Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Dr. Jean Runyon, president of PVCC, has been named one of 23 community college leaders nationwide selected for the prestigious Aspen Presidents Fellowship. The program is designed to equip college leaders with strategies to improve student outcomes, strengthen workforce alignment, and expand social mobility. Supported by JPMorgan Chase, the year-long fellowship includes residential sessions, virtual […]
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PVCC has been making several changes to its course schedules in recent years. Transitioning from a 16-week semester to a 15-week one, for example, and the expansion of seven-week courses. Many students remain unfamiliar with exactly what seven-week classes, or accelerated terms, entail. Are they just the same as a regular 15-week course, just crammed […]
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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 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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The PVCC Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Feb. 16 outlined upcoming initiatives aimed at fostering student engagement, improving campus facilities, and celebrating graduating students. The meeting reflected the SGA’s ongoing commitment to serving as the voice of the student body and promoting a vibrant campus community. The SGA operates as the student-led programming branch […]
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