Use PVCC’s Computers and Rent One, too

Imagine this: alone at PVCC, without a computer and an assignment due on Canvas in two hours. Oh dear! How to make the deadline? Never fear. From the 800 Wing to the Bolick Center, from the Electronics lab to the Betty Sue Jessup Library, computers for student use are never far away.

Moreover, PVCC can help with technical issues with Canvas and other MyPVCC services, and even lend you a laptop for the semester through the library’s G.O.A.L. program.

“We log them in every morning,” said Jacqueline Carrell, one of the circulation/access librarians at the Jessup Library. It is only a few steps past the doors of the library to the first row of computers, which are open to anyone with a MyPVCC username and password.

But the library has an additional five computers available for public use; two in the last row of desks and three more standing up next to the library’s printer. These computers are the only ones on campus that do not need a MyPVCC login. 

Those are not all the library has to offer, however. The Betty Sue Jessup Library also has 60 laptops available for semester rentals, and students in need can apply online at pvcc.edu/student-services/library, under “G.O.A.L. Program.” 

The library is not the only place students can go to connect to the internet. The Computer Lab in room M832, the Writing Center, the First Quadrant Math Center, and many other places, including the Bolick Student Center, have computers accessible to anyone with a MyPVCC login, although some are only for class or appointment use.

The Computer Lab is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon.

And if MyPVCC is not working right, the Computer Lab’s help desk, located in room M832, can assist students with all their PVCC-related technological issues. Students can call the Help Desk at 434-961-5261 or come during lab hours.