Executive Transactions
Published May 18, 2012West Virginia Univ. President JIM CLEMENTS yesterday said AD OLIVER LUCK is "staying in Morgantown for the forseeable future." In West Virginia, Mitch Vingle noted Luck's name" has been mentioned as a candidate for the open atheltic director job at Stanford, among others" (CHARLESTON GAZETTE, 5/17).
EXECS: West Virginia Wesleyan College named RANDY TENNEY AD (West Virginia Wesleyan)....Case Western Reserve Univ. Assistant AD and Senior Woman Administrator KAREN FARRELL has been promoted to Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator (Case Western)....The State Univ. of New York at Geneseo named Fitchburg State Univ. Senior Woman Administrator MICHELLE WALSH Associate AD (SUNY-Geneseo)....The Pac-12 named ED RUSH Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating. Rush was NBA Dir of Officiating from '98-'03 (SEATTLE TIMES, 5/17)....Moji fitness products company named SHERI SCHIFF Dir of Sales (Moji).
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Media
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Facilities
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