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Alumna Becomes President of Accounting Organization

February 4, 2020 / Our Nighthawks

Natalia Donskaya, CPA, CFE, MBA is a 2016 graduate of NOVA’s Accounting Career Certificate Program, which gave her the accounting credits she needed to sit for the CPA exam. She currently serves as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Jill Mitchell, Professor of Accounting at Annandale (AN) introduced Natalia to the Accounting Financial … Continued

Did You Know? Campus Libraries are for the Community Too!

February 4, 2020 / General NOVA News

Q:  Can the public use our libraries?   A:  In short: yes. As a community college supported by the Commonwealth of Virginia, we are required to be accessible to the public. You can even get a community borrower card if you provide a valid, state-issued photo ID with current mailing address. Community patrons can borrow … Continued

Meet Poet Jay Udall

February 4, 2020 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Jay Udall, professor of English at the Woodbridge Campus, recently published poetry in the Sky Island Journal, San Pedro River Review, Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, Little Patuxent Review, and Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose (New Rivers Press, Minnesota State University). Udall authored a total of six books of poetry, … Continued

Yarn Storm at the AN Library

February 3, 2020 / General NOVA News

During Fall semester 2019 the Annandale Campus Library developed the “Yarn Storm the Library” project. Yarn Storming (less aggressive than the common term “Yarn Bombing”), is a world-wide phenomenon where individuals and groups cover parts of buildings, benches, bridges, etc. with knitted yarn as a form of artistic or political expression. Their goal was to … Continued

Best Practices for Using YouTube in the Classroom

February 3, 2020 / HR News/Training

This virtual session will introduce you to best practices when using YouTube with classroom instruction. The topics covered will include: creating a YouTube playlist, how to “flip” the classroom with YouTube videos, video editing features, and how to create your own YouTube channel. Date: Thursday, February 6 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Peg … Continued

The Monday Message: Subcommittee Formed to Review Your QEP Ideas

February 3, 2020 / Uncategorized

Over the next 18 months, you will see more and more information about our SACSCOC accreditation reaffirmation in the NOVA Daily, and this is the first. During the Fall Semester, you were asked to submit proposals for consideration for our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The team received 14 proposals:  • Academic Coaching for First-Semester and … Continued

HR: New “SmartStep to Four Percent” Feature for VRS Hybrid

February 3, 2020 / HR News/Training

The VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan was designed with an auto-escalation feature. Every three years, members’ voluntary contributions to their hybrid plan accounts will automatically increase by 0.5 percent (payroll deduction) until reaching the maximum 4 percent voluntary contribution amount. Hybrid Members may elect to opt-out of the auto-escalation by logging in to their accounts through … Continued

Annandale Black History Month Lyceum Speech Featuring Gregory Crawford

February 3, 2020 / Events

The Annandale Campus Lyceum Committee Present the 2020 Black History Month Lyceum Speech “Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection” Meet Gregory Crawford, local records program manager from the Library of Virginia who will present his highly sought after work on Virginia Untold. Date:  Wednesday, February 12 Time:  11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Location: … Continued

Dean Gossai Publishes New Works

February 3, 2020 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Dr. Hemchand Gossai, associate dean of humanities and social sciences at the Annandale Campus, recently published chapters in three volumes that were published by Bloomsbury Press and Oxford University Press. “The Babylonian Empire in the Bible” Oxford, 2020 “The Exile of Cain and the Destiny of Humankind: Punishment and Protection” Bloomsbury, 2019  “Jeremiah’s Welfare Ethic … Continued