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With the next semester’s enrollment open, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) will be welcoming the nation’s veterans to the campus. Veteran students present a unique challenge to faculty and present students, which is to help veteran students with the transition from soldier to student. Transitioning from being a member of the armed services to becoming […]
Continue ReadingWorkforce Services at Piedmont Virginia Community College is partnering with local businesses and area professionals to provide its fourth annual Summer Career Academies (SCA) program this summer. SCA, open to rising 7th, 8th and 9th graders, will run from June 18 to Aug. 10 and will offer nearly 30 one-week academies led by PVCC faculty […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, April 29 at 3:00 p.m. the Piedmont Virginia Community College Chorus will return to the V. Earl Dickinson stage to present its annual spring concert. No tickets are required. The theme of this year’s performance is “On the Lighter Side,” and the concert will include a repertoire of popular show tunes. The concert […]
Continue ReadingOn March 27 and 28, the Student Veteran Organization (SVO) at Piedmont Virginia Community College held a drive to send care packages to service men and women overseas. SVO collected items for the packages through collection boxes in the Bolick Center, and the organization also accepted cash donations for the postage. “The packages that have […]
Continue ReadingThe Youth Mentorship Club (YMC) is bringing the Battle of the Bands to Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) once again. The Battle of the Bands is one of the YMC’s fundraising events for organizations that work with kids in the Charlottesville community. This year, the YMC will be donating 100 percent of the proceeds from the Battle of the Bands to help the I Have a Dream […]
Continue ReadingThe Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) Fitness Club is looking to wake up the student body’s outlook on health and fitness. Club member Jacob Harned said, “The Fitness Club’s mission is to educate the student body about techniques used to maintain healthy nutrition and fitness in order to help them stay healthy, even with the busy life of a college student.” The club aims to get more PVCC students to care about their health […]
Continue ReadingOn Feb. 28, Governor Bob McDonnell’s “Opportunity to Learn” agenda was signed into legislation and will affect Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC). Each school in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) must submit an agreement to the Glenn DuBois, chancellor of the VCCS, and to Patricia I. Wright, superintendent of public instruction. These contracts will outline […]
Continue ReadingOn March 7, a fire broke out behind Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC)’s V. Earl Dickinson Building. No one was hurt in the blaze that torched a PVCC Building and Grounds, John Deere Gator utility vehicle and nearby storage shed. Fire investigators for Albemarle County have traced the cause of the fire back to a […]
Continue ReadingEvery other Monday at 12:20 p.m. an intriguing group of people gets together to discuss various political issues. Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Political Club meets in room M161 in the hopes of sharing political ideas and opinions. “Every week we choose a different issue, sit around the table and discuss it,” said Connie Jorgensen, government […]
Continue ReadingWorkforce Services at Piedmont Virginia Community College will hold its first annual “Healthy, Well-thy and Wise” Wellness Fair on Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the PVCC Stultz Center. The fair will include presentations and workshops on over nine areas of wellness, including physical, mental, legal and financial wellness. Divided into […]
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