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What do you get when you add dirt, plants, water, 20 energetic people, sun, wind, and pizza? Earth Day 2015 at PVCC’s organic garden hosted by the Horticulture and Environmental Club. This years’ spring planting was a fun mix of students, staff, faculty, and even a few community members excited about getting the garden season […]
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After a close game, a team of PVCC students won the local D-League basketball championships on Sunday, April 12. In the first minutes of the game, spectator and PVCC student Treshawne Henderson summed up the players attitude: “the boys in red want it.” At that point, PVCC led 8-0. They quickly lost the lead and […]
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PVCC student artists unveiled their work at the opening of the Annual Student Exhibition on April 24. The event coincided with PVCC’s Seventh Annual Chocolate Chow Down, preparations for which had Professor Beryl Solla in Dickinson’s small catering kitchen as early as nine a.m. The exhibit features the work of many PVCC students, and the […]
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Piedmont Virginia Community College has announced its speaker for the 2015 commencement ceremony. Anne Holton, Virginia’s Secretary of Education, will be the honored guest for PVCC’s 42nd commencement at John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m. Anne Holton is an esteemed member of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration. Holton graduated from the […]
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Recently planted seeds will sprout soon in preparation for the annual Spring Planting planned for April 22 in PVCC’s garden. It will require many helping hands. Horticulture and Environmental Club advisor David Lerman hopes students will know that the garden is for them. He said, “Perhaps between classes or during breaks they could visit or work […]
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Few members of PVCC’s Ultimate Frisbee club braved the blustery weather on Friday, January 30, to meet and play together on the athletic field. Powerful, and frequent gusts of wind prevented the use of Frisbees for most of the practice. However, the group quickly substituted discs with a football, determined to get the most of […]
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With classes in session for just a month, PVCC’s Public Safety Department is cracking down on parking violations. I should know, I have gotten two parking warnings. Our parking lots here at PVCC are like the Hunger Games. Parking at school is hit or a miss Between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., […]
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As snow fell outside, inside PVCC new Mu Theta Alpha members were inducted. The ceremony took place on Monday, February 16. Mu Theta Alpha welcomed ten new members. PVCC President Frank Friedman made an appearance and delivered a short but sweet speech congratulating the new members. Mu Theta Alpha is a mathematics honor society, specifically […]
Continue ReadingThe moviegoers were mesmerized – still, quiet, and fully engaged. PVCC students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Jessup library to view the Lifetime Movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. This event was part of the college-wide reading initiative called the One Book project. This year’s One Book features New York Times Bestseller […]
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Three PVCC students advance to the semifinals of the National Science Foundation’s Community College Innovation Challenge after their proposal to use protists to better assess the quality of water in the Rivanna watershed survived the preliminary round of the contest. Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Anne Allison and in partnership with […]
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