The Bank-Breaking Cost of Textbooks

“Three hundred forty-eight dollars and fifty cents. I know [it] exactly,” said first-year student Talur Martin. The cost of her textbooks this semester is indelibly printed on her mind. “I spent only about 45 dollars because I didn’t buy one of the textbooks I was supposed to get,” said fourth-semester student Graham Farnsworth. He estimates […]

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Lockdown: How Solidarity Can Change PVCC

PVCC Police conducted two lockdown drills on Jan. 21. The main purpose of the drills were to test emergency notifications systems and to evaluate if students and faculty followed directions. “This is the first of many things we are trying to do to make this campus safer for everyone,” Campus Police Chief Chris Wyatt said […]

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PVCC’s Hidden Gem: The Giuseppe Center

Set against the Blue Ridge Mountains and above Greene County’s branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library lies PVCC’s hidden gem. The Eugene Giuseppe Center is located in Stanardsville, Greene County, and first opened its doors for classes in August 2012. PVCC’s main campus is generally thought by many to encompass the college in its entirety, […]

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