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(May 1, 2008) Special Report “Doing Business @ Southern Miss . . .” An Investigative Report on the Mentoring of New CoB Faculty As USMNEWS.NET reporters and correspondents continue to sift through the pile of new documentation from USM (received via a Freedom of Information Act request) regarding the CoB’s 2007-08 6th Year Review by AACSB, new reports will continue to arrive on the pages of the website. This report looks at a portion of Interim Dean Alvin J. Williams’ response to AACSB regarding “Standard 11 – Faculty Management and Support.”

(May 2, 2008) CoB News, 2 May 2008 Thursday with Alvin USM President, Martha Saunders, has invited the USM family to a reception honoring the retirement of Interim CoB Dean, Alvin Williams. That reception will be held on Thursday, 8-May-08, from 4:00–5:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Powerhouse Restaurant on USM’s campus. Williams is a professor of marketing and the Kaetsu Distinguished Professor of International Business at USM, and he served as chair of the Department of Management and Marketing in recent years.

(May 12, 2008 ) GH Chatter The new $100,000 endowment for the Alvin J. Williams Professorship in Minority Entrepreneurship was a surprise to many CoBers. Some are predicting that (1) the professorship will be filled for 2008-09, before any additional funds are raised, and (2) Jennifer Sequeira will be awarded the title in a belated effort to keep her from bouncing to another institution.

(May 13, 2008 ) CoB News, 13 May 2008 Williams Professorship Launched Amidst the various retirement ceremonies and teas honoring long-time CoB professor Alvin Williams, the current Interim Dean of the CoB, a new professorship in Williams' name was launched with a $100,000 gift from Southern Miss alumna Beverly Dale of Los Altos, California. Dale's gift is, according to USM officials, the beginning of the new Alvin J. Williams Endowed Professorship in Minority Entrepreneurship, a professorship that becomes the CoB's fifth in this category.

(May 20, 2008 ) Special Report Williams Introduced at USA Before CoB Retirement Galas An Investigative Report on Alvin J. Williams' Retirement It seems that Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams' 9-May-08 retirement reception at USM was upstaged by a 23-April-08 presser put out by the University of South Alabama announcing that Williams, who USA refers to as "a nationally known scholar of marketing and supply chain management," has joined USA's Mitchell College of Business as the Distinguished Professor of Marketing.