Student Ombuds Services (SOS) Zoom Chats: Oct. 6, Nov. 3

Student Ombuds Services (SOS) is a resource for helping all NOVA students explore options for resolving issues and addressing challenges with NOVA policies, procedures, and processes. SOS provides students with a safe place for a confidential, informal discussion. We assist students by considering all sides of an issue in an impartial and objective way. We also help guide students to the appropriate resources.

Please encourage your students to drop in to chat with NOVA’s Ombudsperson, Dr. Tanneh Kamara on any date or time listed below to learn more about the opportunities available from SOS.

Zoom Chat Days:  Oct. 6 & Nov. 3
Times: 11 a.m. until 12 p.m.; 3 p.m. until 4 p.m.; 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Zoom link for all chats | Meeting ID: 854 3250 4862 | Passcode: 342473

When to contact the Ombudsperson (ombuds@nvcc.edu):

• You need an impartial and confidential sounding board
• You think you may have been treated unfairly
• You want to discuss a College policy or practice that you think is unfair or problematic
• You’ve been through a formal grievance and you think procedural errors were made
• You are not sure how to interpret a College polity or procedure
• You are not sure where else to turn for help and need guidance

Student Ombuds Services, ombuds@nvcc.edu  

Submitted by:
Andrea DuPuch, Student Ombuds Services, ADupuch@nvcc.edu