West Virginia University Potomac State College held
its 83rd Recognition Day Awards ceremony earlier this spring during the
annual Weekend of Honors. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni were recognized
and presented with various awards.
Sergeant Michael Cannon was recently named the 2023
Outstanding Staff Person of the Year at West Virginia University Potomac State
College. Sgt. Cannon has served as
a University Police officer at the College for more than 32 years. He has also
severed as a firefighter in the Keyser community for 37 years and recognizes
that no greater need exists than that of the safety and security of people.
Each year, at the
direction of the Office of the Provost on the West Virginia University
Morgantown campus, the Academic Advising Council selects honorees for the
Nicholas Evans Awards for Advising Excellence, in recognition of outstanding
advising and mentoring provided by faculty and professional advisors within the
WVU system.
Aubrey Gahagen, a senior in the Bachelor of Science
School of Nursing program, has been presented with the Catamounts Climb Higher
award at West Virginia University Potomac State College.
The West Virginia University Potomac State College/Community
Jazz Ensemble will present a big band jazz concert on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30
p.m., in the Church-McKee Arts Center auditorium.
The band will perform a variety of big band jazz styles
featuring arrangements by Lennie Neihaus, Eric Richards, Gordon Goodwin, Mike Tomaro,
and an Ellington tribute by John Berry. Featured will be many of the band’s
outstanding soloists as well as vocalist, Beau (Hartman) Maxey.
Richard "RK" Law, a sophomore business administration major from
Beckley, W.Va., was recently named a Catamounts Climb Higher award recipient at
West Virginia University Potomac State College.
KEYSER, W.Va. – When Brady Whipkey was growing up on a
little farm in Calhoun County, he knew a few things: he loved his country and
wanted to serve it; he would always be a defender of the underdog and a fighter
for those who could not defend themselves; and he wanted to leave his corner of
the world a little better than he found it.
As the new senior advisor and chief of staff to the
campus president at WVU Potomac State College, he continues along the path that
started 45 years ago on the backroads of West Virginia.
The 10th
Annual Mineral County STEM Festival will be held at West Virginia University
Potomac State College on Saturday, March 25, from noon to 4 p.m. This exciting
event is free and open to the public.
Learners of all ages will
enjoy the engaging and fun hands-on activities at this year’s interactive STEM
Festival while touching and inspecting real dinosaur fossils, making jewelry,
constructing a mobius strip, and much more.