WVU Settles With Former Provost

• {West Virginia}...It does not appear West Virginia University awarded any money in its recent settlement with former Provost Gerald Lang. Lang resigned during a 2008 controversy involving a master's degree awarded to then-Governor Joe Manchin's daughter, Heather Bresch. Lang has fought academic misconduct charges in circuit court for more than two years. Lang's case was dismissed by Monongalia Circuit Judge Susan Tucker after he agreed in the settlement not to file any new claims against WVU, its Board of Governors or officials tied to the university, both past and present. A special investigative panel strongly criticized Lang and other top WVU officials for retroactively awarding an executive master's of business administration degree in October 2007 to Bresch, who is now the president of Mylan Inc.