News for WVU Potomac State College

West Virginia University Potomac State College will recognize award recipients (l-r) Dr. Mark Manchin, Phillip Douthitt, Jessica Robey, Jared Hallow, and George Messich during Homecoming festivities at the Alumni Awards & Athletic Hall of Fame Awards Reception on Saturday, Sept. 28. 

Tyler Blizzard, a double major in physics and aerospace engineering from Ridgeley, W.Va., was recognized with the Keyser Rotary Club’s ‘Service Above Self’ award at West Virginia University Potomac State College.

The West Virginia University Potomac State College Alumni Association awarded two John Philip Spoerl Scholarships this past spring. Spoerl, class of 1963, created a perpetual trust as part of his estate which funds scholarships for students enrolled in business administration at the College. The most recent recipients are Addison Cross and Marissa House.

Cross is a business technology major from Ridgeley, W.Va. House is from Fort Ashby, W.Va. and is also a business technology major. House is involved in the Bible study group, Young Life, and is also working with Energy Express this summer.

WVU Potomac State College Interim Campus President Paul Kreider is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Megan Webb as the Director of Development.

West Virginia University Potomac State College honored many of their students, faculty and staff with awards and recognition earlier this spring. Students Averi Smith, Madison Taylor, and Hunter Turner had their names inscribed on the Duke Anthony Whitmore/Henry Louis Gates, Jr Academic Achievement Wall, also referred to as The Scholars’ Wall.

The Scholars’ Wall was conceived as a way of recognizing the academic and scholarly achievements of Potomac State College students, alumni, and faculty. Each year a faculty committee selects students who exhibit exemplary scholarship and the potential for continued achievement. 

Keith Leo Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., was posthumously named the 2024 WVU Potomac State College Professor of the Year. Dr. Thomas A. Habegger (center) accepted the award for Dr. Johnson. Dean of Academic Affairs Phil Douthitt (left) and Interim Campus President Paul Kreider (right) presented the award.

West Virginia University Potomac State College Alumnus Paul E. Gates, DDS, was honored by his alma mater with the inscription of his name on the Duke Anthony Whitmore/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Academic Achievement Wall, during the College’s 84th Recognition Day Awards ceremony.

West Virginia University Potomac State College Interim President Paul Kreider is pleased to announce the students who earned a place on the Spring 2024 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, excluding courses in which any grade of Audit, Pass or Incomplete is recorded, and must earn a grade-point average of 3.700 or higher for the semester.  

Congratulations to the following students:

WVU Potomac State College Dean of Academic Affairs Phillip Douthitt is pleased to announce the students who earned a place on the Spring 2024 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, excluding courses in which any grade of Audit, Pass or Incomplete is recorded, and must maintain a grade-point average of 3.000 to 3.699 for the semester.

Congratulations to the following students:

Sophia Lord, an English and history major from Short Gap, W.Va., was named the Outstanding Student of the Year for 2024 at West Virginia University Potomac State College during the College’s Recognition Day Awards ceremony. Interim Campus President Paul Kreider presented the award.