13 hrs ago | Wheeling News
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison expressed anger, disappointment and regret Monday during his first face-to-face meeting with the Faculty Senate since it demanded his resignation over a master's ... via Wheeling News
Sunday May 11 | The Times West Virginian
WVU Foundation: Giving unharmed so far
“One donor expressing concern would certainly get a phone call from someone here. ... I don't consider even one person who's concerned as insignificant.”
Cash fundraising for West Virginia University is about where it was this time last year, those in charge of the effort say, despite months of publicity about a degree scandal involving the governor's daughter, ... via The Times West Virginian
Friday May 9 | Earth Times
AIG loss, oil, drug firms rattle investors
“At some point oil gets too high for them to make money”
Stocks fell on Friday after American International Group , the world's largest insurer, reported a record $7.8 billion quarterly loss, rekindling concerns about financial services companies. via Earth Times
Wednesday May 7 | Charleston Daily Mail
WVU hopes scandal won't drive donors away
With one major donor revoking an offer of $2 million worth of donations, West Virginia University hopes the furor over an unearned master's degree won't plague its fundraising efforts. via Charleston Daily Mail
Monday May 5 | Med Ad News
Mylan Schedules Financial Results Conference Call and Live Webcast for the First Quarter Fiscal 2008
Mylan Inc. announced today that it will host a conference call and live webcast on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 5 p.m. ET to provide a review of the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. via Med Ad News
Saturday May 3 | The State Journal
Faculty Takes Varied Positions on Bresch Matter
“I find it truly ironic that it is the seasoned veteran academics who failed their president by failing to say, 'We can't do this,'”
The West Virginia University community has split since the Board of Governors placed responsibility last week on President Mike Garrison for his administration's decision in October to grant an unearned MBA ... via The State Journal
Thursday May 1 | Athens Banner-Herald
W.Va.U. embroiled in scandal over degree for gov's daughter
“It is a serious violation of norms.”
In this April 23, 2008 file photo, West Virginia University President Michael Garrison listens to a charge being read by West Virginia Board of Governors chairman Stephen Goodwin during open session at West ... via Athens Banner-Herald
Thursday May 1 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
WVU's holdout: A tarnished president should step down, too
“I removed myself from this process immediately. I don't know why the decision was made or how it was made.”
West Virginia University President Michael Garrison watched his provost and his business school dean resign this week over WVU's short-lived attempt to give Heather Bresch, his friend and former business ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wednesday Apr 30 | The Associated Press | Posted by The Associated Press
WVU officials resigning in degree scandal will teach there
Two academic officers who resigned in a scandal over a master's degree that West Virginia University wrongly awarded to the governor's daughter are moving down, but not out.
Provost Gerald Lang and business school Dean R. Stephen Sears resigned within days of a report last week condemning their decision to alter a transcript and retroactively grant a degree to Heather Bresch, the 38-year-old daughter of Gov. Joe Manchin.
Lang and Sears have the option of returning to teaching, and WVU spokeswoman Amy Neil said Tuesday that both have indicated they will do so after leaving their administrative posts June 30. Read more
Tuesday Apr 29 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
WVU dean 2nd to resign in degree scandal
“Their opinion disagrees with the MBA panel and it disagrees with every faculty member I've spoken to”
The West Virginia University Board of Governors is giving its full support to President Mike Garrison, who says he takes responsibility for "failures" that led to a master's degree scandal involving the ... via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi







