In an effort to meet the needs of our employees during these extraordinary times, the Commonwealth is adding a Grace Period to the 2020-2021 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) Plan year (7/1/20-6/30/21), which will extend the period to incur claims under the DCFSA until October 31, 2021. The Heath Care Flexible Spending Account will … Continued
As previously announced, NOVA is in the process of hiring a Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer (CAO). The four final candidates will give virtual presentations to the NOVA community. The format will include a 30-40-minute presentation, followed by time for questions and answers. Search Committee Chair, Dr. Pam Hilbert, will monitor … Continued
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. Today 8:30 a.m. | Teaching Faculty https://vccs.zoom.us/j/81883890391 Passcode: 070411 Wednesday, April 7 2:00 p.m. | Administrative Faculty https://vccs.zoom.us/j/84705937101 Passcode: 937319 4:00 p.m. | Teaching Faculty https://vccs.zoom.us/j/86462066243 Passcode: 721164 Thursday, April 8 … Continued
Did you know that April 22nd is Earth Day? First established and celebrated in 1970, Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. More information can be found here. To get an idea of the knowledge baseline of students, faculty, and staff regarding the College’s efforts in the … Continued
You can now order a prepared meal from Surefire Cafe’s limited menu to pick up on Thursdays starting this week; or frozen, boil-in-bag barbecue packs for pickup Monday through Thursday at the Annandale Campus. These are available by pre-order only through the Toast App, or look for “Surefire Cafe NVCC Annandale Campus.” This week’s menu … Continued
NOVA’s Office of International Education & Sponsored Programs and CAORC (the Council of American Overseas Research Centers) has partnered to present Going Global, Growing Global: New Models for Internationalization at Community Colleges. This online symposium highlighting innovative college internationalization efforts and partnerships during the pandemic will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 8 and … Continued
If you haven’t done so already, please review and acknowledge the Microsoft 365 Acceptable Use Agreement by Friday, April 9 Enroll in Microsoft Teams Training – details below. Checkout the other training resources and FAQs MS Teams Training Please follow these directions to log into your NVCC.GoSignMeUp account. After you setup your GoSignMeUp account, then you … Continued
Join us for the virtual 2021 Women Helping Women Conference on Saturday, April 10th, from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Zoom. At the 11th annual program, you feel empowered through the variety of fun-filled and inspiring sessions. Ultimately, you will come reclaiming how remarkable you are or discover your hidden treasures—all of the amazing qualities that … Continued
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic which impacted Spring 2020 courses, NOVA instructional programs continue to show improvement in assessing student learning. Most programs were able to adapt existing assessments for an online environment in Spring 2020, and other programs with primarily hands-on assessments made innovative changes to these assessments in order to evaluate students’ skills remotely. … Continued
The VCCS’ move to online learning has presented us with a storage challenge. Our Zoom recording cloud storage is at capacity. In order to prevent a mass deletion of recordings in the next couple of weeks, we are asking all faculty and staff to: Delete any cloud recordings that you do not absolutely need. Anything … Continued
