As the semester winds down, Pride NOVA invites you to relax and enjoy a cup, or more, of tea! Come and learn more about our group, discuss future events, or just hang out for a while!

Hello NOVA Students,

Please join us for this free upcoming event. Job search and resume writing have changed dramatically in the last few years. If you want to succeed, you’ll need the most up-to-date information on Today’s Job Search Realities:

— Online Job Boards
— Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
— Social Media
— Recruiters
— Referrals

Date: Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Arlington Employment Center | 2100 Washington Blvd | Arlington, VA 22204
Contact: Edythe Richards | erichards@nvcc.edu (Registration Required)

This workshop will walk you through a 6-step resume writing process designed to get your résumé noticed by both online systems and recruiters/hiring managers. You will leave with invaluable information that will significantly improve your résumé quality and overall job search success.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The following is the 2016 NOVA Summer Music Camp information and registration brochure.  The camp will be July 11-15 this year.  It is for band, orchestra, and harp students ages 11-15.

CONTACT:
Lisa Eckstein
NOVA Band Director & Summer Camp Director
office: 703-845-6252
cell: 301-252-0750

Hello AL Campus,

If you have any events or need information about our AL Campus Schlesinger Center, please contact Stephen Shetler.  He is our new Point-of-Contact for the Schlesinger Center.

Schlesinger Center Contact:
Name:          Stephen Shetler
Phone :        703 575-4728
Email:          sshetler@nvcc.edu
Website:      Schlesinger Center

NOVA Community Chorus (Dr. Mark Whitmire, Director) will join the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra to present a concert of music to celebrate the arrival of Spring. The concert will in include Appalachian Spring Suite by Aaron Copland, Springtime in Funen by Carl Nielsen, and Spring Symphony by Robert Schumann.

There will be two performances:

Date: Sunday, 10 April 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Church of the Epiphany | 1317 G Street NW, Washington DC

Date: Sunday, 17 April 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial | 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22301

This extraordinary opportunity for NOVA music students is made possible by a college/community partnership designed to give students experience performing with full orchestra. While tickets are $20 at the door, free tickets are available to NOVA students, faculty and staff.

NOVA COMMUNITY CHORUS is a one hundred-voice ensemble that combines singers from the NVCC Music Program and the surrounding community. The chorus has distinguished itself both locally and internationally, performing regularly with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, as well as at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the National Theater, and the Kennedy Center. The chorus toured Spain and performed at the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville. Other international performances include Gloucester Cathedral (2003), Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral (2006), the Leipzig International Choral Festival (2008). Chartres Cathedral and Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (2010) and St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice, and St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome (2013).

CONTACT:
For more information contact Dr. Mark A. Whitmire | 703-845-6097 | mwhitmire@nvcc.edu

Dear AL Campus!

The Alexandria Bookstore is now hiring. We are hiring temporary employees to help us with both our SUMMER & FALL rush.

*You must be able to work until August 31st but preferably until September 9th.
*You must be punctual
*You must be organized
*You must be able to multi-task
*You must be able to lift up to 40 lb boxes
*You must have outstanding communication & customer service skills
*You must be at least 16 years old to apply
*You must be able to work Saturdays (we are normally not open Saturdays, but during the start of a new semester we are open a couple of Saturdays)

Pay for temporary employees is $7.25 and is non-negotiable.

Our Store Hours are:
Monday – Thursday: 9am to 7pm
Friday: 9am to 2pm

You’d need to be able to work at a minimum 3 days a week Monday – Thursday, plus Friday and Saturday (when applicable). You’d need to have either an open availability or be able to work one of the following shifts.
Shift 1: 8:30 am to 2pm
Shift 2: 2pm to 7:30 pm

Please note if you are able to work longer times then stated above please note that in your application. The shifts listed above are the minimum we will accept.

When we are open Saturdays the shift would be 9:30am to 5:30pm
Please CLICK HERE to apply. Please don’t e-mail me your resume, you must apply at the website provided.

CONTACT:
For more information please contact Natalie Garcia (Department Manager) | 703-671-0043

Facebook: NVCC ELI Distance Learning/Alexandria Campus Bookstore
Store Website: www.nvcc.bncollege.com

Giovanna Chesler, GMU Director of the Film program and Lori Ann A Yi, Admission Specialist of the program will come and talk to our students. They will provide information about their program; discuss transfer credits accepted etc. And they will show a couple of short films made by their students.

All students interested in transferring to a film program should attend.
Date:             Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Time:             2:00pm – 3:00pm
Location:      Bisdorf Building | Room AA-158

Lucy Gebre-Egziabher Fulbright Scholar – Film Studies
Communication Studies & Theatre
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria Campus
703-845-6297
Faculty site: http://blogs.nvcc.edu/lgebre/

The World Is Your Classroom (and Living Room too!)

Come hear English Language Fellow Matthew Jellick speak about his experiences teaching and living abroad.  From Korea to Ethiopia, and from Asia to Africa, learn about the professional and personal experiences which living and working overseas offers, expanding your worldview while helping others…

Lucy Gebre-Egziabher
Fulbright Scholar – Film Studies
Communication Studies & Theatre
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria Campus
703-845-6297
Faculty site: http://blogs.nvcc.edu/lgebre/

This is open to the public and all NOVA students.

Date:           Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Time:           9:00am – 2:00pm
Location:     Woodbridge Campus | First Floor Atrium
Contact:       703-878-5626