By Debi Swick-Cruse
Potomac State College
KEYSER — Patricia Harman will be honored at Potomac State College of West Virginia University’s annual awards banquet to be held during Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Sept. 26, where she will receive the Distinguished Service Award.
Though she never attended Potomac State, Harman has been a strong supporter of the college for more than a decade. Her dedication to PSC began in 1998 with the establishment of the Chester D. Harman, MD Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship, named in memory of her husband, provides financial support for a freshman and sophomore majoring in pre-medicine or pre-pharmacy from either Grant or Pendleton counties.
Harman has made multiple donations to the college enabling such projects as the preservation and exhibition of the West Virginia Prep Cistern Collection, which is
housed in the Mary F. Shipper Library.
She also contributed to the mounted statue at the campus entrance which welcomes students and guests to “Catamount Country.”
Harman was the recipient of the Citizenship Award in 1995 from the Seneca Rocks VFW in Seneca Rocks, W.Va.
She is a 1953 graduate of Harman High School and currently resides in Petersburg, W.Va.
Amber Myers will also be recognized at the event with the Young Alumni Award.
Myers received her associate’s degree in early childhood education from Potomac State in 2006 and earned her Regents bachelor of arts degree with an emphasis in child development from WVU that same year.
She earned her master’s degree in elementary education with an emphasis in early childhood education in December 2008 and continues to forge ahead. Myers is currently working on a second master’s degree in reading and has received Three-Star Directors Credentials from WVU as well.
Myers has worked at the Catamount Children’s Center (a childcare center in partnership with Potomac State) for the past eight years. She is the recipient of the prestigious Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Award which acknowledges the
critical role of child care teachers in providing quality early care and education.
“My main goal is to create a learning environment for all children to grow and express themselves,” said Myers.
Her personal interests are in autism spectrum disorders and using sign language to enhance learning in the classroom. She believes in teaching civic responsibility at an early age and has her students raise money as a class project for Cystic Fibrosis and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundations.
Myers is married to Harry Myers and they are the parents of two boys, Charles and Joel.
The awards banquet will be held in the Davis Conference Center with social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
The cost for the dinner is $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under.
Reservations for the awards banquet are required and must be made by Friday, Sept. 18, by contacting Libby Nichols at 304-788-6870 or 800-262-7332 or at LMNichols@mail.wvu.edu. The event will be held in the Davis Conference Center with social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The cost for the dinner is $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. For a complete Homecoming schedule, visit the alumni page on the college’s Web site at www.potomacstatecollege.edu.
Keyser, W.Va. —
