The university is struggling with the financial toll of dwindling enrollment, revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and an increasing debt load for new building projects. The budget shortfall is projected to grow as high as $75 million in five years.
The faculty resolution on Gee said what it called his administration’s poor planning, faulty decision making and financial mismanagement has significantly contributed to the crisis.
The university’s faculty assembly later passed a second motion calling for WVU to freeze ongoing academic program and faculty cuts.
In 2021, a no confidence vote by faculty against Gee and Provost Maryanne Reed failed.
