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2021 Severe Weather Awareness Week and State Tornado Drill

March 16, 2021 / General NOVA News

For the first time, the National Weather Service and Virginia are promoting a Severe Weather Awareness Week. The week will include the annual Virginia Tornado Drill. The dates of Severe Weather Awareness Week are March 15th – 19th. Each day the National Weather Service will focus on a different aspect of severe weather to increase … Continued

2021 Severe Weather Awareness Week and State Tornado Drill

March 15, 2021 / General NOVA News

For the first time, the National Weather Service and Virginia are promoting a Severe Weather Awareness Week. The week will include the annual Virginia Tornado Drill. The dates of Severe Weather Awareness Week are March 15th – 19th. Each day the National Weather Service will focus on a different aspect of severe weather to increase … Continued

NOVA Fact

March 15, 2021 / General NOVA News

Among the Fall 2017 cohort of first-time in college students, 51 percent of students aged 25 and older re-enrolled at NOVA for a second fall semester, compared to 67 percent of students younger than 20 and 56 percent of those aged 20-24.

New Practice to Support Inclusive Excellence at NOVA

March 15, 2021 / Uncategorized

NOVA’s DEI Strategic Plan will be grounded in a framework of Inclusive Excellence. A hallmark of this framework is providing equitable opportunities for professional growth and development to our valued employees so that, whenever and wherever possible, they can continue to grow and progress in their careers at NOVA. In Dr. Carter’s Diversity, Equity and … Continued

Academic Assessment Update

March 15, 2021 / Tech Notes & Training

The Office of Academic Assessment and NOVA’s Canvas Support Services invite all faculty to the workshop, “Creating Rubrics for Assessment & How to Use Them in Canvas” on Friday, March 26, from 10:00-11:30 a.m. via Zoom. The workshop will cover best practices in writing and using rubrics for instructional assessment and how to create and … Continued

Automotive Instructor Reggie Bennett Featured in LawnStarter’s Best Cities to Own an Electric Car

March 15, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

NOVA Automotive Technologies instructor Reggie Bennett was recently interviewed in LawnStarter’s “2021’s Best Cities to Own an Electric Car.” Prof. Bennett spoke on a variety of topics relating to electric cars, including driving range, price, cost of ownership, when electric cars can be expected to go mainstream, and more. You can read the full Q&A … Continued

Tech Tip: Reopen a Closed Browser Tab

March 15, 2021 / Tech Notes & Training

It happens all the time. You have a dozen tabs open in your browser and accidentally close the wrong one. You could open up your browser’s history and reopen the tab from there, or you can do it with a couple of keystrokes. Hit Ctrl+Shift+T on your PC or Command+Shift+T on your Mac to automatically … Continued

Response to Inquiries About Dr. Jill Biden’s Availability

March 15, 2021 / General NOVA News

Colleagues, should you receive any requests to relay information to Dr. Biden for speaking engagements or participation in external meetings or other events, the following is a response you are welcome to use: Thank you for contacting NOVA and inquiring about Dr. Jill Biden’s availability to speak at/participate in/attend your event. Due to her dynamic … Continued

Transfer Tuesday: Virginia Commonwealth University, March 23

March 15, 2021 / Events

Mark your calendar and join us for the next Transfer Tuesday event scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Representatives from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will provide information to our faculty/staff about admission requirements and academic advising resources. Note: These events are not intended for students, but instead are designed to … Continued

Spring Training with the Advising Academy, Week of March 15

March 15, 2021 / HR News/Training

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