PVCC Celebrates Golden Anniversary

On Sept. 25, 1972, PVCC opened classes to students. To commemorate 50 years of educating students, PVCC will be hosting many events over the next week and throughout the semester. PVCC has two events planned to celebrate on Sept. 27 and 28. 

On Sept. 27, PVCC will be hosting the Golden 50th Birthday Celebration in the Bolick Student Center. All festivities will occur between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.. There will be time allotted for speakers to give birthday messages and speeches, as well as cupcakes, a photo booth, and giveaways.

On Sept. 28, PVCC will be taking a schoolwide picture in celebration. The goal is to get between 150-200 people, according to the PVCC press release. PVCC needs this many people so they can set people to stand in the shape of a “50” and have a drone take the photo. The whole PVCC community is welcome to join in the PVCC East Lawn at 11:45 a.m..

Other events will be held throughout the semester that relate to the school’s 50 years of history. Many of this year’s arts events are artists and performers that have visited the college in the past, such as Latin Ballet of Virginia, Ty Cooper, and Tom Teasley.

The art exhibits in the Dickinson building also reflect on the history of the college. “In the North Gallery, ‘The Fall Line Retrospective: PVCC’s Literary Magazine Looks Back’ celebrates 14 years of creativity and collaboration with writings and artwork from the student-created magazine,” according to the PVCC website. 

To continue the celebration, this issue of The Forum includes previous published articles, highlighting the history of the college.