October Classifieds
Spring 2015 Advance Registration for Current Student begins Monday, October 27! Enroll through your MyPVCC account!
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The henna experience
The Muslim Students Association had a fundraiser earlier this month. Manjia Azizi and Alaha Abdul were applying hennas to PVCC students. Getting henna applied seemed very technical, but it was so amazing how they come up with original art just off the top of their heads. Mine was done free hand, but they had a […]
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TWO GUYS, THREE TACOS
A good, quick, and cheap meal seems to be in demand amongst college students in the Charlottesville area. “You can never have too many good places to eat,” says local second-year University of Virginia student Matt Gosnell. Many college kids are continuously looking for cheap and fast restaurants to provide them with dinner for their […]
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The One Book Project
Piedmont Virginia Community College is hosting a variety of events inspired by Liz Murray’s memoir Breaking Night. If you have missed the buzz surrounding Murray’s book, then here is a quick run-down: Breaking Night is the true story of a young woman from a broken home. Throughout the story, Murray describes her experiences with her […]
Continue ReadingAlbemarle Baking Company adds American flair to European style
Nestled in the flourishing row of businesses located along Charlottesville’s West Main Street sits the Albemarle Baking Company. The aroma of artisan-baked goods emanates from this community staple, located at 418 West Main Street. The bakery lies alongside eleven locally owned and operated specialty stores known as the Main Street Market. The Main Street location […]
Continue ReadingSec. Kerry delivers first speech at UVA
Nearly two hundred years ago the first American Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, established the University of Virginia in his beloved town of Charlottesville. It is fitting, then, that John Kerry, the recently appointed Secretary of State, chose to deliver his first major policy speech at this historic university on Wed., Feb. 20. But, while […]
Continue ReadingVideo game violence debate reignites after Newtown
Many politicians have used the elementary school shooting tragedy in Newton, Connecticut as a springboard for the campaign against violent video games. President Obama has provided the Center for Disease Control (CDC) with $10 million to conduct research about the correlation between virtual and real-life violence. West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller plans to resubmit his […]
Continue ReadingWorkforce Services offers new culinary courses
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is adding new classes to the Spring 2013 Workforce Services class schedule starting in January in the new state-of-the-art teaching kitchen at the Jefferson Center. The new culinary classes explore a variety of topics from making chocolates and pastries to Mediterannean and Asian Cuisine. PVCC’s Workforce Services had partnered up […]
Continue ReadingControversial novel banned in Afghanistan
Afghans living in foreign countries are still witnessing and hearing about the dramatic events in Afghanistan. With the influx of technology, especially social media, in Afghanistan, stories do not stay hidden from the rest of the world. “Gumnami” (“the anonymity”), a book that was banned recently in Afghanistan, is another example of discrimination against the […]
Continue ReadingPVCC works toward ‘Achieve 2015’ goals
PVCC is on its way to achieving the VCCS goals for 2015 through a “six-year strategic plan.” According to the VCCS website, VCCS is focusing on five categories to help achieve its goals: access, affordability, student success, workforce services and resources. Because PVCC is part of VCCS, PVCC has its own plan to help VCCS […]
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