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On Nov. 2, Geshe Lobsang Nyendak, chief editor of the Collected Works of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, came to PVCC to talk about Buddhist concepts of identity. This presentation was made possible by Danzing Thomson, PVCC’s adjunct professor of Eastern Religion, who reached out to Nyendak and invited him to campus. The presentation took […]
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On Monday, Oct. 31, PVCC celebrated Halloween by inviting students to put on costumes and compete for prizes in a variety of categories. The contest took place at the Bolick Student Center at noon. Streamers of toilet paper hung from the Student-Center ceiling, and the tables had been moved to the edges of the room […]
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Many articles published by The Forum (this one included) began as assignments for ENG 121: Introduction to Journalism, which teaches students the principles of reading, writing, and editing articles. In the coming semester, Introduction to Journalism will be a 16-week course, meeting twice a week in the Writing Center Lab (M627) on Tuesdays and Thursdays […]
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There is no set way to learn. Each person has their own strengths and weaknesses but not every teacher knows how to teach students who do not think like them. Dr. Abigail James, professor of psychology at PVCC, has spent her life immersed in education in one way or another and is always working to […]
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On Saturday, Dec. 2, the PVCC Art Department is holding an event where anyone interested in comics can get together for an exercise in collaborative art and storytelling. This event is the Comic Jam, and it will last from noon to 6 p.m. in room 117 of the Dickinson Building. Assistant Professor of Art Aaron […]
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Cars going up College Drive to reach the main parking lot for PVCC all pass a building at the very bottom of the road. People who take the time to look at the building’s parking lot might notice that it contains several tractor-trailers. This is the Workforce Services building, where many PVCC students have acquired […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingOn Sept. 14, a large theater of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Charlottesville (located at 375 Merchant Walk Square) was filled with a noise like a stampede of horses. This noise did not come from the movie being played; however, instead, it was the product of the packed audience, each of whom had been given […]
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