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Balkees Rekik was recently awarded the 2022 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship. She is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) members who was awarded this scholarship. PTK is an international honor society, and it is only one of the various activities that Rekik participates in outside of the classroom. Rekik moved to Charlottesville from […]
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Cody Clark, assistant editor This month, PVCC is recognizing Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) President Jacob Laxton and PTK Vice President of Service Steven Lunsford for being All Virginia Academic Team nominees. The All-USA Academic Team annually selects twenty members from across the United States. Those selected earn a $5,000 scholarship and are presented at American […]
Continue ReadingDeadra Miller, online editor Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has agreements with local VCCS(Virginia Community College System) schools that help turn Virginia’s offenders into productive citizens. Currently nine PVCC faculty members go to Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) and Buckingham Correctional Centers (BKCC) to teach classes towards an Associate General Studies Degree. Dr. Todd […]
Continue ReadingOn Feb. 28, Governor Bob McDonnell’s “Opportunity to Learn” agenda was signed into legislation and will affect Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC). Each school in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) must submit an agreement to the Glenn DuBois, chancellor of the VCCS, and to Patricia I. Wright, superintendent of public instruction. These contracts will outline […]
Continue ReadingPiedmont Virginia Community College has always taken pride in having a well maintained campus. To further this, the college plans to renovate the portico outside the north entrance, and eventually the south entrance, too. Plans for the north portico’s refurbishments have been in talks since last spring and are expected to be approved later this […]
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