Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, Va. – Piedmont Virginia Community College’s student Theatre Club (Masquers) hosts Fourth Fridays Improv Friday, Oct. 24, from 6-8 p.m. in the Maxwell Theatre (Black Box) in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. This free workshop series explores the art of theatrical improvisation in its many forms. No experience is required. Using a series […]
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The Muslim Students Association had a fundraiser earlier this month. Manjia Azizi and Alaha Abdul were applying hennas to PVCC students. Getting henna applied seemed very technical, but it was so amazing how they come up with original art just off the top of their heads. Mine was done free hand, but they had a […]
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Every week is a new theme: “What do you want to do, but society won’t let you?” Or, “What is your most true/absurd/amazing observation?” Or perhaps, “What is Happiness?” Once the prompt is announced, partygoers write down an anonymous reply and put their answers into a basket. Silence then falls as event organizer Brian Wimer […]
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On September 11, students gathered at the Dickinson building in the black box to share and express their feelings and expressions into a mic; wanting to be understood and felt, tasting and feeling their words and stories, they reached out to the few audience members who remained in the Dickinson building, ready and eager to […]
Continue ReadingThinking of seeing a movie? How would you like it if that movie were free? Movies have been becoming more and more expensive to see in theater; fortunately, PVCC’s Student Art Club sponsors Free Movie Friday in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Watch in comfort and on a big screen in the Main Stage Theatre. […]
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Clear blue skies, a soft breeze, and the leaves at different transient periods served the perfect backdrop for the Cville Sabroso Spanish Festival that took place September 20 at the Mcguffey Art Center. Immediately taking over my senses was the chanting, deep throb of beating drums, and the tantalizing smells of fresh corn tortillas and […]
Continue ReadingAs 2012 begins, students at Piedmont Virginia Community College will have a chance to socialize and learn about the extracurricular clubs PVCC offers. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, PVCC will be holding the Annual Spring Welcome Back Social and Club Day. Tables for each participating club will be set up in the Bolick Student Center and […]
Continue ReadingPiedmont Virginia Community College’s Department of Engineering has been accomplishing the goal set before them five years ago. That goal has been to increase student awareness about the engineering program. With the help of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to PVCC the department has held events, presentations and summer programs to get students […]
Continue ReadingRegistered PVCC students with an interest in dance, music, theater or the arts are in luck. Every semester, a pair of student arts voucher is available to all current PVCC students. Although this is a great opportunity for students, some are not aware of the student voucher program. Mary Jane King and Kay Bethea were […]
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