Nominations for Emeritus Faculty/Classified Staff are Now Open
The call for nominations for faculty and classified staff emeritus status is now open. To be eligible to be nominated for emeritus status this year, an employee must have retired from Northern Virginia Community College on or before November 20, 2020 after a minimum of five years of full-time service to the College and a minimum of ten years of service in the Virginia Community College System, and they must have made meritorious and significant contributions to the College and/or the VCCS. Generally, teaching faculty must hold the rank of associate professor or professor.
Please submit Form 105-152 for all categories of retired employees. Retired employees nominated for emeritus status will be reviewed by the ad hoc Emeritus Committee appointed by the president. All nominations recommended by the ad hoc Emeritus Committee will be sent to the College Board in January for final approval.
The following is a list of privileges to accompany emeritus status:
- Full use of the facilities of NOVA’s Learning Resources Services.
- Faculty/staff parking privileges.
- Emeritus ID card.
- Emeritus business cards (if requested).
- Faculty/staff discount at College bookstores.
- Access to NOVA e-mail.
- Listing in the College Catalog, with identification emeritus status.
- Welcome to attend special events, concerts, presentations or lectures sponsored by the College and entitled to participate in College intramural and recreational programs.
- Presented with a plaque acknowledging their emeritus status.
- Invited as honored guests at the College Service Awards luncheon the year of their approval.
- Receive selected College publications.
In addition, holders of Professor Emeritus and Administrative/Professional Faculty Emeritus status may participate in the academic procession at Commencement and will march at the head of the faculty.
Please submit nomination packets to presidentsoffice@nvcc.edu by COB on Friday, November 20, 2020. If you submitted a nomination packet after the 2019 deadline and would like to resubmit it, please do so by November 20. Contact the Office of the President, 703-323-3101 or 703-323-3026 with questions.