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Wicked Now Streaming: Revisiting the “Popular” Movie Adaptation

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Author RJ Jacobs Discusses His Writing Process

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Let There Be Light Shines Through the Winter

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Live Arts Presents: “The Wizard of Oz”

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Forming Bonds and Reading Around the World

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Shazila Nadia Muzafar Shah, staff writer

From East to West, and from ancient times to modern times, English 255 World Literature covers different types of literature from all over the world and from different periods of time.  The course is taught by Professor of English Dr. Tamara Whyte. She said, “We start with Egyptian love poems, which are the oldest written […]

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PVCC’s Agents of Social Change

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 Shazila Nadia Muzafar Shah, staff writer

PVCC’s tagline is “Opportunity. Access. Excellence.” To meet the college’s goal, the Student Success Office aims to assist PVCC students by working with them to figure out their needs and types of services required to help with their personal and academic goals.  To reach a student’s definition of success, PVCC’s Director of Student Success Office, […]

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Dr. Walt Tobin smiles at the camera in a suit and bowtie.

The Hunt for a New President: Dr. Walt Tobin

April 24, 2022April 21, 2022 Carlos Banda Montes and Laurel Molloy, staff writer and assistant editor

On April 13, at noon, the final student forum took place to help determine Dr. Frank Friedman’s successor as president of PVCC. Dr. Walt Tobin, the last candidate to come to PVCC, took open and pre-set questions for 50 minutes in the Bolick Student Center. He was wearing a suit and reddish bowtie, occasionally sipping […]

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A Writer’s World: What Makes or Breaks a Book?

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

Many people discard a book if they are not drawn in by the first chapter or an article if the first couple of paragraphs are boring. Those first words stalking across the page are what sets the tone for the rest of the piece and what draws the reader in or makes them sigh and […]

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PVCC’s German Baking Club gets cooking on Zoom

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Ginger Hood, assistant editor

When a person joins a Zoom meeting, it is expected that they will be met by their peers in their bedrooms, living rooms, and other at-home workspaces. It is not every day you join a meeting with a group of people in their kitchens — some quaint and homely, others tidy and professional — each […]

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PVCC Admissions Team provides transfer applicants assistance via Zoom

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Isiah Cowan, staff writer

Before community college transfers ever decide to set foot on the campus of their dreams, the college admissions process plays a major role in determining where students will spend the next few years of their academic career. As students go through this process they are being evaluated and judged by college admissions officers around the […]

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PVCC Theatre presents “Foreplay or: The Art of the Fugue”

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Ginger Hood, assistant editor

With most classes moving online this semester, many of the arts programs at PVCC have been finding new ways to continue to create and perform. The theatre arts are no exception — several different COVID-19 compliant performances have taken place on the Dickinson building’s main stage. However, on Dec. 4 and 5, PVCC Theatre tried […]

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An Inspiring Ending to 2020 – PVCC’s Symposium on Race and Racism

December 9, 2020September 26, 2022 William Waugh

Held on Nov. 2 via Zoom, PVCC’s Symposium on Race and Racism was a powerful and inspiring night to incite change within not only the PVCC community, but the Virginia community as a whole. The meeting was hosted for a little over two and a half hours, spanning through 13 speakers. Presenters from various facets […]

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To succeed where the Constitution has failed

December 1, 2020November 29, 2020 Maxwell Walpole, staff writer

On Sept. 28, 2020, three people from across Virginia met to participate in a Zoom meeting, not unlike those many PVCC students will undoubtedly be familiar with after months of virtual classes. But the participants of this particular meeting were not students, and the topic of discussion was arguably more serious than chemistry or differential […]

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The first slide of the Re-Learn to Relax presentation, and also the first page of the booklet.

Remembering the Basics: Re-Learning to Relax

November 19, 2020November 18, 2020 Jude Bolick, assistant editor

On Oct. 27, from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Human Resources Analyst Takésha Ellis hosted a talk in the series of Lunch & Learn events titled “Relearn to Relax.” The meeting was held virtually over Zoom, with CommonHealth representative Kelsey Harris as the guest speaker. At the start, a handful of people were present, but nearing the end […]

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