Save Tulane Engineering

[Dr. H.]

The dean forwarded the following and asked that it be shared.

Dr. H.

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From: Doug Green [mailto:dgreen@tamut.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:55 PM
To: altiero@tulane.edu
Subject: Shocking news

Nick,
..............

We will, of course, take any of your CS students, and we should soon be able to say the same for EE. Of more immediate interest, we have the following faculty openings:

- The Truman and Anita Arnold Chair in CS (would also serve as the Dept.
Chair of CS)

- 3 Asst. Prof. positions in CS

- Soon we will have 4 Asst. Prof. positions in EE.

Any referrals would be appreciated.

Let me know if there is any way I can be of help.

As an aside, Texas A&M at College Station is in the middle of trying to hire
100 new engineering faculty. I'm almost certain they have not reached their goal. The Engineering Dean there is Kim Bennett (979-845-7203).

I wish you the best of luck with your new challenge.

Best,
Doug

Douglas M. Green, Ph.D., P.E.
Ross Perot Professor and Dean
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
P.O. Box 5518
Texarkana, TX 75505-5518
(Tel) 903-223-3181
(Fax) 903-223-3189

[wwalkeri]

I may not be getting the full jist of this, but it seems as if it will prove very difficult for Tulane to retain faculty to teach us in the comming year. This is obviously great news for those students that want to move on but it doesn't look to good for those who wish to stay.

[MVDoran]

I agree that the battle is not over and we should fight to save Engineering. It is also wise to explore all options for the future. I was not going to go after Tulane students but since the dean has opened the door I will throw my announcement forward. I hope we win this fight to save engineering but especially as freshmen weight their options I'll share what I can offer in the area of a quality CS education.

The University of South Alabama in Mobile would also gladly accept all CS students. At USA the School of Computer and Information Science is a free standing academic unit and offers degrees in CS, Info Systems and Info Tech. We are the first university in the nation to have all 3 programs receive ABET accreditation. We also offer MS degrees in CS and IS. I am sorry at this time not to have any faculty openings. USA offers the same gulf coast environment 130 miles east of New Orleans in the city of Mobile that has much of the same flavor as the Big Easy - they even think their Mardi Gras is better (on a much smaller scale). The CS program offers much opportunity to undergrads to experience lots of hands-on research. Some of the main areas include: robotics, Real-time systems, game development, graphics and data mining.

I will continue to work and pray and do all I can to save Tulane Engineering. I would also be glad to help any CS major consider their future options.

Mike Doran
Professor and Coordinator of CS
University of South Alabama
School of CIS
mdoran@usouthal.edu