Spring Training with the Advising Academy is a collection of tips, tricks, best practices workshops and videos to help take your advising “game” to the next level. “Practice” your case management skills, “come off the bench” with best-practices for helping students in Chat, “hit a home-run” with tips on connecting with students in a remote … Continued
All faculty please join NOVA’s Council of Academic Associate Deans (CAAD) as they hold another Adjunct Faculty Professional Development event. This event is open to all faculty (adjunct and full time). In this meeting you will meet professionals in your discipline where you will: Share ideas with your colleagues Discuss new approaches to teaching and … Continued
The annual calendar of “days of” includes several related to kindness: Random Acts of Kindness Day was last week, World Kindness Day is in November and there are as many different Days of Caring as there are communities. Today, I write to encourage you to make each day a NOVA Day of Kindness, and I … Continued
Please mark your calendars for the first President’s Zoom Office Hours of 2021. The chat box will be open for questions during the sessions, as always. Monday, Feb. 22 9 a.m. — Teaching Faculty Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://vccs.zoom.us/j/84671109674 Passcode: 853509 Or iPhone one-tap: US: +13126266799,,84671109674#,,,,*853509# or +16465588656,,84671109674#,,,,*853509# Or Telephone: … Continued
The first positive steps our students will make when engaging with our transfer partners is applying by the priority transfer application deadlines, often March 1. Be sure that you may see some anxious students trying to get their applications in good order over the next week or so. You might have also been asked to … Continued
Join NOVA Workforce tomorrow, Tues., Feb. 23, at 11:30 a.m. for a webinar on economic and labor force trends in Northern Virginia during 2020. Over the last year, stories of how the national economy has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have become a regular part of the evening news—we’ve become almost as accustomed to … Continued
The new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training Course is now available in Canvas for all employees. To access the modules in Canvas, log in to myNOVA, click the Canvas button and scroll down to Courses. Click on Courses > All Courses to see the NOVA Inclusion Training Series. When you click on this course, you will … Continued
Mark your calendar and join us for the next Transfer Tuesday event scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. A representative from James Madison University (JMU) will provide information to our faculty/staff about admission requirements; the Guaranteed Admissions Agreement; and academic advising resources. Note: These events are not intended for students, … Continued
Did you know that adults between the age of 18 and 64 need at least seven to nine hours of sleep per night? After reaching age 65, seven to eight hours of sleep is adequate. We hope you enjoy this week’s wellnote. CommonHealth’s Better Nights Ahead (BNA) has been quite popular since its recent … Continued
Due to the scheduled SIS outage, 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25 until 7 a.m., Monday, March 1, the deadline to submit an application for graduation is extended from March 1, 2021 to March 5, 2021. Students who will meet all academic program requirements to graduate this May, should submit the application for graduation by logging … Continued
