West Virginia University Potomac State College is entering into the exciting realm of esports and is currently recruiting students for its inaugural season in fall 2019.
The term esports describes the world of competitive, organized video gaming at the collegiate, amateur and professional levels. Competitors from different leagues or teams face-off in the same games that are popular with at-home gamers like Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Overwatch, and Madden NFL to name a few.
The West Virginia University Potomac State College/Community Jazz Ensemble will host a big band jazz festival on Wednesday, April 10. The program, which will feature area school jazz ensembles, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Church-McKee Arts Center.
The festival has developed into a popular annual event that has showcased many young musicians and their bands over the past several years.
The WVU School of Nursing: Potomac State Campus Student Nurses’ Association will hold a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, on Thursday, April 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Davis Conference Center on the West Virginia University Potomac State College Campus. Admission is $12 per person, and the meal includes tossed salad with vinaigrette, spaghetti with meatballs, herb-seasoned bread sticks, desserts, and beverages. Baskets and other raffles will also be held to raise money for the Nurses’ Association. For more information, contact April Shapiro at 304.788.7175 or Rachel Raschella at 304.788.7176.
Jacob Riggleman, a horticulture major from Buchannan, W.Va., displays a bottle of the maple syrup he helped tap, cook, and bottle at West Virginia University Potomac State College. The maple syrup is currently for sale by calling 304.257.8131.
Through a Health Science & Technology Academy (HSTA) grant, West Virginia University Potomac State College is seeking college students to serve as mentors for a one-week, summer forensic science camp.
The flexible curriculum of multidisciplinary studies, which is a combination of three minors, enables students to design their educational program of study. This customization provides them with comparatively broad career options in diverse fields such as education, journalism, law, biotechnology, and computers to name a few.
The Drone Obstacle course is back by popular demand for the 2019 Mineral County STEM Festival, to be held Saturday, March 30, from noon to 4 p.m., on the WVU Potomac State College campus, in Keyser, W.Va. This event is free for students K through 12 and their families.
Four West Virginia University Potomac State College employees were recently recognized for their going above and beyond to make the College a better place by exemplifying WVU’s core values of service, curiosity, respect, accountability, and appreciation through their daily work. Each was presented with a 2018 WVU Values Coin and certificate. Pictured from left: Campus President Jennifer Orlikoff; David Miller, multi-media specialist (curiosity); Mary Becker, budget analyst (accountability); Andrew Walker, program coordinator for Gustafson Farm (service); and Larry Kruk, admissions counselor (accountability).
The WVU Potomac State College Tink Smith Collegiate National Wildlife Turkey Federation (NWTF) Chapter recently attended the 43rd Annual Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn. Pictured kneeling from left: Professor Jeff Jones, Students Paden Rightsell, Matthew Day, Lindsey Knotts, Erica See, and Advisor Jennifer Jones. Standing from left: Students Jacob Beavers, Carson Raines, Jacob Hauser, Austin Hott, Steven Burner, Aaron Sleasman, Zack Liller, Darren Smith, Corey Tucker, and Sam Ferster.
CHARLESTON—West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s partnership with colleges in West Virginia will bring students from Potomac State University to two middle schools in Mineral County on Thursday, March 7, to share drug abuse prevention information with eighth grade students.
The presentations will take place at Frankfort Middle School in Ridgeley and Keyser Middle School in Keyser. The initiative, launched in March 2017, has partnered with Potomac State’s Department of Nursing and several other universities.