Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Adult Student Life Club Melanie Couzzo, Staff Writer Looking for a peer group that really understands the challenges in your life? Being an adult student returning to school can bring a unique set of challenges and opportunities. The Adult Student Life club is dedicated to supporting adult students and engaging them in the wider student body. […]
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The crowd in the ballroom erupted into a roar of “Commit!” “Commit!” The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Student Leadership Conference, held in historic Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, was attended by a delegation representing each community college in the state of Virginia. This year’s theme, “The Power of You,” represented the fact that each […]
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Fellow PVCC Students! From the SGA, we want to congratulate everyone on surviving the Fall Semester! As the temperature starts to drop, so does the motivation, usually. Fortunately, the members of the SGA this year have been working extra hard to make sure we are doing the best job we can to serve our students […]
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The Veterans Celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 11, went as most celebrations do: there was food, drinks and mingling. The event started at 12 p.m. in the North Mall meeting room and lasted several hours. Veterans from PVCC and veterans from the community attended. Jason Corral, the local director for Concerned Vets For America (CVA), gave […]
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Writers gather at PVCC’s Writing Center classroom M627 located in the Writing Center, every other Monday at 3 p.m. For over ten years, Creative Writing Club, also known as Writers Unite, has been active in the PVCC community. “We host the Fall Line, the 3-Minute Horror Story contest, the National Day on Writing Event, and […]
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On Nov. 5, PVCC President Frank Friedman met with members of the Adult Student Life Club (ASL) to discuss, well, anything they wanted. “Nothing is off limits,” said Denise McClanahan, PVCC’s Outreach Manager, as she introduced Friedman. McClanahan is the staff advisor for the ASL Club and she arranged the Q&A for adult students to […]
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My name is Forrest Patrick. I am serving as the Director of Public Relations for PVCC’s Student Government Association. My job is to work with the SGA to help get the word out about what we are doing. I have been working closely with the director of events and director of student voice to help […]
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Cheshire cats, Jedi knights, wood spirits, and the undead roamed the halls of PVCC’s Main Building on the evening of Oct. 23. Some played blackjack or Texas Hold‘em, others munched on free wings and mini Snickers bars, still others took group photos and chatted over the pulsing beat of top-hits music. The occasion that brought […]
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Over a hundred students registered during register-to-vote week according to political science Professor Connie Jorgensen. Professor Jorgensen organized the voting registration event that spanned from Sept. 21-24. “I am very passionate about registering to vote and the;n voting. Everyone should vote,” Jorgensen wrote in an e-mail. Using a new registration tool called TurboVote, 182 students […]
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On Sept. 8, 2015, Professor Bill Pratt addressed the Adult Student Life club as part of their on-going speaker series arranged by Staff Advisor, Denise McClanahan. Pratt’s informative presentation, “Financial Planning – Stretching Dollars without Bouncing Checks,” takes the stress out of financial planning and does not have to be all about bar graphs and […]
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