Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
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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PVCC student Angela Nebel joined nearly 5,000 students and professionals who presented original research at this year’s Geological Society of America (GSA) convention. Nebel’s presentation, “The Anatomy of a Rock Slide,” documented her discovery of 500-million-year-old fossils near Sherando Lake, located outside of Waynesboro. Nebel was one of the few community college students at the […]
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The Nelsonite petition project, initiated by Professor Lawrence Tiezzi, is gaining momentum. Three of the students petitioning for the Nelsonite to become Virginia’s official state rock met with a reporter from Newsplex Channel 19 on Thursday, Oct. 29, Michelle Stanislause, Owen Krug and Teshawna Quarles. “The reporter heard about us from someone in the community […]
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Fellow PVCC Students! From the SGA, we want to congratulate everyone on surviving the Fall Semester! As the temperature starts to drop, so does the motivation, usually. Fortunately, the members of the SGA this year have been working extra hard to make sure we are doing the best job we can to serve our students […]
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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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Cheshire cats, Jedi knights, wood spirits, and the undead roamed the halls of PVCC’s Main Building on the evening of Oct. 23. Some played blackjack or Texas Hold‘em, others munched on free wings and mini Snickers bars, still others took group photos and chatted over the pulsing beat of top-hits music. The occasion that brought […]
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Sept. 9 brought sunshine, free food, volleyball, and a dunking tank to PVCC’s main campus.The Welcome Back Social kicked off another great semester for students, faculty and staff. The free food was fantastic and a nice way for people to talk and meet one another outside of class. This relaxed setting has become an anticipated […]
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If you could go anywhere in the world, how would you prepare? Attending travel forums is a great place to start. On Sept. 21, PVCC’s Zack Beamer and David Lerman presented on their respective trips to Argentina and the Netherlands this past summer. Beamer, Instructor of Mathematics, took part in an exchange program offered through […]
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The academic calendar for Piedmont Virginia Community College has a new attitude. This year, the Fall 2015 registration is extended to the end of September, with some classes starting as late as Nov.9. Among the credited classes that are still being offered are classes in Information technology, sociology, history, English and math. The classes […]
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Over a hundred students registered during register-to-vote week according to political science Professor Connie Jorgensen. Professor Jorgensen organized the voting registration event that spanned from Sept. 21-24. “I am very passionate about registering to vote and the;n voting. Everyone should vote,” Jorgensen wrote in an e-mail. Using a new registration tool called TurboVote, 182 students […]
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