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
Do you have questions about COVID and how NOVA prepared for the return to campus? NOVA’s Office of Emergency Management is offering bi-weekly webinars to help answer your questions. The next bi-weekly briefing is TODAY at 11 a.m. Tom Mayhew, director of NOVA’s Office of Emergency Management and Safety will frame his briefing around the … Continued
Cold and flu season is upon us and the COVID-19 pandemic is wearing on (although cases are dropping!) Unfortunately, though, in the coming weeks and months, some of us may wonder if we have COVID-19 or whether we’ve been exposed. Below are a few helpful resources and reminders if you’ve been vaccinated but think you … Continued
NOVA’s Commencement Committee, chaired by Dr. Syedur Rahman, interim VP for enrollment management and student success, is busy making plans for the inaugural Winter Commencement to be held Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Schlesinger Center at the Alexandria Campus! Our theme will be “Go Boldly”! There will be three commencement ceremonies on Dec. 14 at … Continued
Thank you again to all NOVA employees as we continue to monitor full compliance with Governor Northam’s Executive Directive #18. Currently, there is no scheduled expiration date for Executive Directive #18, which is in effect until further notice. Employees who are not vaccinated or are just partially vaccinated (meaning they have received only one vaccination … Continued
As part of our on-going support for faculty who are teaching hybrid and online courses at NOVA, NOVA Online has been offering a series of college-wide webinars shared by our amazing faculty colleagues to promote best practices each semester. The intent of these webinars is to build a community of learning and collaboration, to foster … Continued
Today’s Topic Is a Short Series of Updates on Past Posts, But First… A big and boldly NOVA thank you (!!!) to all who have worked over the past years to prepare for this week’s SACSCOC accreditation reaffirmation visit. Hundreds of NOVA faculty and staff contributed to this process, reviewing every aspect of our outstanding … Continued
VCCS has launched a new portal that replaces the current myNOVA portal. As part of this implementation, VCCS is now requiring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all users accessing the system. Faculty and staff must set up and use MFA to access myNOVA. We recommend you set up MFA as soon as possible to avoid any … Continued
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
NOVA’s Quality Enhancement Plan website containing more information and resources about the QEP, Writing Ourselves In-Developing Our Voices for Equity and Excellence, is now live and available for faculty, staff, students and members of the community! You can find the site here. Learn more about the background, requirements and goals of NOVA’s QEP. For more … Continued
