News for WVU Potomac State College

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Larry Kruk, head women’s basketball coach at West Virginia University Potomac State College has been named the 2019-20 Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year.

(NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN INDEFINITELY POSTPONED)

West Virginia University Potomac State College is pleased to announce that the College is offering an interactive and new, VIP live-show experience with this year’s production of Disney’s “High School Musical.”

The Social Justice Council at West Virginia University Potomac State College will host a presentation about Jane Gates, entrepreneur, homeowner, single parent, and emancipated slave, on Friday, Feb. 21 in the Davis Conference Center at 12:30 p.m. 

WVU Potomac State College student, Kieran Warner detailed her experiences as a participant in the West Virginia Invests Grant Program.  Warner will graduate debt free this spring with a degree in business administration.

“WV Invests enabled me to return to college and complete my degree in business administration,” Kieran Warner said from Queen’s Point Coffee, where she works as an assistant manager.  “I attended Potomac State College in 2015 but the timing just wasn’t right, so when I saw the information about the WV Invests program, I was hopeful that I would get a second chance at earning a college degree.”

Open auditions will be held for the annual “Keyser’s Got Talent” showcase on Tuesday, February 18 and Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Church-McKee Arts Center on the campus of West Virginia University Potomac State College.  The competition will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m.

First-, second- and third-place cash prizes will be awarded in the amounts of $500, $300 and $200 respectively.  Acts will be judged on originality and creativity; degree of difficulty; stage presence; audience response; and overall performance.

West Virginia University Potomac State College recognizes the importance of marking historic anniversaries as part of our educational mission.  January 27, 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz.  The Memorial and Museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau will be commemorating this noteworthy milestone in a world-wide, free streaming of events from the former concentration and extermination camp grounds, featuring world leaders and, most vitally, 200 survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

WVU will begin streaming the event across all three campuses on Monday, January 27, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., when the commemorations will begin.  We will continue streaming throughout the course of the day, ending at 5 p.m.

WVU Potomac State College Announces Dean’s List for Fall 2019

WVU Potomac State College Dean of Academic Affairs Greg Ochoa announces 267 students who earned a place on the Dean’s list for fall 2019.  In order to be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must be enrolled for at least 12-credit hours of graded courses, earn a 3.0-3.699 grade point average and not have any D, F, or I grades. The following students have met the criteria:

WVU Potomac State College President Jennifer Orlikoff announces 153 students who earned a place on the President’s list for fall 2019.  To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must earn a 3.7 to 4.0 grade point average while maintaining a full-time student status. Those students who earned a place on the President’s List include:

Taylor Adams