NOVA’s Student Services offers Virtual Student Supports in the form of live chat, email and virtual lobby Zoom interactions. Please make your students aware that there will be a temporary change in chat service hours as we near the winter break. Chat will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21; … Continued
The state budget signed by Governor Northam includes a premium holiday for employees in state health plans. Eligible state employees will not have employee premium contributions deducted from their December 16 and December 31 paychecks. The only exception is for members of the TRICARE group plan. Happy Premium Holiday!
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
Save the Date! The Spring 2021 NOVA Convocation for faculty and staff and Power Up your Pedagogy (PUP) Summit for faculty are scheduled for Monday, January 4, 2021. The theme for this virtual event is centered on the Five E priorities for NOVA: Equity, Empathy, Excellence, Evidence and Economic/Social Mobility. Convocation and PUP Monday, January … Continued
It is with great sorrow we share the passing of a team member at NOVA, Bill Turner. In March 2016, Bill joined NOVA in the Facilities Department as a part-time operations coordinator, managing over 60 facilities service contracts. Then in June 2017, Bill was promoted to associate director, operations, a position he held until his … Continued
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
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
The state budget signed by Governor Northam includes a premium holiday for employees in state health plans. Eligible state employees will not have employee premium contributions deducted from their December 16 and December 31 paychecks. The only exception is for members of the TRICARE group plan. Happy Premium Holiday!
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
The 2020 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) began on Oct. 1, 2020 and will run through Dec. 18, 2020. Throughout the campaign, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to support a wide range of human service and support agencies throughout the region. Employees may support one or more agencies through payroll deduction or can … Continued
