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NOVA Alexandria Graduation Preparation Program

Advising

As one of the programs for Academic Advising Week (November 4-8), the Alexandria Counseling Department is sponsoring a program for continuing students who are planning for their last semester at NOVA.   We will provide future graduates with important information so that they will understand how to:

  • Enroll in the correct classes for their final semester
  • Apply for NOVA graduation before the deadline
  • Purchase their caps/gowns
  • Apply for transfer before deadline(s)
  • Apply for financial aid for their intended transfer college(s)
  • Prepare for employment (resume, interview, etc.)

Balancing the completion of their last semester along with planning for life after NOVA can be a major challenge for some students.  Therefore, we are providing a panel presentation and Q&A for students who are planning to graduate in Spring 2014.   Students who are planning to graduate later but want to learn the information are also welcomed to attend.  Please consider encouraging the attendance of your students (particularly those classes with high enrollment of continuing students nearing degree completion).  

Program:           So You Think You Are Ready to Graduate?

                          Academic Advising Week

When:                Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

Time:                 12:30PM-1:30PM Panel

                          1:30PM-2:00PM Q&A

Where:               NOVA Alexandria Campus

                           Bisdorf AA-196

Student RSVP is not required but appreciated.  An email with a registration link was sent to all NOVA Alexandria Students.  It will be resent periodically throughout the week with other advertisements.

If you are also a faculty advisor who believes this information would be helpful for you, then please feel free to join us!  Participants include our Campus Registrar, Counselors-(Career, Transfer and Division), Campus Bookstore Manager, Satisfactory Academic Progress Advisor, and Financial Aid.

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Flu Shot Clinic October 28th

CVS Pharmacy | Flu Shot Clinic


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CVS Pharmacy will hold a Flu Shot Clinic for employees and students at the Alexandria campus on October 28, 2013! The clinic is open to all employees who are COVA Care and COVA Health Aware participants.  Please bring your ID and insurance card.

 

Students and employees who do not have the COVA plans may still receive a flu shot for $31.99 out of pocket (check only please). Timeslots are available from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm in Bisdorf 158.

 

Walk ins are welcome but space is limited so please reserve your spot by signing up at: http://www.jooners.com/guest?l=b2d6eb23-4282-4de3-bd76-455231cc0eaf

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Lyceum Event, “Religion, Politics, & Polarization”

Lyceum Event: “Religion, Politics, & Polarization”

Monday, 10-28-2013

12:30pm-1:45pm

Room AA-196 (Bisdorf Buidling) NOVA-Alexandria

(Maps and Directions: http://www.nvcc.edu/about-nova/maps-directions/alexandria/index.html)

 

Free and Open to ALL!

 

Title: “Religion, Politics, and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict is Changing Congress and American Democracy.”

 

By Professor and Author, Dr. Josiah Baker

  • Nimocks Professor of Business & Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC
  • Adjunct Professor at Northern Virginia Community College

 

Dr. Baker is a co-author of Religion, Politics,and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict Is Changing Congress and American Democracy, and will be discussing the book and answering questions on Monday.

 

More information on the book: Religion, Politics, and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict Is Changing Congress and American Democracy Paperback

byWilliam V. D’Antonio (Author) ,Steven A. Tuch (Author) ,Josiah R. Baker (Author)

 

“Do the religious affiliations of elected officials shape the way they vote on such key issues as abortion, homosexuality, defense spending, taxes, and welfare spending? In Religion, Politics, and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict is Changing Congress and American Democracy, William D’Antonio, Steven A. Tuch and Josiah R. Baker trace the influence of religion and party in the U.S. Congress over time. For almost four decades these key issues have competed for public attention with health care, war, terrorism, and the growing inequity between the incomes of the middle classes and those of corporate America. The authors examine several contemporary issues and trace the increasing polarization in Congress. They examine whether abortion, defense and welfare spending, and taxes are uniquely polarizing or, rather, models of a more general pattern of increasing ideological division in the U.S. Congress. By examining the impact of religion on these key issues the authors effectively address the question of how the various religious denominations have shaped the House and Senate. Throughout the book they draw on key roll call votes, survey data, and extensive background research to argue that the political ideologies of both parties have become grounded in distinctive religious visions of the good society, in turn influencing the voting patterns of elected officials.

http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Politics-Polarization-Religiopolitical-Democracy/dp/1442223979

 

Jack Lechelt, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Northern Virginia Community College

JLechelt@nvcc.edu

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/jlechelt/

NOVA-AL Political Science Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalScienceNOVAAlexandria

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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2013

Monday, 11/18      $$     

1:30-2:30PM   IEW Kick-Off – Invited will be local diplomats and the NOVA community

POC: Stacey Bustillos and Puryea Suphaphiphat

 

Student Presentations   $$

Partnerships between Community College Initiative Students and NOVA students on the Alexandria Campus (CCI) (maybe have student exhibits during the IEW Kick-Off)

POC: Amira, Christina

**Hallway outside of 193, 194, 195, and 196 has been requested.

 

3 PM   Maiti Nepal Discussion/Lecture with Dr. Reva Savkar and Dr. Robert Loser

POC: Twyla Jones

*Girl Rising (18 minute video) will be shown prior to presentation, if approved by Professors Savkar and Loser.

Presentation by Reva Sankar and Robert Loser on Maiti Nepal is an organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and stopping sex trafficking of Nepalese girls and women.

http://www.maitinepal.org/

Location: Corridor and AA 196 requested.

 

CONTACT:

For more information please contact Dr. Twyla Jones | twjones@nvcc.edu

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High School Student Open House

High School Student Open House

Open House

Description: High school students and their parents are invited to come to campus to learn about the different opportunities that NOVA has to offer. Students will be able to meet current faculty, staff and students, take a tour of campus and attend presentations about coming to NOVA, taking dual enrollment classes and paying for college.

 

Information:

Date:                     Saturday, October 26th 2013

Time:                     10:00AM-1:00PM

Location:              Alexandria Campus- Bisdorf Building Cafeteria

3001 N. Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311

 

For more information and to RSVP:

Contact Tom Grane( tgrane@nvcc.edu 703-845-6352) or go to http://blogs.nvcc.edu/alhsoutreach/.

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Trick or Treat at NOVA

Trick or Treat at NOVA

Open to all Nova Families

 Trick or Treat

Join us if your DARE for a HALLOWEEN SCARE!!!! 

 

  • Dress up (of course) and Drop in for Halloween Fun

 

  • Bring your kids and enjoy a fun Halloween night on campus

 

  • Goody Bags will be handed out to kids

 

Bisdorf Building | Room: AA–132

 

Activity start from 4:00 PM –  5:30 PM

 

Trick or treat time(s) are 5:30 PM, 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM

 

CONTACT:

For more information please contact Tommy Le | lle@nvcc.edu

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Touchdown to Student Success!

Touchdown to Student Success!
Tuesday, October 29th, AA158 Faculty and Staff!  Please join us for a full day of activities to celebrate NOVA’s AtD student success policy initiatives and our passion for student achievement.

ALL DAY: KICKOFF
Faculty Success Stories in the Classroom.

AtD

Share your own success stories with your students. How did you to where you wanted to be?

11:00am-2:00pm
Hall of Fame
Stop by AA158 and do a short  “Who Inspired Me to be Successful?” video
Bag of goodies will be distributed to participants.

12:30pm-2:00pm
Student Success Stories AA158
Student Panel Discussion and Lunch

Faculty and staff are encouraged to wear their favorite football jersey shirts!

Sponsored by AL AtD campus committee.

CONTACT:

For more information please contact Dr. Frances Villagran-Glover | fvillagrangl@nvcc.edu

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The 2014 Power Up your Pedagogy Conference

Hello colleagues – – It is time to register!

Power Up Your Pedagogy
(PUP)

The Ninth Annual Power UP your Pedagogy (PUP) Conference is OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!  All Faculty and Professional Staff are cordially invited.

It is an online registration—Just click on this link.
http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-and-staff/teaching-support/cetl/conference.html
And then on the Registration Tab.

PUP is an exciting, award-winning, professional development conference that brings all NOVA faculty together.  PUP is YOUR conference presented by YOUR colleagues. You will leave with amazing new insights about the best teaching practices, the best teaching tips and tricks and the very best ideas about teaching and especially about teaching at NOVA! Cluster Meetings are also part of the conference.

The 2014 PUP 21st Century Teaching & Learning

January 8th and 9th on the Annandale Campus 

Don’t miss it! 

You will get all of these features!

  • Interactive peer presentations are at the heart of the conference.  You may choose to attend a variety of sessions such as:
    • Many interactive 45-minute breakout sessions
    • Dynamic two-hour workshops
    • Topical Interest Groups
    • Three important conference addresses highlight the conference. Learn from our leaders:
      • Dr. Robert Templin will give a welcoming address to open the conference
      • Robert Bausch, the 2013 NOVA SCHEV Award winner will give us his insights on teaching.
      • And,  continuing last year’s amazing success with a second day plenary Speaker Dr. Bryan Alexander, an educational futurist.
  • Also featured  this year:
    •  an Active Backchannel to make it your own conference:  A backchannel conversation is one that occurs concurrently with the main conference and gives voice to attendees.  Each can add content to the conference, comment on it as it progresses, and share inspirations from it.  Here are the PUP backchannels:
  • PUP twitter feed #PUP14.
  • A PUP blog page on which to enter comments as replies.
  • Whiteboards for your written and drawn comments
  • Face to face conversations in the PUP lounge area.
  • A Project Poster Presentation hosted by adjunct and fulltime faculty in the Gym
  • An exhibition of Learning Spaces of the Future
  • A Vendor Fair that lets you visit with representatives of companies dedicated to supporting education in the CE Forum
  • PUP has an important commitment to sustainability.   When you register you’ll be able to choose how you want to receive your program – in a printed format, or electronically.  You’ll also be able to print your individual conference schedule through the Conference Event Planner, just as soon as the program is finalized.  We’ll let you know.  (Printed programs will only be available to those who indicated they want one during the registration process.  They won’t be available at the conference.)

Every attempt is being made to be sure that everyone, even those who only attend Cluster Meetings, receives a lunch.   The lunches are the single largest expense for PUP.  In these tight economic times, it is imperative that we have an accurate count of those who wish lunch.   The only way to count YOU is by your registration.  You must register even if you only plan to attend the Cluster meetings.

NOVA

 

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CYBERWATCH’s Second Life Island series

CYBERWATCH’s Second Life Island series

Join Professor Garnet (Prof. Margaret Leary) virtually in CyberWatch’s Second Life Island for a series of free security awareness/security topics presented by CyberWatch students. Students will present virtual information sessions on a var…iety of security topics. The series is in recognition of October, which is cyber security awareness month.

Day

Date

Time

Presenter

Series

• Tuesday

Oct. 22

1 p.m.

 Minh Ho, NOVA “Security Issues in Healthcare”

• Tuesday

Oct. 22

4 p.m.

 Robin Burkett, NOVA “Digital Photography Forensics”

• Wednesday

Oct. 23

1 p.m.

 Halie Peacher, Mississippi State University “United States’ Preparations for Cyber Security”

• Thursday

Oct. 24

2 p.m.

 Ana Martinez, Monterey Peninsula College “Social Media Safety”

• Monday

Oct. 28th

10:30 p.m.

 Norma Fleming, NOVA “Mobile Phone Security”

• Monday

Oct. 28th

2 p.m.

 Matthew  Matchen, University of Maryland University College “SSL Interception/Decryption” and “Associated Privacy Concerns.”

New users to Second Life need to visit secondlife.com to create an avatar and download the client to participate “in world” at the scheduled day and time. Presentations will be in the CyberWatch Second Life Island at CyberWatch Public Region, CyberWatch (42/31/24). From within Second Life, the Public Auditorium can be accessed at the following slurl:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CyberWatch/42/31/24

CONTACT:

For more information please contact Professor Margaret Leary | mleary@nvcc.edu