Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
On Sunday, July 26, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will be playing at the Ting Pavilion on the Downtown Mall. Jason Isbell, a 6-time Grammy winner with a unique folk sound, is known for his popular songs “Cover Me Up” and “If We Were Vampires.” The Ting pavilion, the popular host of Fridays after […]
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PVCC brought students, faculty, and community members together on March 6 to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, with a special dinner honoring the cultural and spiritual significance of the occasion. Ramadan, observed by Muslims worldwide, marks the first revelation of the Qur’an and is a time for spiritual reflection, prayer, charity, and community. […]
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On April 22, the PVCC community celebrated Earth Day with a host of activities culminating in a butterfly release in the field behind the library. The event marked the third Earth Day celebration Mary-Evelyn Sellars has coordinated in her tenure as coordinator for student life and engagement. Part of what made this year different from […]
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On April 1, PVCC hosted a blood drive on campus through the American Red Cross. The North Mall Meeting Room had been completely cloaked with white sheets over the windows to allow privacy for the people donating. While those performing the blood draws were unavailable for comment, the Regional Account Manager for the American Red […]
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On March 4, Dr. James Sofka delivered a lecture at PVCC discussing the history of Europe’s balance of power that led to the Russia-Ukraine war. The topic of discussion also held a certain gravity because, as of Feb. 24, 2026, the war in Ukraine officially entered its fourth year of conflict. Ukraine, having lost its […]
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On Monday, April 13, the LGBTQ+ Club hosted a panel of two nonbinary PVCC staff members for Nonbinary Parents Day. The panelists were Suz Bayker, a workforce development operations support specialist, and Allyson Umali, a financial aid adviser and co-adviser for the LGBTQ+ Club. Bayker and Umali took the hour to share pastries and discuss […]
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On the warm spring evening of April 17, around 45 parents, friends, artists, and other members of the PVCC community strolled around the PVCC Gallery on the third floor of the Dickinson building, stopping every few feet to admire the next piece of student-made artwork or creating art themselves with the provided PVCC-themed coloring books, […]
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On Tuesday, April 14, Dean Ian Solomon of UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy hosted Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a fireside chat, an event open to UVA students and community members in which faculty members hold discussions with special guests. Gates is the recipient of the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal […]
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William Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage,” in his famous comedy As You Like It. This summer, the play will be performed on a special stage in Staunton: the Blackfriars Playhouse. This theater is operated by the American Shakespeare Association and is the first-ever recreation of Shakespeare’s indoor theater. As You Like It will […]
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A fluffy golden dog greets the newcomers as everyone takes their seats in a cozy circle in 2nd Hand Books on the Downtown Mall. There are books lining every visible inch of the walls, which is the perfect place to introduce the new anthology that everyone is here to learn about. The Shenandoah Fantastic: Mystic […]
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