Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
As the six of us sat around the square of tables, we went around sharing what we had spent the last ten minutes writing. There were two prompts to choose from. The first: “Pick one of your fears. Write about an encounter with it from its perspective.” The second: “gargantuan, wonder, party.” Jennifer Koster, professor […]
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PVCC hosted a club fair Sept. 14 and 15 where student-run clubs came together to encourage signups for the new academic year. The event is held every semester to improve campus community engagement. The event was from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. both days. “This is a great opportunity to engage in the community and […]
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Writers can find inspiration everywhere. In fond memories, patterns of nature, compelling works of art, or the deep chasms within themselves, they find the words to propel their voices forward. Students and faculty had the pleasure of hearing these voices during the reception for the student literary magazine The Fall Line on Sept. 23. After […]
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Interested in getting your creative work seen? Consider submitting it to PVCC’s student-run literary journal. The Fall Line has been publishing student creative writing and art for 14 years and is still going strong, curating a selection of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, comics, and visual art for a yearly issue every spring. Past issues are […]
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Led by Professor of English Jennifer Koster, the club began in 2006. PVCC student and club member Yanir Haim said, “It started as the Poetry Club and has been called Writers Unite! The Creative Writing Club at PVCC. We often just call it the Creative Writing Club. It’s easier.” The goal of the Creative Writing […]
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Deadra Miller, staff writer Peep-o-Rama 2018 had edible ways to educate students and faculty about people’s favorite books. Jennifer Koster, professor of English and Writing Center coordinator, hosted this event with the Creative Writing club at PVCC. Each Spring semester, people create Peep dioramas that represent a book. While most of the books are fiction, […]
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Writers gather at PVCC’s Writing Center classroom M627 located in the Writing Center, every other Monday at 3 p.m. For over ten years, Creative Writing Club, also known as Writers Unite, has been active in the PVCC community. “We host the Fall Line, the 3-Minute Horror Story contest, the National Day on Writing Event, and […]
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