News for WVU Potomac State College

Approximately 40 West Virginia University Potomac State College students volunteered to help plant trees on campus earlier this month. The College received a Carla Hardy WV Project CommuniTree grant from Cacapon Institute to plant 24 trees around the Administration Building, the Quad and surrounding areas. The initiative was under the direction of Biology Professors Vicki Huffman and Erin Cunningham. This is one of seven CommuniTree projects that will be taking place this fall. Since 2012, CommuniTree has sponsored 233 tree planting projects in the Potomac Headwaters and planted more than 6,200 trees with more than 15,000 volunteers.

Nick Gardner, interim program coordinator for the WVU Potomac State College library, demonstrates how easily accessible some local newspapers are now that these have been digitized. 

Could rehabilitating old railroad tracks as tourism trails be the secret for revitalizing rural Appalachian communities? Christiaan Abildso, PhD, who serves as an assistant professor at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health certainly thinks so.

Nathan Van Vranken, visiting instructor of geology and biology at West Virginia University Potomac State College, holds a cast of an aspidorhynchid fish. Aspidorhynchids, like Belonostomus, have been extinct for millions of years and are recognizable by their needle-like snout. (Photo credit: Nicholas Gardner, Mary F. Shipper Library)

After three days and 50 hours, Infinity Processing and Flux Iron overcame a field of 30 students in six teams to win  WV Forward’s inaugural Impact Challenge Weekend competition held at  West Virginia University’s  LaunchLab in  Evansdale Crossing. 

“The real winner is West Virginia,” said Frank Vitale, one of the judges. 

West Virginia University Potomac State College will recognize various individuals during Homecoming festivities this fall.  Among those being honored at the awards banquet on September 28th is Charles H. Bishop, Jr., PhD (1958), who will be recognized with the Alumni Achievement Award in acknowledgement of his accomplishments.

Kevin Clark, Class of 2009, will be honored with West Virginia University Potomac State College’s “Young Alumni Award” in recognition of his accomplishments.

West Virginia University Potomac State College will recognize various individuals during Homecoming festivities this fall.  Among those being honored at the awards banquet on September 28th is Tara Hulsey, who will be recognized with the Distinguished Service Award.    

WVU Potomac State College offers busy Homecoming weekend

Mark your calendars for West Virginia University Potomac State College’s 2019 Homecoming and Family Weekend, to be held Friday, Sept. 27 through Saturday, Sept. 28.  A variety of activities and events have been scheduled for Family Weekend, Discover PSC Day and the annual Alumni Awards Banquet.

“I am thrilled to announce that George Grove and I have teamed up with Jerry Siggins, a fabulous lead baritone, to form a new trio, the Folk Legacy Trio (briefly called, The Folk Legends)” says Rick Dougherty.

“George and I were most recently members of the Kingston Trio; George was with them for a few weeks short of 41 years, and I for 12. Jerry was a member of the Dapper Dans, the famous barbershop quartet that performed at Disneyland for 15 years in California, Florida and Tokyo. He then sang for five years with an Irish band, and for the past 27 years he has been singing lead with the famous 50s group, The Diamonds. Jerry brings all that experience and his wonderful voice to the new trio and we can't wait for you to hear how those harmonies ring out,” says Dougherty.