Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
If you are a fan of eating out, having desserts such as cake and ice cream, or going out to a bar, the Dairy Market in Charlottesville is for you. At the Dairy Market, meals are served through different food stalls that feature foods such as desserts, pasta, pizza, burgers, and fries. The food comes […]
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Something difficult to miss at PVCC for the past few weeks has been the mosaic portrait of College President, Dr. Jean Runyon. The portrait involved assembling 285 Rubik’s cubes with specific patterns and putting them in a plexiglass. This project came to fruition through a collection of PVCC students and faculty who are passionate about […]
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PVCC is committed to creating an equitable learning environment for all students. Students in search of additional academic aid should contact the Office of Student Accessibility and Accommodations as soon as possible. “The mission of the Office of Student Accessibility and Accommodations is to ensure equal access to programs, services, supports, and education,” according to […]
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As finals week approaches, PVCC students prepare for the last exams before winter break, and classes begin to wind down. This is not the case for Mary-Evelyn Sellars, PVCC’s new coordinator for student life and campus engagement, who is busy ensuring that the last weeks of the fall semester are filled with activities and events, […]
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After several semesters of being non-operational, PVCC’s LGBTQ+ club has been taken over by President Kendra Ross, who intends to reinvent the club and leave a lasting impact on the PVCC community. A professor asked if Ross would consider leading the club, opening the door for Ross’s first time in a leadership role. Although Ross […]
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Fantasy novels, cookies, gentle jazz music, and iced coffee. These are just some of the Book Club’s favorite things. Other than offering a comfortable place to read, the club allows PVCC students to connect with fellow book lovers. Kathleen Jeffers, the president of the Book Club, joined last fall when there were only two members. […]
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As the six of us sat around the square of tables, we went around sharing what we had spent the last ten minutes writing. There were two prompts to choose from. The first: “Pick one of your fears. Write about an encounter with it from its perspective.” The second: “gargantuan, wonder, party.” Jennifer Koster, professor […]
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The chess club is one of many clubs at PVCC. In this club, students can play the game of chess. The chess clubs meet every Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Bolick Center, or in room M155 if other events are happening in the Bolick Center. At the chess club meeting, there were […]
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Bullying can be a pervasive problem in all aspects of life. Regardless of age, people get browbeaten, tormented, and mocked for often arbitrary reasons. Though bullying tends to end in people’s lives as they get older, it can also become more difficult to see in others’ lives. The federally funded organization StopBullying.gov states, “Behaviors that […]
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Chi Alpha is a group of college students who follow Jesus. Students from PVCC and the University of Virginia come together to worship God, read the Bible, learn, be motivated by other students, and pray. Students have fun and make friends that will last forever. Chi Alpha has small Bible study groups that meet at […]
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