News for WVU Potomac State College

It has been 25 years since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington rocked our nation. It has been 25 years since a plane carrying 40 passengers crashed into a field less than an hour’s drive from the WVU Potomac State College campus. It has been 25 years since September 11, 2001, and yet, for many of us, the event seems like it happened only yesterday. For others, it may feel like a lifetime ago. Yet the impact of that day continues to ripple. We asked our faculty and staff at PSC one question. “Where were you on September 11, 2001?” The College will host a Day of Remembrance Moment of Silence at 8:40 am on September at the Quad flagpole.

During Homecoming Week 2026, the field where WVU Potomac State College Coach Doug Little has spent most of his career will be renamed and rededicated – in his honor – as Little Field at Golden Park.

The act of journaling is defined as “the practice of writing down your thoughts, feelings, daily experiences, and goals on paper or a digital device.”

Two of WVU Potomac State College’s most distinguished alumni have deep connections to a historical house 20 miles from campus in Cumberland, MD.

When most people are first introduced to Brian Bollinger, it’s typically through the finance department with his job as a student financial coordinator at WVU Potomac State College. He may have even made a first or lasting impression during his presentations at any one of the six New Student Orientations.

It’s not uncommon for a local family tree to produce at least one distinguished and notable relative. The Gates family, however, has at least two – with roots that go back to the very genesis of the area itself and educational wings for both of them that began to grow at WVU Potomac State College.

When most people start a new job or career position, they begin with a clean slate. In Mark Paradine’s case, when he was hired earlier this year as inaugural head coach of WVU Potomac State College’s first wrestling team, he gets to start with everything new – equipment, uniforms, students, and a program inside an already impressive athletic department that he gets to build from the mats up.

It was the kick-off for the America 250 Celebration on June 24. The ten-day “Great American State Fair Event” on the National Mall, leading up to Independence Day 2026. Thousands were gathered near the stage on that day. But few were prepared for what unfolded during Christopher Macchio and Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Bennear’s moving performance of “Hallelujah.”

West Virginia University Libraries recently presented WVU Impact Awards to four employees, recognizing their extraordinary impact. Among those honored was one of WVU Potomac State College’s own, Rural Entrepreneurship Librarian Emily Zumbrun.

Students are Back! 

The summer months on campus are typically quiet, so to enliven our College, we invited the public to several Catamount Cinema movie nights on the Quad. Special thanks to our facilities team, events, residence life staff, and local vendors for making this possible and creating a community-friendly event.