Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
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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Charlottesville’s downtown mall has been home to a delicious and well received dumpling restaurant, Marco and Luca’s, for many years now. Due to their success on the downtown mall, they have since opened a location on the UVA corner, for close proximity to hungry college students, opening up a whole new market for the company. […]
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Zzaam!: Fresh Fusion, Fresh-faced Food, Local Katya Beisel, Staff Writer A relatively new addition to Charlottesville’s restaurant scene, Zzaam! Fresh Korean Grill delivers swift service, quality food, and a unique blend of flavors. Zzaam! is unique among area eateries and offers an abundance of flavor from its location on 1232 Emmett Street North. Zzaam! allows […]
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Cotton gins are not drinks, Betsy Ross was a fraud, the Wright Brothers were not the first to fly, and Mark Twain thought bicycles were death traps. These were just a few of the revelations conferred upon the audience at the Virginia Festival of the Book’s Adventures in History presentation on March 21. The event […]
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Professor Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, visited our International Club here at PVCC. Ghosh comes from West Bengal, one of the 29 states of India. He presented a lot of interesting information about Indian culture and his personal history. Ghosh helped found the UK/India Educational […]
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To ID or not to ID? That’s the question. For PVCC students, the answer is yes. “It’s a requirement for faculty, staff, and students to get an ID,” said PVCC Police Chief Shawn Harrison, “We need to be able to readily identify who is here.” According to Harrison, the main purpose for having an identification […]
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There, they’re, or their? Having trouble knowing which spelling is correct? Write it right – stop by the PVCC’s Writing Center to find out which spelling is correct. Someone will have an answer. The Writing Center is cozy and quiet. There are five round tables with pencils in the center of each, just waiting to […]
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With four more schools added to now more than 100 colleges and universities under investigation for the handling of sexual violence reports, students might be wondering where PVCC stands on being prepared to handle these and other types of incidents on campus. PVCC President Frank Friedman leads and manages 5,500 students and 182 full-time […]
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