
September 8, 2011
Dear usmnews.net, As the school year starts, I have once again been told (through the CoB grapevine) that the "Academic Integrity Policy" is only boilerplate; therefore, no citation is needed. It is my understanding that the Academic Integrity Policy was copied almost verbatim without citation to Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management's Academic Integrity Policy. It doesn't seem right to me.
September 9, 2011
University Sports Administration THE GAP Part 1 The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a story entitled, Big Graduation-Rate Gap Looms Between Football Players and Full-Time Male Students on September 1, 2011.
. . . breaking news . . . Saunders Delivers 2011 Convocation Speech HATTIESBURG – Using the backdrop theme “Southern Ventured, Southern Gained,” USM president Martha Saunders delivered her annual fall convocation speech on 8-Sept-2011 before a large audience on the Hattiesburg campus.