News for WVU Potomac State College

WVU Potomac State College basketball coach Brady Folk thought he had his fair share of strange and even odd requests from potential players and students he hoped to recruit to campus. He had had his fill of questions, concerns, and comments about the campus in Keyser. He had answered inquiries about the environment, student life, activities, bus tours, accommodations, the chances of active court time, and even the playing conditions of the gym itself. But when he talked to a young man from Port Charlotte, FL, the coach was asked something that had never reached his ears before.

When Homecoming celebrations kick off during the first weekend of October, those in attendance will have a new choice for seeing parts of the campus from a different point of view. And it’s a mode of transportation that was very much in vogue when WVU Potomac State College was founded 125 years ago.

For 81 years, the J. Edward Kelley Award has had a rich tradition of awarding outstanding athletes and inspiring young and future leaders at Keyser High School. Now, WVU Potomac State College is offering finalists of the Kelley Award a “bonus” to that community scholarship, to assist students who want to branch out on their own but still feel close to home.

In the early morning hours of January 31, 1945, an alumnus of what was then called Potomac State School lost his life in World War II after leading a heroic assault on the German community of Kesternich.

For many years, WVU Potomac State College celebrated Constitution Day by reading the Constitution, tying themes related to the historical document within class instruction, and even handing out travel-sized versions.

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.