Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
On April 3, a small crowd of around 20 people attended PVCC’s screening of the documentary film The Price of Resistance: Sala Udin, an American Agitator in the V. Earl Dickinson Building’s spacious Main Stage Theatre. The documentary follows the life of activist Sala Udin and his imprisonment and persecution at the hands of the […]
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At 3 p.m. on March 22, the Nettle Shirts puppet show took place in the PVCC Maxwell Black Box Theatre in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. The performance featured an old folk tale retold as a story of queer acceptance for all audiences. The puppet show is the brainchild of Miranda Elliott-Rader, who is responsible […]
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On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was in the Capitol for President Trump’s State of the Union address. The next afternoon, she was in the Dome Room of UVA’s Rotunda Building for a talk organized by the Karsh Institute of Democracy. The event was the fifth part of the institute’s series, “Congress as […]
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On Feb. 18, a dedicated group of PVCC students traveled to Richmond to meet with state legislators, sharing their personal stories and advocating for increased support and funding for community colleges across Virginia. Departing early in the morning on a chartered bus, a group of students, chosen by President Jean Runyon and Coordinator of Student […]
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After a hiatus in 2025, the Virginia Community College System is hosting the second statewide Poet Laureate and Visual Arts Luminary competitions from March 27-28 in Roanoke, with the theme of the competition being “I Dream.” Each school in the VCCS system will name a poet laureate and a visual arts luminary to compete for […]
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On Feb. 6, the UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, and the PVCC Visual Arts Department, opened the art exhibition “Community Connections: Creative Pathways to Understanding” in the V. Earl Dickenson Building. The exhibit was made in collaboration with nine other organizations in the Charlottesville area. Creative access and human connection were at the […]
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The Valentine’s Silent Disco on Friday, Feb. 13, was anything but silent with the choice between multiple channels of music in the headphones, chatting amongst lively attendees, and a live DJ. It was a truly groovy night with catering, chocolate fountains and snacks, a mocktail bar, and silent disco dancers all washed in bright pink […]
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On Wednesday, Feb. 11, students, faculty, and staff at PVCC followed the warm aroma of various soups into the Bolick Center Event Space for the second annual The Longest Table. The PVCC Longest Table event encourages people to try something new over a meal. Last year, participants were randomly assigned tables to sit next to […]
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Four thousand years ago, a man sits and strings his longbow. His name is Nenu. He lives at home with his wife, Sekhathor, and two children, one son and one daughter. He has two dogs, potential ancient ancestors of the modern-day Kelb tal-Fenek, or Pharaoh Hound, breed. A man named Genu, perhaps a servant, stays […]
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“What’s the difference between a duck? One leg’s both the same,” Andy Tichenor, lead singer of the local Brothers and Sisters band, announced. This joke, once told in 1979 by Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, was repeated at his tribute 13 days after he passed. Though nonsensical, the crowd chuckled at […]
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