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PVCC provides a range of benefits and resources that are designed to help veterans, active-duty members, and their dependents. The school provides both tuition and academic support that ensures a smooth transition to education. According to the PVCC’s website, “PVCC is dedicated to creating and maintaining campus-community connections that ensure the entire spectrum of military […]
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The Charlottesville Ballet and Oratorio Society of Virginia held an excellent performance of dance and song on Nov. 9, on PVCC’s Dickinson Main Stage Theatre. Entitled “Salute: An Afternoon of Honor, Remembrance, Music, and Dance,” the program was dedicated to American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in light of the upcoming Veterans Day. The artists […]
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In summer 2022, veterans and current military students participated in the Warrior-Scholar Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill). Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) is a nonprofit organization that equips service members and veterans for success in higher education. According to the Warrior-Scholar Project website, they “host intensive, one- and two-week college-preparatory […]
Continue ReadingThe Veteran Services department at PVCC offers an array of resources and comprehensive services to students who are veterans or dependents of veterans. The Veteran Services page, which is located here. The Veteran Services department at PVCC is notorious for ranking highly amongst other schools in the Military Friendliness® and Acceptance categories. The Veteran Education […]
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On Nov. 9, Gordonsville’s Mayor Robert Coiner, and city celebrated the local veteran heroes. Annually, Gordonsville hosts a parade that involves many communities. From local marching bands to blacksmiths, everyone who signs up by Gordonsville’s application deadline has a spot in the parade. This year, there were approximately four side streets filled with participants for […]
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Matthew Minecci, staff writer In the town of Charlottesville, lies a restaurant that caters to not only those that enjoy America, but also enjoy one of its greatest exports, meat. The atmosphere is bright with that industrial look that so many restaurants seem to go for these days. Unlike other restaurants though, to spice things […]
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Charles Stish, staff writer On Nov. 10, 2016, the Fork Union Military Academy Color Guard marched down the hall to the North Hall Meeting Room with the Virginian, the American, and the Fork Union Military Academy flags in hand. Bagpipers, courtesy of Ablemarle Pipes and Drums, followed behind while playing a marching theme. In the […]
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The Veterans Celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 11, went as most celebrations do: there was food, drinks and mingling. The event started at 12 p.m. in the North Mall meeting room and lasted several hours. Veterans from PVCC and veterans from the community attended. Jason Corral, the local director for Concerned Vets For America (CVA), gave […]
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Their stories are all unique. Their backgrounds, ethnicities, races, ages, genders, branches of the armed forces, and lengths of service vary. The resulting effects of their service in the military is something they all share in common. The Talking Service Initiative, a reading and discussion group for veterans, is a place where these effects, but […]
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To me, Veteran’s Day is a time for me to consciously think about the effect that the military has on this country; how so many give their lives to serve and protect America; how not only my family, but so many others know at least one person who has served, is serving, or will serve; […]
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