Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
On Oct. 7, PVCC held the investiture ceremony honoring the new president of the college, Jean Runyon. A snow-white tent was set up next to the school with rows of seats for guests and staff. Light strips dangled from the top in perfect symmetry all leading the way to the center stage. With the sun […]
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The food pantry at PVCC has recently been putting a large effort into feeding and helping members of the school community, staff and students alike. This past Halloween, Coordinator of the Student Financial Resource Center, Amanda Key, and members of the food pantry at PVCC handed out bags of food and supplies to students and […]
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Food insecurity is a well known issue, with thousands of food banks and food resource networks across the US attempting to alleviate it; the problem is that most of them are closed during the last ten days of the year. So in 2019, Amanda Key, the Student Financial Resource Center (SFRC) coordinator, came up with […]
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The Student Financial Resource Center (SFRC) offers many different tools to help students succeed in life and in school. When you do not have enough money for food or good clothes but need a job and energy for school, it is hard. This can create a never-ending cycle of needing resources to get the resources […]
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“How do we continue to tell students when they’ve had to enroll at a distance — who may have never set foot on campus — that we are still here and that we still care?” This was the question that Student Development Instructor Meg Foster and Director of Academic Support Services Todd Parks were pondering […]
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Abi Brand, staff writer Over Thanksgiving break, PVCC’s Financial Resource Center sent students home with boxes filled to the top with food and special items for students and families in need. The center provided boxes for over 120 students and their families. Eight of these boxes went to veterans. Amanda Key, Student Financial Resource Center […]
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Deadra Miller, online editor On Feb. 26, students milled about the Bolick Student Center perusing the tables featuring services available to PVCC students. PVCC’s mascot Pouncer prowled through the crowd with pizza boxes encouraging students to check out all the booths. David Lerman, director of student success and retention, with the help of the other […]
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