Aside from teaching, Professor Corey coached the UCR boxing team — last year, under his tutelage — the men’s team finished second in the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association (USIBA) behind the University of Washington. Professor Marcelle Chauvet, the Chair of the UCR Department of Economics, revealed the department made their best efforts to keep all three professors: “We made very good offers for them to stay, but at the end of the day, it’s that personal preference that matters … The three professors of teaching left because they had very good opportunities to go.” Explaining the process of hiring a new faculty member, Chauvet said, “The department as a whole, we vote on the needs of the department, and then I bring that need to the dean and the dean approves how many…