BECKLEY, W.Va. — Carolyn Lengthy, the campus president of the West Virginia College Institute of Generation, will depart the placement later this 12 months.

Lengthy introduced her retirement on Thursday right through a gathering held at the Beckley campus.
Lengthy has been with the establishment since January 2011. She oversaw the transition of the establishment from Bernard Law Montgomery to Beckley in 2017, in addition to will increase in enrollment and enlargement in educational techniques.
“President Lengthy has been a powerful chief and recommend for WVU Tech, and she or he used to be instrumental within the a success transfer to the Beckley Campus,” stated Maryanne Reed, West Virginia College’s provost and vp for Educational Affairs. “We will be able to pass over her management, certain power and collaborative means. She is one in every of a type.”
Lengthy in the past served because the chair of the WVU Board of Governors from 2008 to 2011. She additionally used to be an educator and industry proprietor; she used to be the primary feminine superintendent for Braxton County Colleges.
Lengthy stated she plans to stick with WVU Tech till this December. West Virginia College officers stated an enduring president will have to be in place of business by way of January.