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In a statement on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RivConAlliance), the Rivanna Conservation Alliance (a nonprofit watershed organization founded in 2016) celebrated that “The third annual River Round-Up was one for the books!” This River Round-Up took place on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Round-Up involved groups of volunteers walking and wading at various sites chosen by the […]
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As the late afternoon shifts into the evening with the descending sun, students, families, and couples fill the parking lot at Carter Mountain Orchard. Not far from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the orchard sits at the edge of the city, providing a bird’s eye view of Charlottesville and the never-ending mountain ridges to the East. There […]
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The Fluvanna Farmers Market held in front of Ace Hardware is a fantastic Sunday morning adventure from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The event includes a variety of vendors, live music that changes weekly, and children’s games. (Although children’s games were advertised, they were not available when I showed up.) At this farmers market, many […]
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There is a popular saying, “You can do anything you put your mind to.” I see why people tell you that. It’s because doubting yourself and not believing in yourself should not be acceptable. On Sept. 27, PVCC held a Self-Awareness seminar as part of the Charles T. Baber Leadership Program series. I attended the […]
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This past Friday, Sept. 23, PVCC invited the public to view the most recent art gallery opening, The Fall Line Retrospective. The opening was hosted by the PVCC visual arts department and took place in the North Gallery of the V. Earl Dickinson building at the south end of the campus. The exhibition highlights the […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 […]
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The One Book Program has a new book out for this Fall semester: The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here, by Hope Jahren. The book goes over the science and history of different inventions that are detrimental to the environment, in an attention-holding, interesting way. Many […]
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Juneteenth, a national holiday that celebrates the complete enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in former slave states, is a celebration that many people know and celebrate, but most are probably not familiar with Charlottesville’s own emancipation celebration, Liberation and Freedom Day. Liberation and Freedom Day is a city holiday on March 3 which celebrates the […]
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“Okay, well the goal this semester is to not have to mop up any real blood,” said PVCC student playwright and director Tori Freimuth to members of her cast, as she leaned over a table filling vials with fake blood, “At least the fake blood smells nicer.” It was Thursday, March 31, and members of […]
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All were welcomed to PVCC basketball courts on Wednesday, April 20, to play the Charlottesville Cardinals in a game of basketball. The event was hosted by Susan Hannifan, the director of student accessibility and accommodations at PVCC. This basketball game provided students with the opportunity to try out wheelchair basketball against a professional wheelchair basketball […]
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