Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Rachel Lemley, staff writer Phi Theta Kappa has been a leading international honors society in two-year colleges for many years. Their current chapter in PVCC is Alpha Epsilon Tau, which helps students get connected to their communities by public services like helping victims of natural disasters, toy and food drives, charity walks, and environmental activism. […]
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Adult Student Life Club The mission of the PVCC Adult Student Life Club is to provide support and engagement opportunities that appeal to PVCC adult students. The PVCC Adult Student Life Club provides a forum for adult students to meet as peers, plan activities and gain resources meaningful to their life goals. The PVCC Adult […]
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Tyler Gaines, staff writer On a windy Friday afternoon, April 6, PVCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa hosted a kickball tournament at PVCC. Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is an honor society that is prominent in two-year colleges. Internationally, it is considered to be a high honor to be a part of this society. In addition […]
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Madison Weikle, staff writer PVCC’s Honors Society Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is transforming the world one student at a time. PTK is an exclusive honors society within PVCC that helps organize volunteer opportunities and offers students transfer scholarships in order to get into the school of their dreams. According to the PVCC website, a fundamental […]
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Jake DeLaurier, staff writer While most people might not want to think about another election until at least 2020, from Sept. 25-29 seven clubs at PVCC worked to inform and register students for this November’s gubernatorial election. These clubs were LBGT+, Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Black Student Alliance (BSA), Student Government Association (SGA), Virginia21 […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor Eight students sat with eyes fixed on Diane Carr as she stood at the head of the table. In front of each student was a perfect plate setting, containing dishes these students would come across at some point in their professional careers. Almost all eight students were members of Piedmont Virginia […]
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Olivia Stevens, staff writer Early Saturday morning on Feb. 11, 2017 the Lumberjack Club and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) traveled to Scottsville, Virginia, to help clean the Scottsville Trail. The trail begins behind Doug’s Appliance. When the clubs first arrived at the trail, it was covered in weeds and bushes and did not look like […]
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This holiday season, Phi Theta Kappa has partnered with the Salvation Army of Charlottesville to host an Angel Tree on the PVCC campus. Located near the South Entrance, the tree is fully decorated with paper “angel” ornaments, each one devoted to a local child. These cards provide details about the children and their Christmas wishes. […]
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