News for WVU Potomac State College

West Virginia University Potomac State College Theatre will hold auditions (by appointment only) for the 2025 musical production, “Anastasia,” on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.  Show dates are March 14-23, 2025, with up to two shows for area schools during the week of March 17. Please note, in addition to performance dates, performers must be available from March 8-13 for mandatory rehearsals.

Jamie Kelly, an elementary education major from Front Royal, Va., was presented with the Catamounts Climb Higher Award for September 2024 at West Virginia University Potomac State College.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An experienced servant leader and higher education administrator with ties to the Mountain State has been named the next president of West Virginia University Potomac State College.

During the upcoming Mountain Streams Music Celebration on Saturday, October 26, at WVU Potomac State College, former music professors will be recognized posthumously for their musical contributions to WVU Potomac State College, the community, and beyond.

Mountain Streams Radio, Keyser’s community radio station, will receive a portion of the proceeds from an upcoming concert of homegrown music, presented by West Virginia University Potomac State College. The Mountain Streams Music Celebration is set for Saturday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Church-McKee Arts Center. Performers include Hampshire County old-time musician and teacher, Dakota Karper; Buffalo Run, an eclectic band that includes singer/songwriter Rob Smith and Keyser native Bob Shank; Critton Hollow, a popular West Virginia-based trio, celebrating fifty years of performing together; and the WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Ensemble.

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.