Glenn F. and Bonnie R. Miller Scholarship established at Potomac State College

The Glenn F. and Bonnie R. Miller Scholarship has been established at Potomac State College to help students with financial need who live outside of West Virginia but in close proximity to the college’s campus. Bonnie R. Miller, a former instructor at the college, established the scholarship in memory of her late husband, a 1969 Potomac State College graduate.

According to an article on Potomac State College’s website, Miller is quoted as saying of her decision to establish the scholarship, “Glenn and I were fortunate to have good jobs during our lives that started with a good education and an opportunity to be successful. My hope is that by giving back with this scholarship, it will relieve the burden on a student as they begin their life’s journey. Perhaps they will set up a scholarship as they grow older to give back.”

The scholarship will benefit students who demonstrate financial need and who come from Lonaconing, Barton, or Midland, Maryland, while attending Mountain Ridge High School. 

Miller said, “It is important to me that students in the Georges Creek area are awarded this scholarship because it is where Glenn and I both lived all of our lives and commuted from to Potomac State. When riding through Keyser, Glenn would often comment, ‘That’s where we got our start — up on the hill.’ The campus being smaller contributed to those memories — stories about his classes, teachers, the student union, new friendships he formed, and time with a handful of close high school classmates who attended at the same time.”

Glenn graduated from Potomac State College in 1969 and went on to graduate from Frostburg State College in 1971. His father, Aden T. Miller, also graduated from Potomac State College in 1936 when he was 16 years old. He also went on to graduate from the University of Maryland two years later. 

Bonnie said, “The first time I was on the Potomac State campus was in November 1968 when I was a senior in high school. Glenn took me to see the Vogues in the Church-McKee Arts Center. Every time I hear one of their songs, I think of that evening.”

Glenn encouraged her to enroll at the college as well, and she completed one year there before accepting a job that she worked in for 30 years. In 2001, Bonnie returned to the college to work as an instructor teaching classes for Professor Karen Campbell.

For more information about Potomac State College, visit the school’s website.