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Green Tip Tuesday: Rain Barrels Help the Environment

August 10, 2021 / General NOVA News

Did you know that there’s a way to save on water for your garden and provide your plants with water they will love? While it hasn’t been raining frequently lately, the brief, intense rain storms we’ve had this summer could have provided water for your yard or garden. Unlike treated water, which is “softened” with … Continued

VIVA Open Adopt Grants RFPs Now Open!

August 10, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, is pleased to announce a new round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants. Applications are now available with a deadline of Oct. 4. VIVA Open Adopt Grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and … Continued

Va. Gov. Issues Vaccination Requirement for Faculty, Staff

August 10, 2021 / Uncategorized

Dear NOVA Community,  Late last week, Governor Northam—through an executive directive—announced a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for state employees.  The scope of the directive includes community college faculty, staff, part-time employees and contractors who enter the workplace or have public-facing duties. It requires employees to disclose their vaccination status by September 1.  Employees who are not … Continued

This Week’s Zoom HR Workshops

August 10, 2021 / HR News/Training

Mark your calendars for Human Resources’ workshops via Zoom. Please click the title of the workshop(s) to go to the registration page. Your Zoom account is required to complete the registration. If you have any questions, please email hrlearn@nvcc.edu. We hope to see you there! Self-care in the Face of Adversity Wednesday, August 11 12 … Continued

Daily Flyer to Resume Daily Publication on August 16

August 10, 2021 / General NOVA News

The Daily Flyer, which has been published twice weekly for summer, will resume its regular publication schedule on Monday, August 16. Please submit stories that would be of interest to faculty and staff, or items you would like them to relay to their students. (You may also submit stories for the student newsletter, Nighthawk News, … Continued

TODAY! Two Important Virtual Town Halls for Faculty and Staff

August 10, 2021 / Uncategorized

With the Delta variant continuing to spread, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and local jurisdictions have all updated their public health guidance and policies in the last week. As of Thursday, August 5, VCCS and NOVA began requiring all individuals to wear a face covering indoors on our campuses or … Continued

NOVA CAAD Presents Adjunct Professional Development Event, August 14

August 10, 2021 / Events

Please join NOVA’s Council of Academic Associate Deans (CAAD) on Saturday, August 14th, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., for an Adjunct Faculty Professional Development event. This event will be held virtually and is open to all fulltime and adjunct faculty. The full agenda and session Zoom links can be found here: Fall2021 – Schedule in … Continued

NOVA Awarded $100,000 From the Metallica Scholars Initiative to Serve Nursing Students

August 10, 2021 / General NOVA News

NOVA has been selected from a competitive, national field of community colleges to receive $100,000 to transform the future of students in the region. Funded by Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) Foundation and led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the Metallica Scholars Initiative was designed to directly support students while also … Continued

Reminder: NOVA Convocation August 16

August 10, 2021 / Events

We are excited to welcome you back to campus for NOVA’s Fall Convocation on Monday, August 16 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. This event will be held both in person at the Schlesinger Center on the Alexandria Campus and via Zoom webinar live stream from your campus office. The keynote address Equity Talk to … Continued

Tyler White Published in Leading Journal of Dynamical Systems

August 10, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Dr. Tyler White, associate professor of mathematics at Loudoun Campus, recently had a research paper accepted by “Cambridge University Journal of Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems,” generally regarded as the top-level research journal in the field of Dynamical Systems. His paper was titled, “Topologically Mixing Tiling of R2 Generated by a Generalized Substitution.”  Dr. White … Continued