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The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) and its vaccinating partner Red Sea Homecare agency (RSHA) are currently offering open vaccine scheduling until Dec. 13. NOVA is strongly encouraging everyone who is able to get vaccinated to do so. Schedule your appointment today. Red Sea Homecare agency is now able to administer booster shots (all manufacturers) as well (see information below). Virginia Department … Continued
Last week, we welcomed the finalists for the MEC Provost position to campus for in-person, open-forum sessions. Whether or not you were able to attend in-person, we want your feedback on the candidates! Recordings of each candidate’s session can be found on NOVA’s SharePoint site. A closed captioned version of each recording will be posted as … Continued
We’re not talking about your phone number, or even your Zoom Meeting ID. We want to know–what Zoom Client are you running? The latest zoom update is version 5.8.4 (1736). If your number is lower than that, you’ll want to update. Since September, Zoom has enhanced several features and fixed a few bugs. A few … Continued
Indigenous Activist Nina Berglund Often Feels Invisible. “I was talking with someone and they said they’d never met a Native American person before. In this world, we are nearly invisible. We’re treated like we are something that belongs to the past.” Those were the poignant, powerful words of 22-year-old indigenous speaker and climate activist Nina … Continued
November pushed out three new releases for Canvas users. These new releases affected the SpeedGrader as well as two new improvements to New Quizzes. To learn more about these and other new Canvas updates, please view Canvas Updates Volume 1. Questions? Contact canvashelp@nvcc.edu Submitted by: Heidi Redmond, CETSS, HRedmond@nvcc.edu
Woodbridge (WO) Assistant Professor of English and current graduate student in Emerson College’s MFA in Writing for Film and Television, Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo, has done it again. Only this time, she was selected as a finalist in The Portland Screenplay Awards for her TV Pilot script, Club Drama. The competition drew over one thousand script entries … Continued
Feeding America® estimates that 17 million people (5.1%) may have experienced very low food security in 2020, and 15 million people (4.6%) may experience it in 2021. Seeing these projections, as we approach a time of year where many celebrate the holidays with a festive meal, we should also remember our students and their families … Continued
In the next few months, NOVA will be recruiting a number of full-time teaching faculty positions on multiple campuses. In accordance with the Voluntary Inter-Campus Faculty Transfer Policy (#412), eligible full-time teaching faculty may submit their interest to transfer to a vacant position on another campus. The voluntary inter-campus transfer does not affect a faculty … Continued
MEC’S “Ms. Ruby” to Retire After 40 Years at NOVA! Ruby Holland, affectionately known as “Ms. Ruby,” will retire from NOVA this December after 40 years of service. In celebration of her amazing career, the Medical Education Campus invites those who know and love her to a reception in her honor. The event will be … Continued
NOVA’s first ever Winter Commencement will be Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Schlesinger Center (Alexandria Campus). Our theme is “Go Boldly”! There will be three commencement ceremonies on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The ceremonies will be divided alphabetically by graduates’ last names. We have a critical need for a … Continued