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The pursuit of knowledge. Human nature. Revenge. These are the themes for this semester’s One Book Program on campus. Every spring, the college holds a vote for a book that PVCC’s students, professors, and faculty members can read together. Previous years have ranged from Grit, about resilience; The New Jim Crow, about life after incarceration; […]
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Located in the Main Building near the Bookstore, the Betty Sue Jessup Library is difficult to miss. In addition to its large catalog of books, the library offers a variety of resources that students should definitely take advantage of. Whether it’s for entertainment or academic purposes, the Betty Sue Jessup Library has a wide selection […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingOn March 21, students, professors, and administrative staff gathered to participate in a Deliberative Dialogue together. Part of this experience involved learning effective communication with emphasis upon seeking common ground. While previous dialogues have involved topics like gun control in the United States, healthcare, and an abundance of other pressing current topics, the recent dialogue […]
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Our interlibrary loan system connects PVCC students to more works than could possibly be contained within the walls of a single library. This free service gives students access to libraries across the world. The interlibrary loan system is a reciprocal service which allows libraries to borrow works between themselves. This could be a fantastic resource […]
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For the Fall 2021 semester, PVCC’s One Book Program has taken aim at misinformation and fake news. And the selected book, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread, by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, is available for every student and staff member on campus to read digitally, a first for the One Book Program. […]
Continue ReadingOn March 24, a diverse assortment of faculty members and students gathered on Zoom for PVCC’s Deliberative Dialogue, “A House Divided,” as part of PVCCs’s recent Civic Engagement Conference. The National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that publishes issue guides for deliberative dialogues. NIFI defines “deliberation” in the context of these […]
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On Sept. 28, 2020, three people from across Virginia met to participate in a Zoom meeting, not unlike those many PVCC students will undoubtedly be familiar with after months of virtual classes. But the participants of this particular meeting were not students, and the topic of discussion was arguably more serious than chemistry or differential […]
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As schools transitioned to online classes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, PVCC’s Betty Sue Jessup Library was presented with a seemingly insurmountable problem: how could a service that depends so heavily on in-person interaction survive a world of social distancing? The library faculty, led by Director of Library Services Crystal Newell, knew there […]
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Change is happening all around with many of PVCC’s services adjusting to accommodate for the strange times. The One Book Program is no exception. For its ninth year, the One Book Program at PVCC will be hosting two books as opposed to one: How to Be An Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi, for the fall […]
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