Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Safety is based on the true story of Clemson freshman Ray McElrathbe. During the 2006 season, Ray was forced to hide his brother in his room and take care of him due to his mother battling drug addiction. The inspiring story follows how he balanced football, school, and taking care of his little brother Fahmarr […]
Continue Reading
Deadra Miller, staff writer New white emergency call boxes and security lights were added to campus this summer to enhance the safety of staff and students per PVCC Police Chief Chris Wyatt. The decision was made to add the boxes and lights after staff and faculty sent out a survey across the college. SGA and […]
Continue Reading
To ID or not to ID? That’s the question. For PVCC students, the answer is yes. “It’s a requirement for faculty, staff, and students to get an ID,” said PVCC Police Chief Shawn Harrison, “We need to be able to readily identify who is here.” According to Harrison, the main purpose for having an identification […]
Continue Reading
Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Police Chief, Shawn Harrison, presented Stalking: Increase Your Awareness January 28 in the main building auditorium. Stalking is a repeated course of conduct specifically directed, which would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. This behavior could include unwanted calls, texts, emails, posting information or spreading rumors about the victim on […]
Continue Reading
Fall has set in and Daylight Savings time is in full effect. PVCC students who take evening and night classes have growing concerns for one particular area: the parking lot. “There needs to be more lighting in the parking lot,” says PVCC student Katie Safely and perhaps more agree. Many changes have been happening for […]
Continue Reading
The Public Safety and Campus Police departments are being rebranded. Piedmont Virginia Community College has hired a new police chief, Shawn Harrison. Harrison is bright and friendly. She likes Columbian roast coffee, occasionally with hazelnut cream. These small details are what help make up the new police chief’s warming personality. With a cup of coffee, […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, October 22nd, PVCC’s Police Chief Shawn Harrison presented “A Conversation about Personal Safety.” The session was informative and gave tips that are useful to staff and students alike. This presentation is the beginning to a large array of plans to teach students and faculty how to be safe. In the upcoming weeks there […]
Continue ReadingRecent seismological activity along the east coast brings into question society’s plan of action should an earthquake stronger than the one this past Aug. 23 rock the territory again. Years may go by between similar episodes in this area of the country, but concern about the region’s earthquake potential prompted Virginia Tech to establish the […]
Continue Reading
