Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
PVCC’s sixth and latest president, Dr. Jean Runyon, is bringing more than 25 years of previous education experience to PVCC and shared her enthusiasm about her arrival in an interview. This is not Runyon’s first time serving at a community college; her passion for higher education itself was communicated when she said, “Community college is […]
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PVCC’s tagline is “Opportunity. Access. Excellence.” To meet the college’s goal, the Student Success Office aims to assist PVCC students by working with them to figure out their needs and types of services required to help with their personal and academic goals. To reach a student’s definition of success, PVCC’s Director of Student Success Office, […]
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This past Friday, Sept. 23, PVCC invited the public to view the most recent art gallery opening, The Fall Line Retrospective. The opening was hosted by the PVCC visual arts department and took place in the North Gallery of the V. Earl Dickinson building at the south end of the campus. The exhibition highlights the […]
Continue ReadingOn Sept. 25, 1972, PVCC opened classes to students. To commemorate 50 years of educating students, PVCC will be hosting many events over the next week and throughout the semester. PVCC has two events planned to celebrate on Sept. 27 and 28. On Sept. 27, PVCC will be hosting the Golden 50th Birthday Celebration in […]
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The One Book Program has a new book out for this Fall semester: The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here, by Hope Jahren. The book goes over the science and history of different inventions that are detrimental to the environment, in an attention-holding, interesting way. Many […]
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PVCC is offering both in-person and online tutoring for a variety of different courses in the Tutoring Center room M253. Although this is where the First Quadrant Math Center used to be located, tutoring is still available for many math classes offered at PVCC through the newly renamed Tutoring Center. Students can either schedule a tutoring […]
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This article was published in the first issue of The Forum on August 25, 2003. The dream of a small group of students to create a student newspaper at PVCC has become a reality with today’s issue of The Forum. What began as only a wishful thought has blossomed into something more that we could […]
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“Okay, well the goal this semester is to not have to mop up any real blood,” said PVCC student playwright and director Tori Freimuth to members of her cast, as she leaned over a table filling vials with fake blood, “At least the fake blood smells nicer.” It was Thursday, March 31, and members of […]
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On April 15, PVCC students, faculty, staff, and members of the wider community gathered together to enjoy chocolate and art in the Dickinson building art gallery for the first time since the annual Chocolate Chowdown’s two year hiatus. PVCC’s Art Gallery was adorned with over 85 pieces of student art ranging in medium from acrylic […]
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On Wednesday March 30 at 10 a.m., recruiters and representatives from more than 80 companies filled the PVCC main building campus and outdoor space marked PVCC’s 37th Annual Job Fair. PVCC’s Annual Job Fair dates back to 1984. Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 Annual Job Fair had been canceled. PVCC’s career services […]
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