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Volunteers Needed for Winter Commencement: Celebrate Our Grads!

October 14, 2021 / General NOVA News

Faculty and Staff: Please join us in recognizing and celebrating our NOVA graduates at NOVA’s inaugural Winter Commencement. Consider serving as a general volunteer or faculty marshal. Commencement will be Tuesday, December 14 at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Center, Alexandria Campus. There will be three ceremonies at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Volunteers … Continued

Give Your Kids a Taste of STEM with This Weekend’s Fab Lab Activities

October 14, 2021 / Events

NOVA’s Fab Lab, sponsored by NOVA STEM, is a FABulous opportunity to bring your kids to an open-lab-type environment where they can learn and have fun, too! Located on the Manassas Campus, the lab provides hands-on support to NOVA’s Engineering Technology degree and hands-on STEM opportunities for college students, staff, and community members. The Fab … Continued

Meet Jenny Lopez: She Advises Students to Build Their Support Network and to Keep an Open Mind!

October 14, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Jenny Lopez has taught at NOVA for nine years. She teaches communication studies at the Woodbridge Campus, as well as advising students and helping them to plan their course schedule and serving on college-wide committees. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communication studies with an emphasis in organizational communication and her master’s in intercultural/interpersonal communication, … Continued

President’s Sabbatical Deadline is Nov. 1

October 14, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Teaching, Administrative and Professional Faculty: Consider applying for the President’s Sabbatical. View this link for guidelines, eligibility and the application. The deadline is November 1. If you have questions, contact Dr. Hemchand Gossai. Submitted by: Dr. Hemchand Gossai, AN Dean of LASS, HGossai@nvcc.edu

Tips & Tricks to Submit Proposals, Research and Writing for NACADA Workshop

October 14, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Save the Date! Thursday October 21, 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. for “Conference Proposals, Research and Writing for NACADA Virtual Workshop.” If you are interested in highlighting your advising/counseling best practices with NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advisors, please join the Mason Academic Advisor Network (MAAN) Professional Development Committee in partnership with the NOVA’s … Continued

NOVA Seeks New Staff for AANAPISI Grant, Apply by Nov. 1

October 14, 2021 / HR News/Training

The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is seeking interested faculty and staff to assist with the recently awarded Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) grant award.  NOVA’s AANAPISI grant project, APPEAL (Asian Pacific Pedagogy for Equity, Achievement, and Learning), focuses on three specific activities associated with improving student success for AANAPI students … Continued

NOVA Awarded $1.3 Million for AANAPI-Serving Institutions

October 14, 2021 / General NOVA News

NOVA will build on its commitment to inclusive excellence by launching a new program to serve Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPI) students. Funded by a $1.3 million grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Education, NOVA’s new Asian Pacific Pedagogy for Equity, Achievement and Learning (APPEAL) program will provide AANAPI … Continued

Volunteers Needed for Winter Commencement: Celebrate Our Grads!

October 13, 2021 / General NOVA News

Faculty and Staff: Please join us in recognizing and celebrating our NOVA graduates at NOVA’s inaugural Winter Commencement. Consider serving as a general volunteer or faculty marshal. Commencement will be Tuesday, December 14 at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Center, Alexandria Campus. There will be three ceremonies at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Volunteers … Continued

Today! AWS Technical Interview Q&A Session

October 13, 2021 / Our Nighthawks

Amazon Web Services is hosting a Q&A session for NOVA students and alumni to discuss how to successfully navigate technical interviews. If you are pursuing a career in tech, excelling in a technical interview is a must to land the job you want. Join us this evening at 7:30 p.m. as Ron Blanchard, AWS solutions … Continued