Marc Chini has had a wildly successful career since he launched into the world from B&E. During his stint with parent company GE (General Electric), he has worked for companies such as NBC Universal and GE Capital.

The College of Business and Economics welcomed 400 first-time freshmen and 75 first-time transfers to First Year Academy (FYA) on August 15 to kick off the fall semester. 

First Year Academy, a subset of Welcome Week at West Virginia University, is a mandatory program held prior to the start of classes in which students are introduced to campus, their academic departments and their fellow classmates, and is designed to assist them in learning the culture and values of the University. 

Though Dr. Abhishek Srivastava is technically brand-new to the role of chair of the management department at the Colleg of Business and Economics, he got a taste for the position for six months last year.

It’s not typical of most graduate students to turn down a tuition waiver so that they can fit in extra time to study – but that’s exactly what West Virginia University student Jared Proctor did.