No Confidence in Dr. Shelby Thames as President of The University of Southern Mississippi
As alumni, faculty, staff, students, and concerned friends of The University of Southern Mississippi, we are deeply troubled by the recent events at our beloved university. On Friday, March 5, 2004, D... continue reading »
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"Shelby Thames has overstepped his boundaries time and time again. This tyranny must cease immediately, for the good of USM! Graduation Year(s), if applicable 2005 USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Student"
"I think even Fleming did a better job!!! Graduation Year(s), if applicable 2000, 2003 USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Alumni"
"This action is about much more than just this culminating act of destruction. It is the result of hundreds of petty vendettas and a lack of respect for the dignity, intellect, and integrity of students, faculty, and staff at USM and of the entire eduation"
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"Do we really want what happened at the University of Tennessee with Schumacher to happen at USM? Graduation Year(s), if applicable M.S. Mass Communication 2002 USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Alumni"
"Dr. Thames actions have been a shame to the university Graduation Year(s), if applicable 1999, 2001 USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? alumni"
"USM maintains no academic integrity as long as Thames remains as president. USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Editor, John Donne Journal"
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"Thanks! USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? faculty"
"So glad I didn't join the faculty USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Ph.D. Univ. of Oklahoma 1994, currently a prof at Okla. State. Interviewed for a job at USM. Glad I didn't take it."
"Thames has made USM sound like a fool's paradise. You need to get a real president with honest educational credentials and serious standards of behavior. USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Prof. of English Emeritus, Univ. of Connecticut"
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"It is time the State of Mississippi intervened with an impartial investigation of the scene at USM USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Friend and Associate Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at Binghamton"
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"Our U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech to all our citizens, and President Thames has denied these two professors their constitutional right. Graduation Year(s), if applicable n/a"
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"I sign this with the hope of a fair and balanced resolution. Graduation Year(s), if applicable 1995 USM Faculty? Staff? Student? Alumni? Parent? Friend? Alumni"
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"As a member of management myself, I know that autocratic styles of management are being left in favor of more democratic and patient forms of leadership. I simply cannot fire anyone for any reason real or judged, without the input of many others. Although"
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