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2024 PVCC Non-Partisan Voter Guide

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024Editor

Read or download this year’s voter guide here:

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Officially Celebrating PVCC’s new President, Jean Runyon

November 30, 2023Eduardo Ortiz, staff writer

On Oct. 7, PVCC held the investiture ceremony honoring the new president of the college, Jean Runyon. A snow-white tent was set up next to the school with rows of seats for guests and staff. Light strips dangled from the top in perfect symmetry all leading the way to the center stage. With the sun […]

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Dr. Frank Friedman: Remembering 23 Years at PVCC

February 2, 2023Makenzie McCoy, staff writer

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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Dr. Jean Runyon: PVCC and the Bright Future it has Ahead

October 23, 2022October 25, 2022Makenzie McCoy, staff writer

PVCC’s sixth and latest president, Dr. Jean Runyon, is bringing more than 25 years of previous education experience to PVCC and shared her enthusiasm about her arrival in an interview. This is not Runyon’s first time serving at a community college; her passion for higher education itself was communicated when she said, “Community college is […]

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The Hunt for a New President: Dr. Walt Tobin

April 24, 2022April 21, 2022Carlos Banda Montes and Laurel Molloy, staff writer and assistant editor

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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PVCC’s New President Dr. Jean Runyon

April 23, 2022May 6, 2022Kristofer Jones and Jaume Plumb-Planas, staff writer and assistant editor

With PVCC finalist interviews winding down, it was time for students to meet the third presidential candidate, Dr. Jean Runyon. The student forum was held on Monday, April 11, at noon in the Bolick Student Center. All were welcome, and refreshments and pizza were provided for those who attended the event. Runyon earned her bachelor’s […]

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A Conversation with Dr. Julie Leidig

April 22, 2022May 2, 2022Gabriella Barber and Lillian Downey, staff writers

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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Student Forum: Dr. Patrick Tompkins

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022Laurel Molloy and Jaume Plumb-Planas, assistant editors

The search for PVCC’s new college president has begun in person at PVCC. The first finalist to arrive at PVCC, Dr. Patrick Tompkins, spoke to students and faculty at the student forum. The event was April 4 and started at noon in the Bolick Student Center. The student center was arranged with neat lines of […]

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The Attack on our Capitol and American Democracy

January 27, 2021January 26, 2021Samuel Huff, staff writer

The events of Jan. 6 will forever be remembered. Those who study it in 100 years will be better able to define the lasting implications than we are now; however, that does not mean we have to wait for answers. As the nation copes with the insurrection that left five Americans dead, including Capitol police […]

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PVCC Non-Partisan Voter Guide: 2020 Primary

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020Editor

Read the PVCC non-partisan guide to the 2020 presidential primary here: http://www.piedmontforum.com/primary-2020-voter-guide-final/ This guide was a join project between PVCC political science and journalism students.

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