Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
When Jeremy Clarkson spoke to the press about the iconic Grand Tour series coming to an end, with only two more feature-length special episodes being aired, it was understandable that the three were beginning to want to wrap up their televised massive road trips. Clarkson, along with fellow co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, have […]
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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 […]
Continue Reading“Pottery is a 5000-year-old tradition, belonging to almost every culture in the world,” said Professor of Art Tom Clarkson as the hallway of the Dickinson building swelled around us. People inspected, commented on, and purchased the many ceramic works created by the PVCC Student Pottery Club. The pottery was arranged on a series of tables […]
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The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho, tells the powerful story of a young shepherd following his personal legend shown to him through a recurring dream and the inherent interconnectivity of all people regardless of their background. The story aims to answer the question that all people have asked themselves at one point or another in their […]
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Less than a mile from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello lies a small café with its unique aromas and flavors, which provides the illusion that you’ve been transported to the French countryside. As soon as you step foot in the quaint roadside business, the music and aromas immediately charm the senses. On the menu, crêpes, brioches, gourmet […]
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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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