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NOVA’s Free Sneak Peek Series, March 18

March 15, 2021 / Events

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. During the online Zoom sessions you’ll get to know our faculty and staff, participate in their presentation and have the opportunity to ask questions.  Thursday, March 18, 4 p.m. & 5 … Continued

President’s Zoom Office Hours, March 16 thru March 23

March 15, 2021 / Events

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming President’s Zoom Office Hours. The chat box will be open for questions during the sessions, as always. Watch your email for the Zoom link. Tuesday, March 16 1:00 p.m.     – MEC Town Hall 3:00 p.m.     – WO Town Hall Wednesday, March 17 3:30 p.m.  – MA … Continued

Rising Voices: Stories of Resiliency

March 15, 2021 / Events

Student Life presents a Rise Up! Conference, Rising Voices: Stories of Resiliency! A conference created by students, for students. On March 16th at 6 p.m., students from across the college will present a series of short Ted-Talk style speeches with lessons that they have learned that have enabled them to stay resilient, even one year … Continued

Watches, Warnings, and Preparedness

March 15, 2021 / General NOVA News

At times, it seems like severe weather has its own language. A language you’re not quite fluent in but you know enough to get by. Furthermore, if you’re like most people, you may assume that any action you need to take, or any weather emergency, will be communicated to you in your usual language. Well, … Continued

Understanding Your Notification Preferences in Canvas

March 15, 2021 / Tech Notes & Training

Your Notification Preferences can be set and modified from the Account Navigation in your Global Navigation Bar. Select “Account” and then “Notifications.” Next to each notification, you can select to turn on Notifications for Immediately, Daily, Weekly, or No Notifications given. These preferences dictate which notifications you receive and how often you receive notifications for … Continued

2021 Severe Weather Awareness Week and State Tornado Drill

March 12, 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

Calling All SDV Faculty

March 12, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The 2021 SDV Virtual Summit is scheduled for May 12 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Are there particular tips, tricks, or topics that your students really enjoy? Was there a class session where your students were really engaged? Chances are that your colleagues would enjoy those sessions too. Enclosed is the proposal form for … Continued

DEI Conversation Series: Health Inequities, March 25

March 12, 2021 / Events

Please join the College DEI Council as we continue our series, Food for Thought, on March 25 at 3:00 p.m. With the permission of Cornell University’s College of Arts & Science, we are using podcasts from their “What Makes Us Human?” series to engage in conversation. “Health Inequities” is based on an essay by Jeff … Continued

In Celebration of Women

March 12, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

In celebration of March being denoted as Women’s History Month, the Office of Student Life is sharing how the phenomenal women across our very own college community have been inspired by other women along their individual journeys. Our third edition highlights stories from Dr. Frances Villagran-Glover, Vice President of Student Services and Kristy Balbuena, Counselor. … Continued

Disability Support Services Information Sessions

March 12, 2021 / Events

On March 19, Disability Support Services will present the first in a series of four Information Sessions: Friday, March 19: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. – CART, Captioning, Sign Language Interpreters Friday, April 2: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Readers/Scribes/Notetakers, Recording Lectures, Notes and Transcripts, students who are Blind/Low Vision Friday, April 16: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 … Continued