NOVA has some of the best faculty in the state! We would like to give you the recognition you deserve. VCCS Faculty Awards nominations are now open. Please consider submitting an application for yourself or a colleague to the NOVA Awards Committee for review. Please include all documents listed at AWARDS | VCCS Student Success … Continued
NOVA is excited to announce that our own Cybersecurity Professor Kwabena Konadu is among one of 12 recipients of Virginia’s ‘2022 Outstanding Faculty Awards.’ The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and Dominion Energy jointly announced the award recipients yesterday recognizing exceptional faculty at Virginia’s institutions of higher learning who exemplify the highest … Continued
Barbara Saperstone retired form NOVA in 2015. She was previously provost of the Annandale Campus. Here, she describes why she is a passionate supporter of the NOVA Foundation Annual Fund: I was a member of the NOVA community for 35 years. I started by teaching part-time, then became a full-time faculty member, then Chair/Dean and … Continued
Join us on Zoom for the 2022 CETSS Open House on January 12 and 13, 2022. Join NOVA Canvas and EdTech experts for special sessions on course design, Canvas LMS, Google Suite, Zoom, Student Engagement, tech tips and more to get you ready for the new year. Sessions include: Time Saving Tips and Tricks to Become a Pro … Continued
The first Professional Faculty Caucus meeting was delightful. The group decided we would reach out and make sure everyone felt included in the elections. To that end, we are soliciting nominations for the following positions: Chair Vice-Chair Secretary To be eligible, the nominee must hold a Professional Faculty classification. (Teaching Faculty are a different classification, … Continued
Loudoun’s Music Recording Technology Program presents “Stars in my mind” by Yadelis Deliz-Lopez a first-year NOVA student. Yadelis is from Puerto Rico and says, “All of my classes are great, especially the MUS-140 is a great class that gives you the opportunity to grow as a beginner in the music/sound production world; even if you … Continued
The recent search for the Associate Vice President of eLearning did not result in identification of a candidate who met the needs of the College. Therefore, Academic Affairs is seeking an interim AVP until a new AVP is hired. This appointment will begin on January 1, 2022. The interim AVP must hold at least a … Continued
Earlier this month, DHRM provided guidance to state agencies on Policy 4.10 – Annual Leave Usage and Carryover. An exception has been granted to eligible employees for the use of leave carryover. At NOVA, eligible employees include those on the “old leave plan”–i.e., all classified staff (regardless of hire date) as well as 12-month faculty … Continued
Due to the upcoming holiday break, the payroll deadlines for timesheet approval for the last paycheck of the year are earlier than normal. As a reminder, wage employee timesheets for pay period 12/3 – 12/16 should be approved no later than 12/16/21. Nonexempt employee timesheets for 12/10 – 12/24 and leave requests for all employees … Continued
Due to strong interest from faculty wanting to actively participate in the Spring 2022 Power Up your Pedagogy (PUP) conference, we have decided to expand PUP to an all-day virtual conference held on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. In addition to the new date and extended schedule, we are seeking presentation proposals on our theme of … Continued
