Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
At PVCC’s Spanish Club, students can fill their college hour with games, music, and fun. For instance, for El Dia de los Muertos, a club member took the opportunity to present her talents with the guitar by playing a Spanish song while other members got to sing along. Run by Professor of Spanish Dr. Jorge […]
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Every year, right around Halloween, the PVCC Art Club celebrates Dia de los Muertos with their Day of the Dead Candy-Thon. Members of both the Art Club and the Two-Dimensional Design class at PVCC collaborate in teams to design and create colorful murals of candy wrappers and sugary treats and compete to be named the […]
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At the hauntingly fun PVCC Halloween Party on Oct. 29 during the Silent Disco, a flash mob gave the audience a chance to see a horde of zombies thrilled to perform. The Thriller Flash Mob lived up to the undead excitement. In the words of PVCC student Owen Atwell, “Liz Reynolds and the whole Thriller […]
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The pursuit of knowledge. Human nature. Revenge. These are the themes for this semester’s One Book Program on campus. Every spring, the college holds a vote for a book that PVCC’s students, professors, and faculty members can read together. Previous years have ranged from Grit, about resilience; The New Jim Crow, about life after incarceration; […]
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When Mary-Evelyn Sellers became the Coordinator for Student Life and Campus Engagement at PVCC in 2023, the campus disc golf course was a forgotten relic of a bygone time. Two of the nine baskets were on the ground, and another was in storage, while the rest of the course was overgrown and neglected. Now, the […]
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On Sept. 3, I had the privilege of participating in Club Sign-Up Day at PVCC. From noon to 2 p.m., students had the opportunity to visit the Woodrow W. Bolick Advanced Technology and Student Success Center and explore the various clubs that are offered through the college. These clubs included categories such as Faith & […]
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What is Phi Theta Kappa? Club President Wren Groth answered that with a quote from the PTK website, “Phi Theta Kappa brings dedicated, high-achieving students together in pursuit of scholarship and service.” President Groth and Vice President of Communications Klaira Bragado shared information about the organization during a recruitment presentation on Sept. 16. Founded in […]
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This spring, the PVCC Soccer Club played two exciting games against the Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) Soccer Club. The first game was at home. On Saturday, March 29, the CVCC Soccer Club made the drive from Lynchburg to play PVCC. For the Panthers though, gameday began before the first whistle. Members of the Soccer […]
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In January, the Student Government Association (SGA) traveled with a contingent from PVCC to the General Assembly in Richmond. In addition to SGA representatives, the group included PVCC President Jean Runyon, Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services Scott Jeffries, Vice President of Student Affairs Andrew Renshaw, Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Development Harry […]
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On a beautiful morning in March, nine PVCC geology students led by Associate Professor of Geology Callan Bentley boarded a turbulent little regional jet departing Charlottesville. Their destination? Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of this excursion? To study and learn about the environment and geology of Eastern California: more specifically, Death Valley and Owens Valley. […]
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