Sears and Lang: Leaving Jobs, Not Leaving WVU
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Posted: 5:38 PM Apr 29, 2008
Sears and Lang: Leaving Jobs, Not Leaving WVU
WVU Provost Gerald Lang and Business School Dean Stephen Sears are stepping down from their current jobs, but they will still be working for the university.
Reporter: D'Arcy Robb
Email Address: darcy.robb@wsaz.com
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Morgantown, W.Va (WSAZ) - Two WVU leaders are stepping down from their current positions in the wake of the Heather Bresch scandal. But Provost Gerald Lang and business school Dean Stephen Sears will still be working at the university.

Lang and Sears will leave their administrative posts on June 30th -- but they're both coming back to WVU as professors next fall.

Lang is taking a pay cut: from his current salary of$243,000: to just under$200,000. Sears' salary will go down from its current level of $200,000: to $145,000.

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Posted by: Scott on Apr 30, 2008 at 03:50 PM

"State Employee" - Take solace in the fact that other states are this way, too. I am also an indian amongst overpaid chiefs. Solace doesn't fill the gas tank, though.
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Posted by: Doug on Apr 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM

State Employee, this is what we get for re-electing these kinds of people. They now think they are invincible and can be re-elected just because they all help each other. If the working taxpayers keeps electing these same ones over and over you deserve this and more... Any teacher or state worker should know what these people are?
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Posted by: State Employee on Apr 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM

People think that all state employees make a great deal of money. These two are the exception and they due make a great deal of money. That is whats wrong with the state is it has too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. This Indian would like to make a fraction of their salary, this Indian would be very happy. Some higher ups make more in a month than most state employees make in a year and the Indians also have an earned education. As the old saying goes the rich gets richer and poor gets poorer.
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