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(October 27, 2007) CoB News, 27 October 2007 In recent days the CoB's administration uploaded an electronic version of the Fall 2007 issue of the CoB's affinity magazine, Joint Venture. This installment of CoB News takes a look at some of the features in the magazine.

(November 12, 2007) Breaking News Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams to Retire HATTIESBURG – USMNEWS.NET reporters have learned that Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams will retire at the end of this academic year (2007-08). Williams announced his plans to retire to CoB faculty via e-mail on 12-Nov-2007, stating that after "almost 30 years of service to Southern Miss, I have made the very, very difficult decision to retire on June 30, 2008." Sources tell USMNEWS.NET reporters that Williams' decision to retire in June of 2008 explains his willingness, after turning down so many other invitations to serve as CoB Dean, to accept the Interim CoB Dean position on 10-April-07. In doing so, Williams was able to parley one year of Interim service into a final year salary of $175,000, boosting his PERS base by at least $12,500.

(November 12, 2007) GH Chatter From all of the chatter surrounding the 2007-08 P&T season, the proceedings in the CAC are going to be exciting. One or more CAC members in each department have withheld voting at the departmental level in order to join the fray at the College (CAC) level.

(November 12, 2007) ". . . Very, Very Difficult Decision" A Look at the Departure of Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams As previously report by USMNEWS.NET, the CoB's Interim Dean, Alvin Williams, is set to retire from USM on 30-June-08. Williams' announcement on 12-Nov-07 came as a surprise to many CoB faculty, particularly because the CoB is currently in the midst of a so-called "6th Year Review" with the AACSB, and the visit from the CoB's Peer Review Team is still at least three months away.

(November 13, 2007) All Bets are Off Now by Duane Cobb Just six hours after a 31st & Pearl columnist at USMNEWS.NET predicted that the CoB would pass its AACSB "make-up" test in the spring of 2008, Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams surprised many in the Southern Miss community with an e-mail message announcing his plans to retire from USM in June of 2008.

(November 15, 2007) Dear usmnews.net, I have seen that Jon Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal is prominently displayed now in the Greene Hall publication case. That is an outstanding accomplishment for Jon and for the College. What I would like know, and I am sure something other business faculty want to know, is why such a distinction earned Jon only the sixth biggest merit raise (2007) in the whole College. Not one of the people in front of Jon (Mike Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, Alvin Williams and John Clark) deserve anything close to the raise that Jon should have gotten this year. The fact that they all got more than he did is terrible.