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WVU names Magrath interim president after scandal
- Veteran educator C. Peter Magrath, the former president of three universities and a national higher education group, was named interim president of West Virginia University on Tuesday.
Park Service seeks to reach changing population
- She'd spent a lifetime less than an hour's drive away, but it had never crossed Joquetta Johnson's mind to visit Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. What, she wondered when a friend suggested it, could a park in rural, lily-white West Virginia hold for a black teacher from Baltimore?
- She'd spent a lifetime less than an hour's drive away, but it had never crossed Joquetta Johnson's mind to visit Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. What, she wondered when a friend suggested it, could a park in rural, lily-white West Virginia hold for a black teacher from Baltimore?
WVU board member proposed $4M in Rodriguez pact
- A lawyer on the West Virginia University Board of Governors said in a deposition that he suggested the $4 million damages clause in Rich Rodriguez's contract, a renewal agreement the football coach signed just four months before resigning for a job at Michigan.
Garrison: Rodriguez was distraught before quitting
- West Virginia University President Mike Garrison said in a deposition that former football coach Rich Rodriguez was "very distraught" in a private meeting the night before he resigned and accepted the top job at Michigan, complaining about harsh public reaction to a lost shot at a national championship.
Severstal: Esmark assets have untapped potential
- Steelmaker and distributor Esmark Inc. has an attractive assortment of plants and equipment with unrealized potential, but Russian metals and mining company OAO Severstal said Thursday it plans to change that with a $250 million, five-year capital investment.