For National Nursing Week, NOVA celebrates another class of nursing graduates. In the next couple weeks, these students, tucked away in their new jobs, will look very different than they could have imagined as they enter the workforce during a global health crisis. The pandemic is not only affecting current health care professionals, but also … Continued
As many of you may know, our Remote Student Support Specialists (RS3s) have stepped in to help be a caring connection for students during our remote learning and service provision. They have taken the reigns and run with the opportunity to serve students who are not currently assigned to a faculty advisor by providing a … Continued
NOVA and several industry partners are collaborating to host a series of Free Virtual Career Exploration and Readiness Workshops for NOVA students. The first series will be offered on select Wednesdays from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. Registration is now open. The series will include the following: May 13: … Continued
Laura Young, associate professor of English at NOVA’s Loudoun Campus has created a fun Google Site, Loudoun LASS Division Positive Pause, to provide an opportunity for her colleagues to adjust and realign during a stressful time. The blog also demonstrates the ease of use and benefits of Google Sites, an application within the gmail suite … Continued
Thursday- May 7th 12 p.m. “Cybersecurity Workshop” Friday, May 8th 2 p.m. “Intro to SketchUp”
Legal Resources would like to remind current participating employees that they have services available to help with some of the challenges surrounding COVID-19. Services include tenant landlord issues, weddings or associated events that have been cancelled due to social distancing mandates, will and advanced medical directive preparation and a number of other COVID-19-related legal issues. … Continued
The Woodbridge Campus held it’s annual Night of Honor on Thursday, April 30. Despite the constraints of COVID-19, this event was executed virtually and was a great success. The Student Life Team, Keri Bumgarner, EJ McDuffie and Nigel Word worked to create and coordinate a pre-recorded video that was viewed together with students, faculty and … Continued
While NOVA faculty and staff have done an amazing job converting all learning and instructional delivery from in-classroom to remote in record time, there are many programs where it would prove extremely challenging to continue instruction online. For example, how do you teach students to fix a car via zoom, or produce a song recording … Continued
The American Red Cross is offering a free online Mental Health First Aid for COVID-19. The course, titled Psychological First Aid: Supporting Yourself and Others during COVID-19, is based on guidance from the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). This … Continued
As Spring 2020 comes to an end, you’ll likely want to wrap up your Canvas courses for future use. Here’s an easy-to-follow checklist to help you do that. Course Wrap-up Checklist Contact canvashelp@nvcc.edu with questions.
