Patty Harman has been a member of West Virginia’s Student-Athlete Development unit since 2010. She has been an assistant learning specialist with the Mountaineer Football program since 2012 and prior to that served as a student-athlete mentor for two years.
In her current role, she is responsible for providing academic support for student-athletes in the areas of study skills, note taking, time management, test-taking strategies, personal and skill development and instruction in course work.
She monitors and documents the academic progress of the student-athletes, assists the students with course schedules and selecting academic majors and assists student-athletes with learning disabilities to acquire and use accommodations.
Harman received her bachelor’s degree from West Virginia in recreation and parks management in 1981 and her master’s degree in industrial relations in 1983. She served as an instructor in the WVU Continuing and Professional Education Program from 1009-18.
She has served as a visiting lecturer for the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, National Resources and Design for four years, a recreation specialist for one year and a park specialist for four years with the Fairfax County Park Authority in Fairfax, Virginia, a life enhancement coordinator for the Fauquier County Parks and Recreation Department in Warrenton, Virginia, for one year and a community recreation coordinator for the Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Coordinator in Charleston, West Virginia for a year.
Since 2007, Harman serves as a volunteer with On Eagles’ Wings Therapeutic Horsemanship program as a riding instructor giving lessons to children and adults with disabilities.
Harman, and her husband, Chuck, have two children, Charlie (wife, Paige) and Anne (husband, Lucas).
