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NOVA Alexandria Campus Student Ambassadors lead One Day Immersion Conference in NYC

 

Hello NOVA Alexandria Campus,

October 30, through November 1, a team of twelve NOVA students and two faculty spent three days in NYC, preparing and assisting the One Day Immersion in Media, Entertainment and Technology ( ODI) Conference hosted at Pace University’s Lubin School of Business and produced by Dolly Wolf Enterprises, via financial backing from HBO, The Cable Center, Spectrum Networks and other corporate grants.

Our students worked alongside students from Pace, Fordham and NYU and were the only Community College represented among a field of top university students. NOVA’s team was lauded by Dolly Wolf, CEO, as being the hardest working and most enthusiastic team there.

Our NOVA students were responsible for registration, trafficking, coordinating meetings and workshops, as well as accommodating the needs of over fifty of top executives who donate their time to present panels, workshops and individual coaching sessions for the over three hundred attendees. Our students had personal contact with folks such as John Dickerson of CNN, Kathleen Finch, CEO of Discovery, Jana Henthorn, President of the Cable Center and many other equally impressive and generous executives who donate their time every year.

One of the team’s planning meetings turned into a party with an inspiring impromptu motivational talk from Evan Shapiro, CEO of National Lampoon. All NOVA students had the privilege of being enrolled in the highly selective and limited enrollment leadership workshops by Google, Namic and Spectrum Networks.

After one of the work sessions, the team was treated to the Broadway Show, Hadestown, last year’s winner of 8 Tony awards. This gift, was given by Zenita Henderson, Vice President of Marketing for SCTE. The student team comes at the invitation of Dolly Wolf who first came to Alexandria NOVA twelve years ago via the ground work of Dean Jimmie Mcclellan. She requested that these students be selected and coached by Professor Lucy Holsonbake. Kirstin Riddick of Tilt was also an accompanying and much needed Sponsor.

Glance at the photo of the team above and if you have time, skim the student biographies on the ODI website. Then pat yourself on the back. We are truly building a GLOBAL Citizenry. Student victories in work ethic, camaraderie, humility and kindness don’t just happen due to one class or one teacher. They are representative of our values, of who we are as a community and of the truth in the African adage, “It takes a village.”

We are quite a village.

 

Celebrate!

FAFSA Workshops

FAFSA Workshops

 Do you need help with the 2014-2015 FAFSA, please stop by Financial Aid Office or one of the FAFSA workshops

Date: Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Time: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Room: AA 159 FAFSA workshops (April 17th -May 2nd)-page-0

Date: Friday, April 18th, 2014
Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm 
Location: AA 159

Date: Monday, April 21st, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: AA 159

Date: Friday, April 25th, 2014
Time: 11:am – 3:00 pm
Location: AA 159

Date: Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: AA 159

Date: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: AA428

Date: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: AA 159