Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Are you an aspiring journalist or editor? Have you ever wanted your writing published in a newspaper? Or maybe you have a strong opinion about the new movie you just watched, and you would like to share your review with others. If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then The Forum is […]
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As finals week approaches, PVCC students prepare for the last exams before winter break, and classes begin to wind down. This is not the case for Mary-Evelyn Sellars, PVCC’s new coordinator for student life and campus engagement, who is busy ensuring that the last weeks of the fall semester are filled with activities and events, […]
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1973 marked the opening of writer and musician Richard O’Brien’s musical stage play The Rocky Horror Show, a science fiction, horror-comedy paying tribute to the sci-fi and horror B movies from earlier in the century. Though the 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show was poorly received upon its release, it gained a cult […]
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On Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Dungeons and Dragons Club hosted a Halloween one-shot event. The event was open to all, with no prior tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) experience required. Players of all experience levels chose from characters made in advance or were helped to quickly roll up an original. Several minutes in, newcomers were joking […]
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On Wednesday, Nov. 1 at noon, 11 PVCC students gathered in the North Mall Meeting Room for a high-stakes Kahoot!. The contestants competed in a series of 15 questions about PVCC’s 2023 One Book, a book provided for free to all students and faculty, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the […]
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Just as inspiration for art can be found in the last places you might think to look, artists possessed of great creativity and skill can be found walking many paths not traditionally associated with artistic pursuit. PVCC is home to several such artists, members of faculty and staff outside of the art department, and this […]
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I grew up surrounded by writing. Both my parents had jobs as editors at various points during my childhood — my father in particular spent time working as the editor of an economic journal. My parents homeschooled me and gave me access to plenty of books and audiobooks, so it was natural for me to […]
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This semester, the One Book Program invites PVCC students and faculty to learn the mechanics and history of cellular biology and how it promises to revolutionize medicine and what it means to be human. Every year, the PVCC’s One Book Program chooses a single book to make available for the entire college for free. This […]
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On April 6, the new chancellor of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Dr. David Doré visited PVCC and met with students in the Bolick Student Center between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. PVCC was the fourth school Chancellor Doré visited after taking up the position on April 3. Doré is scheduled to visit all […]
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Flying in Place: Liberating Voices From Virginia’s Prisons is a performance layered with delicate balancing acts. On Dec. 2, 3, and 4, it brought the writings of Virginia inmates onto the stage of PVCC’s theater. These writings are accompanied by shifting lights, dream-like music, and interpretive dance. In any performance, keeping all the parts working […]
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