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PVCC’s Vice President for Instruction and Student Affairs, Dr. John Donnelly, will be retiring at the end of June. Donnelly has worked at PVCC for over 14 years, since February of 2010. Prior to coming to PVCC, Donnelly worked at other community colleges. He started at Germanna Community College in Locust Grove, Virginia, where he […]
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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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Dr. Frank Friedman served as president of PVCC for over 20 years, and in August of 2021, he announced that his retirement would happen in May. Friedman was the fifth president of PVCC and he showed great passion in his position here at the college. “My work at PVCC for the past 23 years hasn’t […]
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Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is one of the biggest student organizations at PVCC. Alpha Epsilon Tau is the official name for PVCC’s chapter. This year, the PTK President Daisy Dudley and all fellow PTK officers, including myself attended the National PTK Catalyst 2022 held at Denver, Colorado. The event started on April 7 and ended […]
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On April 13, at noon, the final student forum took place to help determine Dr. Frank Friedman’s successor as president of PVCC. Dr. Walt Tobin, the last candidate to come to PVCC, took open and pre-set questions for 50 minutes in the Bolick Student Center. He was wearing a suit and reddish bowtie, occasionally sipping […]
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On Wednesday March 6, Julie Leidig formally introduced herself to the PVCC student body as a candidate for the presidency of the college. While introducing herself, she went over her history at other schools, such as Northern Virginia Community College where she currently works. She is the provost, or a senior administrative officer on campus. […]
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Students will have the chance to meet the presidential candidates coming to PVCC this April as the search for Dr. Frank Friedman’s successor continues. Of the 96 original applicants, the search has been narrowed down to four individuals. Each candidate will be at PVCC for two days having a variety of interviews and open forums […]
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Held on Nov. 2 via Zoom, PVCC’s Symposium on Race and Racism was a powerful and inspiring night to incite change within not only the PVCC community, but the Virginia community as a whole. The meeting was hosted for a little over two and a half hours, spanning through 13 speakers. Presenters from various facets […]
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On August 17, PVCC hosted a virtual graduation ceremony followed by a campus drive-through in order to safely honor the graduates during the Coronavirus. The virtual ceremony began streaming on the PVCC website at 2 p.m., running until around 3:30 p.m. The footage was then made available on PVCC’s YouTube page. The drive-through took place […]
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On August 17, PVCC will be hosting a virtual graduation ceremony followed by a campus drive-through in order to safely honor the graduations during the Coronavirus. The virtual ceremony will begin streaming on the PVCC website at 2 p.m. and is expected to run until around 3:30 p.m. The footage will then be made available […]
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