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Training for New NATS System, Dec. 7 and 9

December 4, 2020 / HR News/Training

The HR Employment team is pleased to announce a series of new NATS (NOVA Applicant Tracking System) training sessions. These sessions are designed to help you navigate your way through the new system, which is scheduled to roll out on December 10, 2020. The focus of the training sessions will be those actions most used … Continued

Visit Virtual 2020 Juried Photo+Media Student Show

December 4, 2020 / Our Nighthawks

The 2020 Juried Photography + Media student show from the Alexandria Campus is ongoing. When the campus was closed due to COVID-19 this year, the show was postponed and reinvented as a virtual event. 42 students submitted 152 digital files, from which the juror selected 62 pieces for the online exhibit. We wish to recognize … Continued

Final 2020 Issue of Transfer Talk

December 4, 2020 / General NOVA News

We are approaching the end of semester and this is the last issue of “Transfer Talk” before the new year. Your promotion of “Transfer Talk” with students has been integral to the success of our transfer events and initiatives!  Thank you for your support!  NOVA Transfer Counselors

Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) Update

December 4, 2020 / HR News/Training

As the beginning of a new “Leave Year” approaches, we want to advise that  effective January 10, 2021, the hours of paid leave provided in the Public Health Emergency Leave Policy (PHEL) will return to a maximum of 80 hours per leave year. The exception approved in March that expanded paid time off to 160 hours will … Continued

Check Out NOVA’s Free Sneak Peek Series, Dec. 10

December 4, 2020 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

NOVA’s Sneak Peek Series is a chance to experience remote classes and presentations by distinguished faculty and staff on engaging, relevant and thought-provoking topics. NOVA’s next Sneak Peek Series will be held on Thursday, Dec. 10. 3 p.m.: Dr. Rhonda Myers will discuss how to navigate NOVA during COVID-19 and the lessons learned regarding supporting … Continued

GMU Center for Psych Services to Offer Free Psychological Support

December 4, 2020 / General NOVA News

There are many stresses at this time of year–particularly this year! George Mason University’s Center for Psychological Services is offering free, confidential, call-in  psychological support for essential workers (defined as those who work in healthcare, education, sanitation, transportation, hospitality, food and beverage industry, the postal service and the military). This includes teachers. This is a … Continued

Woodbridge History Prof. Maureen Santelli Publishes New Book

December 3, 2020 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Maureen Connors Santelli, a history professor at the Woodbridge Campus, has published a book called The Greek Fire: American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions. The book will be released this month. The Greek Fire examines the United States’ early global influence as a fledgling nation that inserted itself in conflicts that … Continued

GMU Center for Psych Services to Offer Free Psychological Support

December 3, 2020 / General NOVA News

There are many stresses at this time of year–particularly this year! George Mason University’s Center for Psychological Services is offering free, confidential, call-in  psychological support for essential workers (defined as those who work in healthcare, education, sanitation, transportation, hospitality, food and beverage industry, the postal service and the military). This includes teachers. This is a … Continued

NOVA Fact

December 3, 2020 / General NOVA News

The number of first generation students enrolled in dual enrollment courses at area high schools has declined at every campus between Fall 2015 and Fall 2019.