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To honor Women’s History Month, this article highlights the University of Virginia’s Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center and the resources they provide to the Charlottesville and UVA community. The Women’s Center, founded in 1989 and named after Maxine Platzer Lynn (Curry ‘51), provides support and counseling services to all regardless of their identity. According to […]
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When I started out at PVCC, the medium of journalism was not even on my radar. Ever since I was a child, I had a deep fascination with storytelling. But back then, my passion had solely lied with fiction. I paid attention to current events and had a keen interest in history, but it took […]
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On Feb. 18, the Virginia Festival of the Book and Encyclopedia Virginia came together to host a webinar focused on one of the most controversial aspects of Virginia’s history — the forced sterilization of almost 8,000 people under a eugenics program that lasted until 1979. The panelists of this event were journalist Adam Cohen and […]
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Every year, 19 percent of children age out of the Virginia foster care system according to FosterVA. Since 2009, PVCC’s Great Expectations program has provided an avenue for these students to continue their schooling or job training in order to achieve their goals and enjoy successful adulthood. Headed by Advisor La’Tisha Jackson, the Great Expectations […]
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Safety is based on the true story of Clemson freshman Ray McElrathbe. During the 2006 season, Ray was forced to hide his brother in his room and take care of him due to his mother battling drug addiction. The inspiring story follows how he balanced football, school, and taking care of his little brother Fahmarr […]
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If I’m being entirely honest, when I first queued up McCartney III, I did not know what to expect. I knew that in his heyday with The Beatles, McCartney did some spectacular work. And I knew that in recent years McCartney had released a series of solo albums, although I had not listened to them. […]
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On Dec. 2, 2020, PVCC Career Coach Rebecca Payton was awarded the Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (VAACE ) teacher of the year award, another benchmark in a long and successful career. The VAACE teacher of the year award is given to only one adult education teacher from a pool of educators from […]
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With three holiday themed rounds, there is sure to be enough sugar to go around. Netflix released the second season of Sugar Rush: Christmas on Nov. 27, just in time for all the Christmas festivities. Starring professional dessert masters Adrianno Zumbo and Candace Nelson as judges and Hunter Marsh as the host, Sugar Rush: Christmas […]
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The events of Jan. 6 will forever be remembered. Those who study it in 100 years will be better able to define the lasting implications than we are now; however, that does not mean we have to wait for answers. As the nation copes with the insurrection that left five Americans dead, including Capitol police […]
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The 2020-2021 academic year just became a bit more rewarding for three members of Phi Theta Kappa. Yanir Haim, Trent Zakielarz and Gustavo Guevara were the most recent recipients of academic achievement awards at PVCC. It takes hard work and dedication to achieve a degree from any institute, whether it is a community college or […]
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