Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
It’s not uncommon for college students to get burnt out during a tough semester. Between homework and other things like work, it can be easy to lose track of when assignments are due. Although college can get to be a lot, PVCC offers a helping hand through the Student Success Office. The Student Success Office, […]
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PVCC’s Vice President for Instruction and Student Affairs, Dr. John Donnelly, will be retiring at the end of June. Donnelly has worked at PVCC for over 14 years, since February of 2010. Prior to coming to PVCC, Donnelly worked at other community colleges. He started at Germanna Community College in Locust Grove, Virginia, where he […]
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PVCC’s workforce services offer classes that provide skills that will help students find a good job and a good future to make good money. Classes are taught by instructors with industry knowledge and experience. The Stultz Center also provides opportunities for experiential learning. These opportunities include hundreds of classes and various credits that fall into […]
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At the main building of PVCC, the Admissions & Advising Center is here to help students succeed at college, pick the right courses for their studies and help students in their majors. When most people think of the Admissions and Advising Center for PVCC, they usually think of advisors, but there’s more than just advisors. […]
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When you drive up the hill to enter PVCC, you will see a new building is in construction for the college. This building has been under construction since the middle of the 2022 summer semester. Construction is expected to finish during the beginning of the 2024 summer semester. Once construction is finished, the rooms will […]
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On Tuesday, Jan. 30, a quarterly event held center stage in the PVCC Main Building Bolick Student Center. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Over 45 club representatives took part in an expo-style Club Fair event, with the goal of informing students about the different extracurricular activities in which they can take part. The clubs […]
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On Nov. 3, 2023, the Creative Writing Club held a poetry reading event. During this event, PVCC Professor Emeritus Ben Sloan read poems from his new chapbook, Then On Out Into a Cloudless Sky, published by Seven Kitchens Press. He was joined by former PVCC student La’Tasha Strother, who read a few of her own […]
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In May 2022, Dr. Frank Friedman retired after 23 years of serving as PVCC’s president. Friedman has been praised by many members of the community for his contributions to PVCC, including the creation of several healthcare and technology programs, increasing both student enrollment and graduation rates, and raising over $27 million in funds for the […]
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On Nov. 6, 2023, PVCC opened a new grill for college students to purchase food for breakfast and lunch. This is also the new grill of PVCC since the Panther Cafe was shut down at the end of the fall semester of 2021. The grill was founded by RNS Enterprise. Their full menu is available […]
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Something difficult to miss at PVCC for the past few weeks has been the mosaic portrait of College President, Dr. Jean Runyon. The portrait involved assembling 285 Rubik’s cubes with specific patterns and putting them in a plexiglass. This project came to fruition through a collection of PVCC students and faculty who are passionate about […]
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