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Northern Virginia Community College was the top producer of associate degrees in 2011, according to a study by Community College Week.  The analysis charts appeared in the June 11 issue of Community College Week, with NOVA awarding 4,695 associate degrees for the academic year.  Houston Community College came in second with 3,606 and Salt Lake [...]

Dr. Gillian Backus was awarded the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Teaching Excellence Award. Since 2009, she has worked with the Faculty Learning Communities through Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. During one brainstorming session, the team created a winning concept:  develop a multidisciplinary course for non-science majors that would grant [...]

On June 20, the Office of Emergency Management and Planning (OEMP) held a mock disaster drill as part of the graduation ceremony for 15 faculty and staff members from across the College who volunteered to undergo weeks of training to become members of NOVA’s first Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT). The purpose of C-CERT [...]

NOVA’s Commencement ceremony was held Saturday, May 12 at the George Mason University Patriot Center. Each year, thousands of NOVA students graduate and the ceremony is a huge success due in great part to the faculty and staff volunteers. A total of 58 employees volunteered from a variety of departments including classified staff, faculty, adjuncts, [...]

The Manassas Campus held National DNA Day on April 23 to celebrate the 53th anniversary of the discovery of DNA. The event was organized by Biotechnology Program Head Ia Gomez (MA) in collaboration with Student Activities Coordinator Leif Corbett (MA), and with active participation of more than 40 students. The event consisted of numerous hands-on [...]

Loudoun adjunct professor Andrew Olson has published a collection of fictional short stories set in the rural Midwest called “Barn Stripping and Other Stories.” “My main goal for the collection was to connect with reader, to elicit in them memories, whether of grandparents or their own childhood, about the world before consumerism and materialism became [...]

NOVA’s John Kocur (AL), instructor of music and director of the Jazz Studies and Music Appreciation Programs, was recently in a The Washington Post article, John Kocur offers smoking instrumental jazz at Twins by Michael West. West reviewed a concert Kocur and his professional band performed. For questions, contact jkocur@nvcc.edu or 703-933-8364.

The Extended Learning Institute (ELI) has been experiencing a lot of growth the past two years. The numbers of new faculty and staff, as well as student enrollment, have been consistently climbing and ELI is happy to welcome all of the new faces. Several new staff members have joined the ELI team in order to [...]

What do students at Northern Virginia Community College, Purdue University (Indiana), Alston University (England), Dawson College (Canada), and Megatrend University (Serbia) have in common? Answer: Students at these colleges and universities won prizes in the 2012 ET Educational Foundation’s International Design Competition. They won prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 and international recognition for conceptual [...]

With the arrival of summer, a group of College Parking staff members have been playing basketball during lunch once a week to balance work with exercise. The Annandale Community Park, where they practice and play, is a five-minute walk from the building where they work. Basketball anyone?

The Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Quartet will present a free show Saturday, July 14 at 8:00 p.m. at the Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater at the Manassas Campus. The OBCO Quartet will showcase two violins, viola and cello playing “Strings under the Stars.” Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra is a nonprofit arts organization committed to featuring some [...]

The Office of Student Mental Health and Behavior would like to remind you that NOVACares is a way to report any concerning behavior you see or experience on campus.  Each NOVA campus has a CARE (Campus Assessment, Response, and Evaluation) team that is tasked with evaluating reported concerns. The team can then develop an intervention [...]

A handbook that can help faculty include value exercises and experiential scenarios in their regular curricula will be available for review in the library of each NOVA campus and center. According to one official, the modules are “creative and comprehensive” and incorporate “a wide range of learning styles.” The handbook is useful to faculty in [...]