The Board of Governors at West Virginia University has hired E. Gordon Gee as permanent university president.

The board met in an emergency meeting Monday morning and unanimously approved a motion to immediately negotiate a contract with Gee as the full-time president.

Before the BOG could move ahead with the hiring, it first had to rescinded a motion it made last November that prohibited the temporary president from being a candidate for the permanent job.

The hire still requires the approval of the state Higher Education Policy Commission.

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