News for WVU Potomac State College

Keyser, WV- Potomac State Head Baseball Coach Doug Little picked up another milestone on Saturday as he notched win number 800 in the opening game during a sweep over Scotland Prep.

KEYSER, W.Va. — West Virginia University School of Nursing Keyser Campus students are supporting local high school student Alyson Smith’s community service project to provide gift bags to cancer patients at Potomac Valley Hospital’s new Cancer Center.

Led by Dr. Diana Niland, junior-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students Ashleigh Burgess, Cristin Carnell, Aslyn Didawick, and Mariah Durr crocheted caps and donated them to Alyson’s project. Mackenzie Cook chose the main crochet pattern, and along with Stacy Gallant and the other students, helped to write encouraging note cards to accompany the crocheted caps.

West Virginia University Potomac State College’s latest Catamounts Climb Higher award recipient, Alexx Grady from Oakland, Maryland, is thrilled to have found her “family of friends” on the PSC campus in Keyser.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University will launch efforts immediately to identify new leadership for Potomac State College in Keyser, as current Campus President Jennifer Orlikoff steps away from her role effective June 30, citing personal family reasons.

The West Virginia University Potomac State College-Community Concert Band will present a concert on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Church-McKee Arts Center.  

The concert is free and open to the public and will feature Potomac State students and community members from the surrounding tri-state area. 

This fall, WVU Potomac State College will offer the first two years of WVU’s Human Nutrition and Foods major on the Keyser campus. The program is designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career as a registered dietitian or nutritionist. To learn more, call 304-788-6820, or email go2psc@mail.wvu.edu

Alexis Orndorff, from Romney, W.Va., was chosen as a Catamounts Climb Higher award recipient at West Virginia University Potomac State College. Orndorff is no stranger to challenges, having been previously diagnosed with leukemia, then gone into remission only to have a relapse in the middle of a pandemic.

One of the many presentations will be the demonstration of Healthy Lungs vs. a Simulated Smoker’s Lungs during the Mineral County STEM Festival to be held Saturday, March 26, from noon to 4 p.m., on the campus of WVU Potomac State College, in Keyser. W.Va. This free event is open to students, K-12, their families and to members of the region. Pictured is Potomac State College Biology Professor Gerald Wilcox, far right, explaining to guests the differences between the healthy and diseased lungs during a previous STEM Festival.

KEYSER, W.Va. – After a two-year hiatus, the stage in the Church-McKee Arts Center at West Virginia University Potomac State College is once again alive with activity. The Theatre Department is proud to present Disney’s high-flying, heart-thumping musical adventure – Tarzan, based on the 1999 classic Disney cartoon with music by Phil Collins.

West Virginia University will lift mask requirements for individuals, regardless of vaccination status, in classrooms and labs across the WVU System beginning Tuesday, March 8. 

The decision comes after the University made mask wearing optional in other indoor settings on Feb. 16 amid a decline in COVID-19 cases on campus, surrounding communities and across the state.