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Want to Make the News? Introduction to Journalism ENG 121 Fall Semester 2019 Late start, 12-week course Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 to 3:45 p.m. Get published and create a portfolio of your work! The course is an approved transfer elective in many degree programs Email Dr. Tamara Whyte for more details: twhyte@pvcc.edu
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“Amarro cinco colores . . . ” Her two young children by her side, Nazarena, an artist from the city of Masaya, Nicaragua, chooses five spools of colorful thread and begins weaving them into an intricate braid. She talks while she tucks and twists the thread, explaining that she has been making pulseras– bracelets–for four […]
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Rachel Lemley, staff writer Phi Theta Kappa has been a leading international honors society in two-year colleges for many years. Their current chapter in PVCC is Alpha Epsilon Tau, which helps students get connected to their communities by public services like helping victims of natural disasters, toy and food drives, charity walks, and environmental activism. […]
Continue Reading— International Food Festival — April 3, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bolick Student Center — Women in STEAM Workshop *— April 3, 12 -1p.m. Main Building Auditorium M229 — PVCC Theatre Presents: Time of My Life — April 4, 5, 6, 7:30 p.m., April 7, 2:30 p.m. Dickinson Building Maxwell Theatre — Phi […]
Continue ReadingSophia Keniston, SGA president On March 19, SGA had elections for the Fall 2019 Semester. The new officers are as follows: President Jacob Laxton:, Events Officer Karen Garcia-Rivera, and Executive Senator Rainah Gregory. The remaining open positions will be voted on in Fall 2019. The Spring Fling is coming up on April 19. This event […]
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Samantha Aldridge, staff writer The Volunteer Club met on March 6 at 12 p.m. in the main building to discuss the upcoming free Easter egg hunt at PVCC. All five attendees talked about ideas involving the upcoming egg hunt. They mentioned having face painting, egg races, and even raffles. The club guarantees the event is […]
Continue ReadingSophia Keniston, SGA president The SGA is planning a family friendly Spring Fling for Friday April 19, 4-7 p.m. in the Dickinson Building Parking Lot aligning with the Chocolate Chow Down in the South Gallery of Dickenson Building and preceding the Free Movie Friday of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Students, faculty, staff, and their families […]
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Jessica Adkins, assistant editor PVCC’s SGA partnered with Charlottesville Health Department to inform PVCC’s community about sexual education and why it is important to know the facts that are related. Sex Education week took place Feb. 12 through Feb. 14. The first day of sex education week featured a representative from the Sexual Assault Resource […]
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Callan Shore, assistant editor Just days out from International Women’s Day (March 8), it is time to talk women’s suffrage. PVCC’s German Club hosted an event on Feb. 25 to discuss the women’s suffrage movements in the U.S. and Germany. In the North Mall Meeting Room, the core members of German club gave a PowerPoint […]
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Deadra Miller, online editor Feb. 16 through 17, Professor of Art Tom Clarkson sponsored a pottery workshop at PVCC. Potter Tom Bauman of Indiana came for two days to give tips on how he glazes and makes his pottery. Bauman started off the workshop with some history about how he started his work in pottery. […]
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