Gerald Lang

Lang first joined WVU in 1976 as an assistant professor of biology. His career eventually took him into administration and he served as the assistant dean for Research and Graduate Studies and then dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, where he oversaw more than 300 full-time faculty and 18 academic programs. 

In 1995, Lang became provost and vice president for academic affairs and Research at WVU, overseeing successful reaccreditation in 2004, boosting enrollment by more than 7,000 students and establishing the Center for Writing Excellence, the Institute for Math Learning and the WVU Honors College. He was involved in the transition of both WVU Tech and Potomac State College to regional campuses and led an effort to link the three campuses into a single, fully integrated system.

From 2014 to 2017, Lang served as the chair of the Department of Forensic and Investigative Sciences. He served interim president role at Tech in July of 2018.