Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
The Senior Director of Library and Academic Support at PVCC, Crystal Newell, is involved in numerous projects and initiatives aimed at promoting media literacy and reading. Newell projects affability and the kind of patience sometimes found in people who have spent years as educators. Her office is filled with baby pictures and children’s drawings hanging […]
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This semester, PVCC’s student Book Club read a self-help book called The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins. Last semester, the club read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. For reading enthusiasts, there is no better way of getting introduced to a variety of new reads than joining a group of like-minded people. However, reading is not the […]
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On Sept. 3, I had the privilege of participating in Club Sign-Up Day at PVCC. From noon to 2 p.m., students had the opportunity to visit the Woodrow W. Bolick Advanced Technology and Student Success Center and explore the various clubs that are offered through the college. These clubs included categories such as Faith & […]
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Fantasy novels, cookies, gentle jazz music, and iced coffee. These are just some of the Book Club’s favorite things. Other than offering a comfortable place to read, the club allows PVCC students to connect with fellow book lovers. Kathleen Jeffers, the president of the Book Club, joined last fall when there were only two members. […]
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While not all bestsellers are horribly written books, Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell, (originally published 2017, republished 2022) is one of those books that gives modern bestsellers a bad reputation. Unfortunately, like most bestsellers, the blurb was written to make the book sound interesting – and, due to the nature of the book, […]
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