Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Skye Scott, assistant editor The Forum club would like to welcome all PVCC students to the Spring 2017 semester. This semester should prove to be an exciting time at PVCC, with plenty of events during the week and on weekends. There are also plenty of support services here for new and current students. The Forum […]
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Antonia Florence, assistant editor A class missed is instruction lost. An assignment not turned in can lower a final grade. In college, we have deadlines to meet and when missed, most students share the reason with their instructor. However, some reasons sound silly or unbelievable even when they are the truth. However, some missed deadlines […]
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Antonia Florence, assistant editor There is no reason to go through college alone. PVCC students have a variety of support services available to them and could think of these services as stepping stones leading through a muddy garden. If your class schedule takes you past an office that you would like to know more about, […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor The Student Government Association (SGA) would like to welcome everyone to the Spring 2017 school semester! The SGA worked hard last semester to create an inclusive and supporting atmosphere for all PVCC students, and they hope to continue to do that this semester. One way they are planning to engage students […]
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Jake DeLaurier, staff writer Sushi has been added to the menu at Littlejohn’s on campus courtesy of Kachin Sushi. Students can expect a variety of sushi options such as: spicy rolls, vegetable rolls, Alaskan rolls, Philadelphia rolls, and California rolls. For the price of $7.42, I was able to buy ten pieces of a California […]
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Brennan Tanner, staff writer Raku is a Japanese low fire glazing technique that dates back several thousand years to the sixteenth century. The bisqued pottery is coated with glaze and fired until the glaze melts, first bubbling, then smoothing out. After it reaches this stage, it is placed in a container of combustible materials, generally […]
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Adult Student Life Club The mission of the PVCC Adult Student Life Club is to provide support and engagement opportunities that appeal to PVCC adult students. The PVCC Adult Student Life Club provides a forum for adult students to meet as peers, plan activities and gain resources meaningful to their life goals. The PVCC Adult […]
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Charles Stish, staff writer Once a semester, the clubs at PVCC come out and present themselves in hopes of attracting attention and gaining new members. The clubs set up in the main building with tables, sign up sheets, and sometimes elaborate displays of flags, banners, poster boards, and bowls of candy, hoping to attract new […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor Piedmont Virginia Community College is the only Virginia college, and one of three community colleges nationwide, to earn a spot in the NASA University Student Launch Initiative. “NASA’s student launch program is an eight-month engineering project that challenges students at U.S. colleges and universities to design, build and fly high-power rockets […]
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