Tag Archives: History

Manassas Faculty Ensures Honors Students Get a Lesson in The Bard

Associate Professor of History Rebecca Hayes (MA) took students from her honors Western Civilization course to Staunton, Virginia, to visit the American Shakespeare Center and the Blackfriars Playhouse. At the center, they participated in a workshop led by the director of education. They also enjoyed a performance of “Henry V.”

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NOVA History Collections on the Web

Interested in learning about NOVA’s history? NOVA History Collections is an online archival repository for more than 500 photographs, student publications, commencement programs, yearbooks and other documents from 1965 to the present. The repository is full-text searchable, and users can download, save and print any document or photograph in our collections. This project was initiated [...]

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Annandale History Professor Discusses Lincoln’s Assassination

On October 20, Dr. Terry Alford (AN) spoke at a Lyceum Lecture Series event at Victoria College outside of Houston, Texas. Victoria College is a two-year institution with just over 4,000 students. Alford was Victoria College’s second Lyceum Lecture Series speaker this year. Alford took his audience back to that fateful night of April 14, [...]

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer Website Project Launched

Loudoun History Professors Charlie Evans and Bill Pierce completed a project focused on the work of Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The project publishes the background materials that will make Toer’s works accessible for students enrolled in NOVA’s western and world history survey courses and world literature courses. The project was funded by the Virginia Community College [...]

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NOVA American History Course Ranked in Top 30 on iTunes

Web Services and Digital Media Director Cathy Simpson received news that Black Pride Network ranked a NOVA course one of the top 30 iTunes courses in American history. “America in Triumph and Turbulence” was originally developed by Dr. Charles Errico for the Extended Learning Institute. The course includes dozens of videotaped interviews with historical figures [...]

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