Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
When I had finished high school, I set out to become an automotive service technician at CMA’s Volvo Cars of Charlottesville. After two years of physical labor and long, hard hours, however, I felt like I needed to try something new to keep my own passion for working on cars intact. That brought me to […]
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Growing up, Associate Professor of Art Fenella Belle’s artistic passions were nurtured from the start. With a painter and teacher mother, architect father, and her stepmother a documentary filmmaker, it might not be surprising Belle turned creativity into her career. Belle received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in fibers, at the University of the […]
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In the Writing Center at PVCC, there is a dimly lit modest office. In this office, sits a hard-working man who is passionate about his job. This man is Dr. Todd Parks of Student Affairs. Parks is from Charlotte, North Carolina. He moved to Fishersville, Virginia, in 2007. He then attended the University of North […]
Continue ReadingIt’s not uncommon for college students to get burnt out during a tough semester. Between homework and other things like work, it can be easy to lose track of when assignments are due. Although college can get to be a lot, PVCC offers a helping hand through the Student Success Office. The Student Success Office, […]
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PVCC’s Vice President for Instruction and Student Affairs, Dr. John Donnelly, will be retiring at the end of June. Donnelly has worked at PVCC for over 14 years, since February of 2010. Prior to coming to PVCC, Donnelly worked at other community colleges. He started at Germanna Community College in Locust Grove, Virginia, where he […]
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In May 2022, Dr. Frank Friedman retired after 23 years of serving as PVCC’s president. Friedman has been praised by many members of the community for his contributions to PVCC, including the creation of several healthcare and technology programs, increasing both student enrollment and graduation rates, and raising over $27 million in funds for the […]
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Some people fascinate others in the first moments of an encounter and some teachers grab their students’ attention at the very first lecture. One such person is Dr. Manon Ehrlich, assistant professor of English at PVCC. Her unique style and friendly French approach to helping students succeed in her class is one which fosters a […]
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IT services help with everything from recovering forgotten passwords, and tech support, to maintaining the building’s online functionality. They provide online class tutorials for those who need them, and they even handle emergency closure information like when PVCC had a snow day recently. Anni Wilson works as a systems analyst in the IT department at […]
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As finals week approaches, PVCC students prepare for the last exams before winter break, and classes begin to wind down. This is not the case for Mary-Evelyn Sellars, PVCC’s new coordinator for student life and campus engagement, who is busy ensuring that the last weeks of the fall semester are filled with activities and events, […]
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The Museo Galileo in Florence — dedicated to the famous astronomer, Galileo, and home to one of the world’s major collections of scientific instruments — hosted our very own Professor of Biology Dr. Anne Allison during her year-long research sabbatical on scientific literacy and philosophy. On Oct. 4, she gave a presentation about what living […]
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