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Each semester, PVCC assembles a collection of student art to showcase the hard work and dedication of students taking various art classes. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it has become a bit more complicated for students to take in-person art classes or have their works displayed in their usual gallery in […]
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Over the course of March and April 2021, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier premiered on Disney+. This latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is composed of six episodes following Anthony Mackie as The Falcon and Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier as they work to thwart the Flag Smashers, an organization that has […]
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“How do we continue to tell students when they’ve had to enroll at a distance — who may have never set foot on campus — that we are still here and that we still care?” This was the question that Student Development Instructor Meg Foster and Director of Academic Support Services Todd Parks were pondering […]
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Under glittering fluorescent lights and between sectioned off fitting rooms, the Blue Ridge Health District’s (BRHD) vaccination clinic in Fashion Square’s former JCPenney is equipped to vaccinate hundreds of people each day they open their doors. The inside of the formerly deserted store is now divided by winding lines of belt barriers between its mirror-covered […]
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On April 16, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) hosted a leadership retreat on Zoom. The retreat lasted from 10 a.m. to approximately 1:30 p.m. (with a few minutes of overtime from the final speaker). Students from all VCCS colleges were invited to attend the Zoom event through Cvent’s conference hosting tool CrowdCompass, which required […]
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Father, Entrepreneur, recording artist, and ¼ of the Through The Wire Podcast, Pierre Andresen is making a name for himself in the content creation and sports media industries. Andresen, a Chicago native, possesses a deep affinity for the game of basketball. Now at the age of 26, Andresen successfully parlayed a reverence for the sport […]
Continue ReadingOn March 24, a diverse assortment of faculty members and students gathered on Zoom for PVCC’s Deliberative Dialogue, “A House Divided,” as part of PVCCs’s recent Civic Engagement Conference. The National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that publishes issue guides for deliberative dialogues. NIFI defines “deliberation” in the context of these […]
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PVCC has taken their usual career chats online this year, speaking to multiple different Charlottesville professionals about their experience in their fields. As part of PVCC’s Wednesday career panels, February 24’s Education Employer talk was centered around finding employment and networking, particularly in the world of teaching. Gigi Davis, who is the job and internship […]
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If I know one thing to be true, it’s that Netflix audiences love true crime stories. Some of the streaming services’ biggest hits are documentary-style true crime stories like Making a Murderer, Tiger King, and Evil Genius. It has become such a fan favorite that the category titled Documentaries feels mostly filled up with true […]
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Every March, people flock to Virginia for the Festival of the Book: a two week event that Publishers, authors, and editors all come together for to talk about the importance and impact of literature. Moderated by Courtney Maum, author and writing coach, The Art of the Short Story was presented by the festival this past […]
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