Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Growing up, Associate Professor of Art Fenella Belle’s artistic passions were nurtured from the start. With a painter and teacher mother, architect father, and her stepmother a documentary filmmaker, it might not be surprising Belle turned creativity into her career. Belle received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in fibers, at the University of the […]
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I have always loved writing. Since I was a child, I wrote poems, short stories, and pieces of creative fiction. Even before that I would play games with my sister making up stories and strange lands together. However, for a long time I thought writing as a career was only for authors lucky enough to […]
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Horace Scruggs may be known to students at PVCC as a choir teacher they previously had. He has worked with many public schools in our area, such as: Fluvanna county, Madison county, and Louisa county public schools. Scruggs also worked at PVCC for a few years but has since retired from teaching. In the last […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s freshmen knew going in that their first semester would be unlike any other they had gone through. Millions of students across the country have had to readjust their styles of learning as they shift their focus from classrooms to computer screens. According to all four students (Sydney Lopez, Jumana Al Mulhim, Temnesera Mekonnen, […]
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Life poses many challenges, one of the biggest being how to decipher what career to pursue. With endless possibilities, it can be hard to sift through it all and find a calling in life by college. For Dr. Kirk Gomes, a new assistant professor of engineering at PVCC, it was never a question in his […]
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Starting in the fall 2020 semester, PVCC has welcomed many new faces to our community, including Assistant Professor of Nursing Maria Moore (pronounced Ma-Rye-Ah). Moore grew up in Lexington, Virginia. After graduating from Rockbridge County High School, she attended the University of Mary Washington, pursuing a career as a forensic pathologist. However, shortly after starting, […]
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Starting in the fall 2020 semester, PVCC has welcomed many new faces to our community, including Assistant Professor of Accounting Jody Carlisle. Carlisle grew up around Tennessee and Arkansas, but after getting injured in high school while playing football, he joined the army and moved to California. After serving in the army, he became a […]
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Andrew Ferralli, staff writer Fred Rogers has been an inspiration to many; he has let children know they truly matter, but most importantly loved everyone the way they are. Fred Rogers’ television program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood hit its 50th anniversary this year with what would be Roger’s 90th birthday. Mr. Rogers has touched the hearts […]
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Silvia Dowell is the Scholarship & Alumni Association Coordinator for Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC). She has deep roots in the Charlottesville area. Her family has lived in Albemarle County for 14 consecutive generations. A graduate of Western Albemarle High School, Dowell attended PVCC and earned her bachelor’s degree from Longwood University. She majored in […]
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