Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
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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Have you ever thought of earning your bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University but do not relish the thought of living on or near their campus in Norfolk? ODU has had a distance learning center on Piedmont Virginia Community College’s campus since 1994. Jennifer Hudson, Community and Student Success Director for Old Dominion University, will […]
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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 […]
Continue Reading How did William Shakespeare take care of his teeth? A crowd of interested onlookers at Charlottesville’s Barnes & Noble bookstore attended the Virginia Festival of the Book event: Natural Health Remedies and the Science Behind Them. Attendee Lydia Fetcho, a 20-year resident of Charlottesville, wanted to find out what herbal remedies might have been used […]
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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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“You can write a thriller about the Jones family passing Cinnamon Toast Crunch on a school day,” said author Erika Raskin at the Virginia Festival of the Book. Raskin, Martha Woodriff and Sonja Yoerg, were the keynote speakers at the lecture entitled “Perfectly Imperfect: Novelists on the Modern Family.” Sixty men and women hunkered close […]
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