HeatherGate Probe Team Picked

Two West Virginia University professors and a state education official will review the school's awarding of an MBA degree to Heather Bresch, a daughter of Gov. Joe Manchin and Mylan Inc.'s chief operating officer.

The Charleston Daily Mail has the story. Roy Nutter, a computer science and electrical engineering professor, and French professor Michael Lastinger will be joined on the panel by Bruce Flack, vice chancellor for academic affairs for the state's Higher Education Policy Commission.

Nutter is on WVU's Faculty Senate, while both he and Lastinger have chaired that body.

"Lastinger was the lone board member to oppose the appointment of Mike Garrison as David Hardesty's replacement" as WVU's president, the Daily Mail reported. "Flack was appointed vice chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission in October 2005. Flack had previously held several positions with the commission and was also a professor of history, vice president for academic affairs and interim president at Glenville State College."

The Associated Press also has a version of the story.