News for WVU Potomac State College

WVU Potomac State College President Jerry Wallace is pleased to announce the following students who earned a place on the Spring 2026 President’s list. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of graded courses and must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.7.

WVU Potomac State College Dean of Academic Affairs Phillip Douthitt is pleased to announce the students who earned a place on the Spring 2026 Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours of graded courses and must maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 to 3.699 for the semester.

From Allegany County, Maryland: Gabriel Cole Browning, Cambrya Madelyn Clark, Ethan Clarence Crossland, Mya Ann Hockman, Jaden Hudson, Andrew Phillip Martinez, Agnes Ann Tabangcura, Alison Nicole Walker, Jaianna Wickline, Samantha Jo Wiland, and Nautica Lynn Wyant

When Christian Arnold, a WVU Potomac State College alumnus, joined Potomac Valley Hospital’s Mineral County Rural Health Clinic family medicine practice in Keyser in May, it’s safe to say it was a “Lucky” move.

There have been many father-daughter dynamic duos through history: Lenny and Zoe, Lionel and Nicole, Francis Ford and Sofia, Ron and Bryce Dallas, Nat King and Natalie, and, fictionally, Atticus and Scout.  

At WVU Potomac State College, the athletic department has its own dynamic duo linked by paternal genetics. Head Softball Coach Chris Greise and his daughter, Assistant Coach Chloe Greise. Not only are these two a father-daughter collaboration, but their built-in relationship and familial chemistry have created a winning and determined atmosphere among the team and have inspired continued success on the diamond. 

Each summer for more than two decades, a group of elite athletes competes on the campus of WVU Potomac State College for the chance to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal in their areas of athletic prowess and mental agility. They also come for the social reunion that happens among others who have attended the event since its founding.

The Senior Olympics kick off Tuesday afternoon, June 16, with an opening ceremony inside the Church-McKee Arts Center. PSC President Jerry Wallace is scheduled to be the opening keynote speaker and has been invited to light the official Senior Olympics torch. That torch will then be carried during the “Torch Walk” around campus and is expected to remain lit as the games progress throughout the week, culminating with a closing and medal ceremony on Friday, June 19.

Dr. James “Jay” Morgart says being included on Whitmore-Gates Wall has been a ‘surreal’ experience. For four years, while at WVU Potomac State College, Morgart served on the committee that helped select a student and a faculty recipient for the Whitmore-Gates award. The prestigious award is not just a student endowment but a chance to be immortalized on a wall of honor. 

In May, Morgart learned he had been selected as the 2026 faculty recipient for the Whitmore-Gates award, perpetually enshrining his name and his legacy on the College campus. And making him, at age 46, one of the youngest people to receive the distinction for his teaching service to the College.

A farm owned by WVU Potomac State College boasts a history that goes back nearly as far as the establishment of West Virginia itself. 

Located just outside Fort Ashby, the Deremer Farm is part of the Potomac State College Agricultural Department.  The property is divided on two sides by State Route 46, meaning that motorists who take that route from Fort Ashby into Keyser and then even into Piedmont drive right through College grounds. 

On the more than 300 acres of land at WVU Potomac State College’s Malone Farm, located just outside of Forth Ashby, it's harvesting season.

When WVU Potomac State College alumnus Jaiden Courrier '20 brings a two-person musical to Keyser this weekend, he's continuing a theater tradition in the region sparked by former Potomac State professor Dr. John "Doc" Hawkins. 

Jaiden is the director of the musical,  John & Jen, which is produced by the Keyser-based Apple Alley Players. The show stars Jaiden's younger brother, Jace Courrier, and his girlfriend Katie Zimmermann. 

WVU Potomac State College is creating a summer offering geared toward family fun with movies under the stars. 

Beginning June 2 and running through July 28, the Potomac State Quad will be transformed into an outdoor theatre, with free screenings of family-friendly movies open to the community.