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Students, faculty and staff from NOVA’s Medical Education Campus (MEC) had the opportunity to visit their elected officials in Richmond on February 11. Provost Brian Foley, Patricia Martin-Mattocks, Kathy Thompson and Respiratory Therapy faculty Rosary Ossorio shook hands with their representatives and thanked them for all their work on behalf of NOVA and the Northern [...]

On Valentine’s Day, the Woodbridge Campus celebrated women and brought awareness to domestic violence through the One Billon Rising event. This year a group of students read Eve Ensler’s “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer” to bring attention to the U.N. statistic that one in three women on the planet will be [...]

Eleven Annandale Business Administration students joined Assistant Professor of Accounting Jill Mitchell (AN) at the Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA) Washington, D.C., Chapter meeting on February 19 in Rosslyn, Virginia. AFWA (formerly known as the American Society of Women Accountants or ASWA) is a professional organization to increase opportunities for women in all fields [...]

On January 26, the Women’s Center and the Women’s Retention and Mentoring Project hosted the third annual Women Helping Women event. Sixty-two participants attended the event which featured scholarship information, a personal essay writing workshop, presentations on resume and cover-letter writing, and a Dress for Success seminar. A popular session, “Conquering Math Anxiety,” inspired many [...]

Two officials from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and one from the Japanese Embassy visited NOVA’s Medical Education Campus (MEC) on February 22 to tour the Campus and talk with Provost Brian Foley and other members of the MEC’s administration. Upcoming changes in the Japanese labor market, following a change in power [...]

In January, Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, and Manassas hosted “Honors Welcome Back” events for returning and prospective Honors students. To nobody’s surprise, the old proverb proved true: “If you feed them, they will come.” The events provided students, faculty, and counselors an opportunity to mingle, share some food and drink, and discuss updates from the Honors [...]

On February 11, Dr. Erin Devine opened a new art show in the Fourth Floor Gallery at the Woodbridge Campus. The art show is titled, “Aura: New Images of Women” and is part of the One Billion Rising event and Women’s History Month. The show will run through the month of March and includes a [...]

“An Evening with Sonia Sanchez” has been rescheduled for March 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Colgan Theater at the Manassas Campus. The event is free and open to the public with free parking in the student parking lots (Lot B). Sanchez is a renowned poet and prolific writer. She is the author of [...]

The Alexandria Campus Diversity Committee and Honors Program presents: The Grace of Silence & Race Card Project Presenter and author Michele Norris of NPR & ABC News Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Bisdorf 196 Bus Field Trip to Old Town Alexandria & DC Monuments Dr. Windham & Dr. Braden Lecture From Local Historical [...]

Dr. Terry Alford will present “Lincoln and Booth: One Mad Act and Its Expiation” as part of a salon-style series celebrating culture through arts, literature, and history discussions. In relating the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and John Wilkes Booth’s escape, flight, and death, Alford will introduce fresh details and insights about the most consequential [...]

Various NOVA programs and services, as well as community partner organizations, are working together to hold two Career Training Open House events. The first will be held at NOVA’s Innovation Park site on Saturday, March 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and the second will be on the Annandale Campus on Thursday, March 14 from 6:00 p.m. [...]

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) again brings you the semester-long Faculty Focus Series: Course Development for New and Seasoned Faculty. Please click here to register. All sessions are from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the CETL Center (AN CG 218). The remaining sessions are: March 4– Beginning at the End: Do your goals, [...]

Exhibition Dates: Friday, March 22 to Sunday, April 28, 2013 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with sitar and saz music by Jani Dylan and Azad Yalcin.  “Spotlight,” an exhibition of acrylic paintings on canvas by Lukman Ahmad, will be on display from Friday, March 22 through Sunday, April 28 in [...]

Take advantage of these professional development opportunities sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic & Student Services, Human Resources, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). Registration is through the NOVA Academy.  Understanding the Autism Spectrum at a Community College Is Critical to Providing Appropriate Services to Students Larrie [...]

The 2013 Leonard J. Mills Memorial Lecture will be held at 12:30 p.m., on Monday, March 25, in the CE Forum. The speaker will be George E. Vaillant, M.D., psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School. Mark your calendars!

The Virginia Community College System will upgrade our current Blackboard to Blackboard 9.1. The upgrade brings enhanced features for instructors and students. Be on the lookout for communications concerning the upgrade.

The NOVA Service Awards Luncheon honoring employees completing 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of service with the Commonwealth of Virginia will be held on Friday, April 5 at the Waterford at Springfield located at 6715 Commerce Street, Springfield, Virginia. Social time (cash bar) will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch [...]

Bruce Nash at Loudoun Campus has requested to participate in the leave-sharing program. If you would like to donate leave hours, please access a Leave Sharing Program Donor Form by copying the following URL into your web browser: http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-and-staff/human-resources/hr-forms/leave-sharing.html. Please complete the form by printing and submitting it to Human Resources by fax to 703-323-3155. [...]

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