Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
When people think about wine, they often think about the different flavors of wine, the cost of each bottle, the origin of the wine, or how the wine is made. Last Sunday, I interviewed Bill Curtis, the owner of Tastings, a combination winery and a restaurant located on the Downtown Mall since 1990. I have […]
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The North Mall Meeting Room was full of paper pumpkins, crows, and bats after a night spent learning to fold various origami figures. Associate Professor of Mathematics Keith Nabb and Adjunct Instructor of Japanese Noriko Donahue led an hour-long session in which many students and families learned the art of origami. The math department teamed […]
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PVCC will host its annual Let There Be Light exhibition on Friday, Dec. 9, showcasing light-centered installations and performances. With the trails of light illuminating the campus, visitors will explore artwork surrounding the V. Earl Dickinson Building while enjoying complimentary hot chocolate or cider. During the darkest and coldest period of the year, Let There […]
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PVCC’s climate-oriented one book program campus events came to a close on Friday, Nov. 18 with a photo gallery opening titled “Our Changing Climate: A Visual Chronicle Opening Night,” curated by photographer Michael Snyder. The event was held from 5-7 p.m. in the Dickinson building and featured a select few submissions from Snyder’s many photography […]
Continue ReadingIn a community like PVCC, interpersonal communication and contact in the various clubs, activities, and organizations are qualities that are often a result of the close, friendly nature of the campus. A college based in a community will tend to have tight knit groups within. This quality was found in researching and interviewing a number […]
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English 112, taught by Margaret (Meg) Gardiner, is a full semester class worth 3 credits that covers the expansive topics of English composition, argument, and rhetoric. Each semester, Gardiner chooses a theme for the papers students write. This year’s theme was the environment, and we wrote a total of four papers, including an analysis paper, […]
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In celebration of Halloween, Charlottesville’s Paramount Theater held a screening of an almost 100-year-old film. This film was 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera, a silent horror film adapted from the 1909 novel by the same name. The screening also featured a live music performance to accompany the silent film. This music was performed by […]
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In support of election day, on Nov. 7, Assistant Professor of Political Science Connie Jorgensen and civic engagement internship students held a pizza and sugar cookie lunch party in the Bolick Student Center. The sugar cookies spelled “USA” in red and blue frosting with a miniature United States flag on each. Pouncer the Panther also […]
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On Thursday, Nov. 17 at noon, representatives from the Albemarle County Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service conducted a criminal justice career panel at PVCC. The event was organized by Trisha Kipps, program coordinator and assistant professor of police science & administration of justice, in collaboration with the PVCC’s career services managers, André Luck […]
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Next semester, PVCC will offer a new literature class, English 225 Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas. The class is being taught by the Professor of English Dr. Nicole Oechslin. “This is an updated version of my all-time favorite literature course,” she said. “There is a specific theme. It focuses on non-western cultures and postcolonial ideas […]
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