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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Human Resources professional Rose Chavez-Uncapher, coordinator of the new Dual Career Program, has personal experience as a "trailing spouse" and plans to help jump-start the program.

Photo by: Greg Ellis, WVU Photographic Services

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WVU's new Dual Career Coordinator Rose Chavez-Uncapher talks to a spouse of a faculty member about career opportunities.

CAREER ASSISTANCE

Trisha Gyurke, director of WVU Employment Services, seated, and Dual Career Program Coordinator Rose Chavez-Uncapher review a new Human Resources website designed to market the program geared toward professional couples.

REACHING OUT

WVU President Mike Garrison unveils a new program that will assist faculty couples with employment in the region. At his side are Valerie and Mike Lastinger, foreign languages professors, and Professor Peter Schaeffer from the Davis College, who believe the program is crucial for today's working professionals.

FACULTY ASSISTANCE

Professor of English Donald Hall congratulates President Mike Garrison on the announcement of a new Dual Career Program for faculty, as Foreign Languages Professor Mike Lastinger looks on.

NEW FACULTY INITIATIVE

Dual Program Coordinator Rose Chavez-Uncapher speaks with new faculty couple Rosemary Hathaway and Tom Bredehoft from English, both proponents of the initiative.

NEW PROGRAM FOR PROFESSORS

WVU President Mike Garrison talks to Mike and Valerie Lastinger from foreign languages about the merits of the new family-friendly initiative geared toward faculty recruitment.

CAREER ASSISTANCE

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