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VOLUME 123, ISSUE 135

Strategic plan Candidates come to campus council formed WVU B&E DEAN SEARCH

BY SHAY MAUNZ

ASSOCIATE CITY EDITOR

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Jose Sartarelli, Ph.D., one of the seven candidates for the dean position of the College of Business and Economics, speaks during a discussion with students in the Dean’s Conference.

Peter Lorenzi, Ph.D., a dean candidate for the College of Business and Economics, discusses his past achievements and career goals with faculty during his interview Monday afternoon.

West Virginia University’s Strategic Planning Council has been created and will begin the strategic planning process, which will continue through next year. Provost Michele Wheatly made the announcement at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting, and the names of those appointed to the council will be released today. Faculty Senate Chair Nigel Clark will chair the council, Wheatly said, which signifies the “integration of the planning process between faculty and higher administration.” Wheatly said the Council will “serve as the brain of the strategic planning exercises that will unfold at WVU.” Three work groups have also been created to take part in the process: one to focus on discovery and innovation, one for inclusivity and another for international activity. Wheatly said officials will work to task the groups throughout the rest of the week, and more work groups will be created in coming months to aid the planning process. University President James P. Clements has requested the Planning Council submit a plan by next fall. Wheatly added, “so hopefully by the end of the year 2010, we can have the plan

First B&E dean candidate Sartarelli focuses Second B&E dean candidate Lorenzi focuses on school’s funding, quality, MBA program on changing college’s overall image, brand BY GAVIN MATELA STAFF WRITER

Jose “Zito” Sartarelli, the first of seven dean candidates for the College of Business & Economics, visited West Virginia University Monday. Sartarelli spoke to students, staff and faculty as part of an open session during his visit. He said he intended to focus on improving three main areas of the school: funding, quality and the Masters of Business Administration program. With funding, Sartarelli intends to spend more time engaged with alumni from the college by giving them reasons to return to the University and support the business program. Sartarelli acknowledged in the next 10 years a number of professors will retire, and he intends to focus on replacing them with even more qualified candidates. He also said the MBA program needs to expand, citing “the current pool of 50 MBA students does not compete with the 200 MBA students at local universities such as the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and Penn State.”

In March, Sartarelli ended his more than eight-year run with Johnson & Johnson Company as group chairman for Asia-Pacific, Japan and Latin America. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, he served as president of the Latin America, Puerto Rico and Canadian branches within the Worldwide Medicines Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Sartarelli has also held various senior positions in marketing and management at Eli Lilly. Sartarelli is the sole finalist with no previous university experience. He said he would be interested in teaching ethics and business strategy. Jo Morrow, program assistant at the College of Business & Economics, said Sartarelli will bring insight to WVU with his experience in the corporate world. “It will bring a wider view of what the students might be getting into after they graduate from the business college,” she said. Sartarelli received a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration in Marketing in his

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BY JOSH COOPER STAFF WRITER

Peter Lorenzi, a professor of management at Loyola University, was the second dean candidate to interview for the position at West Virginia University’s College of Business & Economics Monday. Approximately 15 members of the college’s staff were present at the second of Lorenzi’s three interviews. They expressed concerns for leadership styles, overall image of the college, indecisiveness and parking. They also stated morale in the college is low. “My (leadership) style is upbeat and positive; it’s dynamic and data-driven,” Lorenzi said. “My education, experience and accomplishments provide an excellent response to the needs of the college.” Lorenzi served as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Arkansas and as associate dean and associate professor of management at Marquette University. He has taught courses in England, Moscow and India. “I’ve been in higher education for about 40 years,” Lorenzi

signed, sealed and delivered to the Board of Governors.” Also at Monday’s meeting, the Senate heard from the two candidates for Faculty Senate Chair-elect: Marjorie McDiarmid and Lesley Cottrell. Cottrell, an associate professor in the Department of Podiatry in WVU’s School of Medicine, said she would like to examine issues to make processes within the Senate more efficient. She also stressed the importance of senators serving as a liaison between the Senate and their corresponding constituencies. McDiarmid, a professor in WVU’s College of Law, identified key challenges facing WVU in coming years, including the need to build the University’s infrastructure to keep up with its growth and stressing to legislators the importance of WVU to the state. The council also unanimously approved amendments to the Faculty Constitution. “We wanted to define a few issues that were missing in the Constitution and to provide a few minor revisions – basically a clean up,” said Steve Kite, who chaired the committee in charge of making the revisions. The amendments will now be taken to the faculty assembly meeting in October for a vote. shay.maunz@mail.wvu.edu

Student loan reform to take effect July 1

said. “It’s the right time, place and opportunity for me to work as dean.” One of Lorenzi’s greatest concerns is to develop and increase “branding.” He wants to promote and “improve the overall image of the College.” He also presented a plan, stating he will spend his first three months, if selected as the new dean, collecting data on what improvements need to take place; the next three months discussing and planning improvements; and the next six months implementing the improvements. If selected as dean, Lorenzi plans on it being his “last stop on my train in life.” There are seven finalists in the competition for dean. WVU President James P. Clements and Provost Michele Wheatly will ultimately make the decision, but the search committee for the dean strongly influences the decision, said Susan Maczko, senior project coordinator for WVU Institutional Research. Those who have attended the forums may submit evaluations

BY DEVON UNGER STAFF WRITER

Student loan reform written into the new health care law will take effect July 1. Private banks will no longer handle federally backed student loans, and the government will lend directly to students. The changes will not directly impact loans issued by West Virginia University. Previously, students could obtain low interest federally backed loans from private intermediaries such as banks and credit unions through the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Approximately 3,000 schools used the program to administer loans to their students, said Steve Riffon, client services manager at WVU’s Office of Financial Aid. Another 2,000 schools, including WVU, already use the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, which uses money coming directly from the fed-

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eral government. Riffon said the new law will end FFELP in favor of the FDSLP. “All schools will transfer over to direct lending schools,” he said. The Congressional Budget Office expects the reform to save $62 billion from fees assessed by intermediaries over the next decade. In total, $36 billion of the savings will go to the Federal Pell Grant program to provide funding to low-income college students. To qualify for Federal Pell grants, students must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA indicates a student’s expected family contribution, and if their expected contribution is low enough, a student may be eligible to obtain a Pell grant. Under the new law this limit will be raised to include more students, Riffon

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University students, professor organize fundraiser for Ryan Diviney BY TRAVIS CRUM STAFF WRITER

A fundraiser will be held Wednesday for the family of Ryan Diviney and to raise awareness about acts of violence. Ryan, a West Virginia University sophomore general studies major, was maliciously assaulted and left in a coma after a November incident. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Dragonfly restaurant on Chestnut Street in Morgantown. Ryan was attacked outside the Willey Street Dairy Mart Nov. 7

at 3:10 a.m. by Jonathan May, 18, and Austin Vantrease, 18, of Newark, Del. The two teens were charged with malicious assault in connection with the beating. Two WVU students close to Ryan and a sociology professor organized a grass-roots fundraiser to help the Diviney family with rising daily costs of health care for Ryan. Jon Welsh, a sophomore political science major, and Hannah Ellis, a sophomore public relations major, want to see a successful fundraiser because they know how much it means to the Diviney family.

“I’m constantly going to see him. I just went the other day, and he looks better every time,” Welsh said. “It makes me want to do more and more to help him.” Welsh, who was Ryan’s roommate, said the house is not the same without Ryan and his dog Duke around. During the fundraiser, a raffle and silent auction will be held, and all proceeds will go to the Ryan’s Rally trust fund. Items to be raffled off include gift certificates, tanning packages, hotel accommodations at the SpringHill Suites Mar-

riott, movie passes, a netbook and other WVU items. More will hopefully be added to the drawing such as a liquor basket, said Daniel Brewster, a sociology professor, who started the fundraiser. Dragonfly will donate 5 percent to 10 percent of its food and drink profits to the trust fund. Guests may bring cash or checks made payable to the trust fund for donation. “(Welsh) and I were really good friends with Ryan, and he would definitely be doing the same for us,” Ellis said. Th e people of Morgantown

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coming together shows how bighearted its residents are, said Ken Diviney, Ryan’s father. “I thank the people of Morgantown for their continued support. We still get cards from people we don’t know – just a Morgantown postage stamp,” Ken said. “We just got a WVUstyle prayer quilt from the Suncrest United Methodist Church. Ryan would love it.” Recently, Ryan was accepted into the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in northern New Jersey and will be moving next week. Ken is excited because Ryan has begun to look like his

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old self again. “I’m happy he’s put weight back on and has his flexibility back,” Ken said. “He can stretch his fingers out to normal now.” Ken and his family work with Ryan daily to stretch out his joints and prevent them from locking. Recently, Brewster bought the family a continuous passive motion machine to help stretch Ryan’s legs. It is amazing how much Brewster has done for the family even though he did not know Ryan personally, Ken said. travis.crum@mail.wvu.edu

DEVIN EBANKS IS NBA BOUND The Mountaineers’ sophomore forward and thirdleading scorer put his name into the NBA Draft Monday. Ebanks also ‘intends’ to hire an agent. SPORTS PAGE 10


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