Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Friday, Nov. 20 in the Dickinson Building, visitors were met with spunky music and a crowd of artists and critics alike. The annual faculty art exhibit featuring the After Ferdinand Feghoot exhibit presented the studio faculties’ work from the year and showcased an entire 14-page comic illustrated by PVCC’s A.I. Miller. There with his wife, […]
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In his director’s notes for PVCC’s performance of The Rocky Horror Show, Brad Stoller mentioned the power of the original film in the wake of the Vietnam War. He wrote of the spirit of creativity, freedom and fun that the film encompassed. Forty years later, this message remained poignant: the audience sat in front of […]
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The crowd in the ballroom erupted into a roar of “Commit!” “Commit!” The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Student Leadership Conference, held in historic Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, was attended by a delegation representing each community college in the state of Virginia. This year’s theme, “The Power of You,” represented the fact that each […]
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The scholarship program at PVCC is both robust and generous, and the call for more students to take advantage of it rings loud. There were 156 guests at PVCC’s main building Friday, Nov. 13. The crowd, comprised of scholarship recipients and local philanthropists, came together for an early Thanksgiving. They gathered to meet each other, […]
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Since he was young, Brad Stoller has been a fan of the cult classic movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. “I go way back with this show,” said Stoller, “I took my first date when I was thirteen years old. It had just come out, and I had no idea what it was…I took her […]
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Internship week was a big event for students at Piedmont Virginia Community College. They had informative meetings throughout the week from Nov. 3. to Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bolick Student Center. The internship event was for students who want to learn about the internship opportunities for the spring and […]
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On Nov. 11, David G. Tatman offered a view on adventures that people seldom consider. After giving the definition of the word adventure from the Oxford English Dictionary, he gave his own definition of the word: “A journey there and back again that entails some risks.” Tatman’s lecture “How to Have an Adventure” was […]
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Forty-five states in America have an official state rock; Virginia is not one of them. Professor Larry Tiezzi thinks it is time to change that. Tiezzi teaches Honors Historical Geology and according to one of his students, Teshawna Quarles, Tiezzi decided to work with Assistant Professor Connie Jorgensen to petition to make the Nelson rock […]
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Non-partisanship reigned supreme on Oct. 5 as Radio IQ host Doug Smith, vice president of the Montpelier Foundation, and Professor Stuart Harris celebrated a belated Constitution Day with students and faculty of PVCC. Smith and Harris gave a highly informative and interactive presentation while addressing everything from freedom of expression during the Vietnam War to […]
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A monument in tribute to free speech week stood in the parking lot of our school from Oct. 19 through Oct. 23. The writing on the wall said many things throughout the week. Arguably the most important fact about the monument consisted of the fact that someone wrote on the wall every day. Connie Jorgensen, […]
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