AL CAMPUS WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS | October 20– 26

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AL WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS | October 20– 26

 

AL Campus New Academic Building Under Construction

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Please visit our AL Campus “NEW” Academic Building blog (http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alnab/ )for construction photos.

 

We will keep you posted on our AL Campus “NEW” Academic Building blog (http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alnab/ ), as we move into various phases of the project.

For more photos please follows us at the following:

Blog:  http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alnab/

 

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Dawes Parking Garage Upcoming Repairs

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Traffic pattern will change leading into and out of the Dawes Garage effective Monday October 20, 2014 for repairs until completion. We are carrying out corrective repairs to the Dawes Parking Garage.

Follow new temporary Traffic signs and pattern if you plan to park inside.

 

We apologies for any inconvenience.

 

AL Campus Department of Operations.

 

Date: Monday, October 20, 2014

Time: Until repairs are completed

Location: Alexandria campus

Dawes Parking Garage

 

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Robert Earl Keen

Community Event !!!

 

Admission: $49.50

Robert Earl Keen is an American singer-songwriter and entertainer living in the central Texas hill country.

Date: Monday, October 20, 2014

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Birchmere

3701 Mount Vernon Avenue

Alexandria, VA 22305

Phone: 703-549-7500

 

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MEC Exchange Workshops

AL Campus Event !!!

 

This workshop is aimed at increasing your knowledge about the admission process and empowering you to prepare for admission into our Allied Health and Nursing fields.

You must register for this workshop. Register here.

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Time: 9:30am – 11:00am

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: 158

 

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Re-Thinking Reading Workshop

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Strategies for Effective Academic Reading (and myths about it):

Seven reading myths

Pre-reading skills

Backwards reading strategies

Effective reading tips

Conversations with your text

Hands-on activities and practice

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: 158

Contact Information:

Name: Rachel R. Martin

Phone: 703.933.1422

Email: rrmartin@nvcc.edu

 

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Green Club Meeting

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Our campus environmental club is called the Green Club. We meet every Wednesday (except 11/26) at 1:30pm in Bisdorf 362-B. New members are always welcome. Even if you can’t attend meetings, you can attend events. Get on the mailing list: NovaAlexandriaGreenClub@gmail.com or like us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/NovaGreenAlexandria

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room 362-B

 

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Career and Majors in the Liberal Arts

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Faculty Discussion Panel- Hear from those who have found satisfying and rewarding careers with degrees in Economics, Political Science, Foreign Language and many other Liberal Arts areas.

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: AA-196

Contact Information:

Name: Marjorie Kinnaman

Email: mkinnaman@nvcc.edu

 

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Columbia University Information Session

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Columbia University representatives will be on campus to speak with prospective students.

 

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 200pm – 4:00pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: AA 262 B

Contact Information:

Name: Amira Al-Khulaidy

Email: aalkhulaidy@nvcc.edu

 

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Transfer Visit: Columbia University

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Columbia University will be coming to the Alexandria Campus to conduct an information session with students interested in transferring.

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 200pm – 4:00pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: 196

Contact Information:

Name: Amira Al-Khulaidy

Phone: 703.575.47001

Email: aalkhulaidy@nvcc.edu

 

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The Marshall Tucker Band

Community Event !!!

 

Admission: $45

 

The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock/country rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band’s blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Birchmere

3701 Mount Vernon Avenue

Alexandria VA 22305

Phone: 703-549-7500

 

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Alexandria Campus Transfer Fair

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Over 60 Colleges and Universities represented! Come learn about admission requirements, majors available and financial aid opportunities at your transfer institutions!

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014

Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm

Location: Bisdorf Building, Phase III 3rd & 4th Floors

 

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Lecture by Frederick Downs Jr.

AL Campus Event !!!

The Alexandria Honors program and the Lyceum committee are honored to be hosting veteran and author Frederick Downs. Jr.

Frederick Downs Jr. is a veteran and the retired national director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service. He served with distinction in Vietnam as a combat platoon leader. Because of his service in Vietnam he earned the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with “V” Device for valor, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and four Purple Hearts.

In addition to having appeared on numerous television shows, Frederick Downs Jr. is also the author of three books, The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War; Aftermath: A Soldier’s Return from Vietnam and No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends: An American Soldier Returns to Vietnam. All are invited!

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014

Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: 196

Contact Information:

Name: Michael Amey

Email: mamey@nvcc.edu

 

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The NOVA Alexandria Band to play Halloween concert

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Admission: Free

Audience Members are encouraged to dress in Halloween Costumes for Prizes!!!!!!!

Spend a night listening to frighteningly good music at the 2014 “Spooktacular Sounds in the Haunted Hall: A Halloween Concert” at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume.

The NOVA Alexandria Band will play a selection of music from various composers, including “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg, “Graceful Ghost Rag” by William Bolcom, “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!” by Eric Whitacre, and “Hammersmith, Op. 52: Prelude and Scherzo” by Gustav Holst.

The band includes both NOVA students and community members. Lisa C. Eckstein, a music instructor at NOVA-Alexandria, will direct the band.

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014

Time:7:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: Schlesinger Center

Contact Information:

Name: Lisa Eckstein

Email: leckstein@nvcc.edu

Parking: Beauregard Parking Garage

 

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Last Day to Drop with a Tuition Refund or Change to Audit -Second 8 Week Session

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Last Day to Drop with a Tuition Refund or Change to Audit -Second  8 Week Session

Date: Friday, October 24, 2014

Time: 12:00am – 11:59pm

Location: All NOVA Campuses

 

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Ghost & Graveyard Special Halloween Tour

Community Event !!!

 

Admission: $15/adults, $7/ages 7-17

For one night only, Alexandria Colonial Tours will end its special Halloween tour in the very room where one of Alexandria’s most mysterious women became a ghost. Weave your way through some of Alexandria’s most haunted locations hearing tales of this historic city’s past and end in the bedroom of the “Female Stranger” at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. Tours will run every 15 minutes. Reservations are suggested and tickets can be purchased online or in person. Partial proceeds benefit Gadsby’s Tavern Museum.

Date: Friday, October 24, 2014

Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

134 N. Royal Street

Alexandria VA 22314

Phone: 703-519-1749

 

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John Carlyle 1780 Funeral, Vault Visit and Historical Haunt Tour of Alexandria

Community Event !!!

 

Admission: $20/person; $30/couple; $10/child (ages 12-17); children ages 11 & under are free. Reservations are recommended.

In the middle of the American Revolution, Death visited Carlyle House during the fall of 1780 and claimed the life of town founder John Carlyle.

On Saturday, October 25th from 6 to 9 pm, step back in time and be a part of this historic funeral as you learn about mourning practices in Revolutionary War America. Visit the candlelit Carlyle House to view the coffin and pay respects to surviving family members. Then, follow your guide into the rarely seen underground vaults to learn more about spirits and legends of the 18th-century. Return to Carlyle House at 9pm to join a funeral procession to the Old Presbyterian Meeting House where a short 18th-century benediction and blessing will be held followed by a mock internment at John Carlyle’s lantern-lit grave in the cemetery.

Please call Alexandria’s Footsteps to the Past at 703-683-3451 to purchase your ticket: $20/person; $30/couple; $10/child (ages 12-17); children ages 11 & under are free. Reservations are recommended.

Located at 121 N. Fairfax Street in Old Town Alexandria, visit our website for more information: www.novaparks.com.

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2014

Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Location: Carlyle House

121 N. Fairfax Street

Alexandria VA 22314

Phone: 703-549-2997

www.novaparks.com

 

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New Dominion Chorale

24th Season – Handel: Acis and Galatea

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Tickets Required

Featuring finalists of the Washington International Vocal Competition:

Abigail Mitchell, soprano

Allan Palacios Chan, tenor

Matthew Hill, tenor

Jeffrey Tarr, bass

With Orchestra

Date: Sunday, October 26, 2014

Time: 4:00pm

Location: Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, 4915 East Campus Lane, Alexandria, VA 22311

Website: www.vgmb.com

Phone: 703-426-4777

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The NOVA Alexandria Band to play Halloween Concert

Audience Members are encouraged to dress in

Halloween Costumes for Prizes!!!!!!!

 

The NOVA Alexandria Band to play Halloween ConcertHalloween Concert Flyer 2014

Spend a night listening to frighteningly good music at the 2014 “Spooktacular Sounds in the Haunted Hall: A Halloween Concert” at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume.

The NOVA Alexandria Band will play a selection of music from various composers, including “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg, “Graceful Ghost Rag” by William Bolcom, “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!” by Eric Whitacre, and “Hammersmith, Op. 52: Prelude and Scherzo” by Gustav Holst.

The band includes both NOVA students and community members. Lisa C. Eckstein, a music instructor at NOVA-Alexandria, will direct the band.

Date:                        Thursday, 23 October 2014
Time:                        7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location:                  Schlesinger Center
Cost:                          The concert is free and open to the public.
Parking:                    Beauregard Parking Garage

CONTACT:
For more information please Lisa Eckstein | Music Instructor and Band Director | leckstein@nvcc.edu

Awareness Training | Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Sexual Assault | Domestic Violence | Stalking Awareness Training

NOVA Police and NOVA CARES’s Sexual Assault Services will conduct college-wide training sessions in October on responding to crimes against women.  If you are interested in this training, please RSVP to Officer Tony Ong (tong@nvcc.edu).

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • How to avoid sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking 789
  • What to do if you are a victim
  • Police guidance on relevant topics, such as protective orders, police reporting options and more
  • Resources in your community

 

INFORMATION:
Date:              Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Time:             noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location:     Bisdorf Building | AA-158

 

CONTACT:
For more information please contact Officer Tony Ong | NOVA Police’s Community Outreach Officer | tong@nvcc.edu

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FALL SEMESTER TOWN HALL |Monday, 10 November 2014

FALL SEMESTER TOWN HALL | Monday, 10 November 2014

Please JOIN Dr. Ronald Buchanan for the upcoming Town Hall meeting:

 Town Hall Fall 2014

Date:                     Monday, 10 November2014
Time:                    1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location:            This event will take place at the Bisdorf Building | AA-196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS | October 13 – 19

AL WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AL Campus New Academic Building Under Construction

AL Campus Announcement !!!

We are excited to update you that the construction for our new academic building has officially begun!

If you peruse out of any of the east-side windows located at the Bisdorf Building, you will notice our Mount Vesuvius.  It is the first phase of construction, which is going quite well.

In addition, faculty and staff are diligently working on furniture orders and other preparations for the new state-of-the art facility.  The contractors are moving as swiftly as possible to complete this project on time.

The construction project began in early-August 2014 and we hope to complete this project by June 2016.  We hope that everyone join in our excitement, as we continue on this journey.

We will keep you posted on our AL Campus “NEW” Academic Building blog (http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alnab/ ), as we move into various phases of the project.

For more photos please follows us at the following:

Blog:  http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alnab/

 

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Last Day for Students to Add Their Names to the Wait List 2014 Fall Semester- Second 8 Week Session

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Date: Monday, October 13, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: All NOVA

 

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Non-Instructional Days/No Classes. College Offices Open.

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Date: Monday, October 13, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: All NVOA Campuses

 

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Last Day for Faculty to Enter Grades and Submit all W and I to Student Services Center

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: All NOVA Campuses

 

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Non-Instructional Days/No Classes. College Offices Open.

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: All NOVA Campuses

 

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Annual Chorus Benefit Concert

AL Campus Event!!!

This could be the first that some NOVA students have been to a concert of classical music. It is likely to be the first time NOVA students have seen their peers perform classical music. Mozart’s music is wonderful!

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door’ NOVA students. staff and faculty free with NOVA ID; under 18 years are free.

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Schlesinger Center

3001 N. Beauregard Street

Alexandria, VA 22311

Contact Information:

Name: Dr. Mark Whitmire

Phone: 703-845-6097

Email: mwhitmire@nvcc.edu

 

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Classes Begin for 2014 Fall Semester- Second 8 Week Session

AL Campus Announcement !!!

 

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: All NOVA Campuses

 

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Green Club Meeting

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Our campus environmental club is called the Green Club. We meet every Wednesday (except 11/26) at 1:30pm in Bisdorf 362-B. New members are always welcome. Even if you can’t attend meetings, you can attend events. Get on the mailing list: NovaAlexandriaGreenClub@gmail.com or like us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/NovaGreenAlexandria

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room 362-B

 

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Flu Shot Clinic

AL Campus Event !!!

 

Walgreens will hold a Flu Shot Clinic for employees and students at the Alexandria campus on Thursday, October 16, 2014. The clinic is open to all employees who are COVA Care and COVA Health Aware participants. If you are interested please complete sections A through C of the attached form and indicate if you have COVA Care and COVA Health Aware. You will also need to bring your ID and your insurance card.

For expecting mothers, Walgreens offers preservative free vaccine. Please refer to question 7 in section B of the attached form. Expecting mothers are also able to get the Tdap vaccine if they request. Walgreens can deliver the Tdap vaccine at the same time as the flu shot. For employees over 60 years of age, Walgreens offers the Shingles vaccine however those interested must notify Farisa Ali, Walgreens’ Pharmacist, in advance. If you are interested please email Farisa Ali at rxm.12359@store.walgreens.com. All Singles vaccines orders will be processed before administrating the flu vaccine.

Students and employees who do not have the COVA plans may still receive a flu shot for $25.99 out of pocket (cash only please). Timeslots are available from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in AA-158. Space is limited so please reserve your spot by signing up and clicking here Alexandria Campus Flu Shot Clinic.

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2014

Time: 9:00am – 1:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: 158

Contact Information:

Name: Jessica Cedoz

Email: rxm.12359@store.walgreens.com

 

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NOVA Scholarship Fair 2014

AL Campus Event!!!

 

The Liberal Arts Division Scholarship Committee of the Alexandria campus is pleased to present NOVA Scholarship Fair.

 

Interested Students will learn about the scholarships offered by NOVA and the Liberal Arts Division.  They can also learn about Academic Works, a new scholarship management tool launched this fall for presenting, managing and awarding scholarships to students.

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2014

Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm

Location: Alexandria Campus | Bisdorf – Cafeteria

Contact Information:

Name: Dr. John Sound

jsound@nvcc.edu

 

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Teatro Milagro Bilingual Play and Workshop

AL Campus Event !!!

 

In Cuentame Coyote, two cousins are abandoned in the desert, crossing the border with a “Coyote”. In their struggle for survival they encounter coyotes with two legs and four along with a host of other spirits along their journey. The play was developed after an intensive research trip to the Tohono O’odham reservation in Arizona. Sacred stories combined with migrant tales of the dangers of dehydration, snake bite and scorpions in the desolate 100 degree desert heat fuel the storyline of this new Milagro work.

Erubiel Valladares joins Milagro this season in the title role of Coyote. Ajai Terrazas Tripathi and Alida Holquín Wilson-Gunn are the two cousins and Mariel Sierra plays various roles.

JOURNEY WORKSHOP:
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2014
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Tyler Building | AT-121

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2014

Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Location: Alexandria – Schlesinger Center  (View Map)
3001 N. Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311

Contact Information:

Name: Linda Vitello
Email: lvitello@nvcc.edu

Phone: 703-845-6156

 

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National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar

Community Event !!!

 

The National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar,  is October 17-20, 2014 at Northern Virginia Community College/Alexandria. The seminar will include visits to the Organization of American States, U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The program will also spend an entire day hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Registration information is here.
More information about the seminar is here.

Registration closes on September 17.

Date: Friday, October 17, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: Off-campus

Contact Information:
Name: Linda Rodriguez

Email: lirodriguez@nvcc.edu


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Crisis, Grief and Loss Workshop

AL Campus Event!!!

 

Date: Friday, October 17th, 2014

Time: 9:00am – 11:00am

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: AA 158

Contact Information:

Name: Sherri Anna Brown

Phone:  703-845-6303

 

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Crisis, Grief and Loss Workshop

AL Campus Event!!!

 

Date: Friday, October 17th, 2014

Time: 9:00am – 11:00am

Location: Alexandria – Bisdorf

5000 Dawes Ave

Alexandria, VA 22311

Room: AA 158

Contact Information:

Name: Sherri Anna Brown

Phone:  703-845-6303

 

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Teaching about Global Conflict and Peacebuilding Seminar for Faculty

AL Campus Event!!!

 

Anytime in between 8:00am and 5:00pm, Alexandria Campus, Bisdorf Building, Room 158

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2014

Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Bisdorf Building

Room 158

Contact Information:

Name: Linda Rodriguez

Email: lirodriguez@nvcc.edu

 

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National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar

Community Event!!!

 

The National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar,  is October 17-20, 2014 at Northern Virginia Community College/Alexandria. The seminar will include visits to the Organization of American States, U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The program will also spend an entire day hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Registration information is here.
More information about the seminar is here.

Registration closes on September 17.

 

Date: Sunday, October 19, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: Off-campus

Contact Information:
Name: Linda Rodriguez

Email: lirodriguez@nvcc.edu

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