A Recap of the President’s Activities, Week of Jan. 24

Below are a couple of the activities Dr. Anne Kress has participated in this week.

Jan. 24: Art Exhibition between Fine Arts and ESL
Dr. Kress participated, with former NOVA Art Student Jum Jirapan, in a reception for the Keepsake Project. The artwork in this series presents the keepsake stories from international students at NOVA. Jirapan, was commissioned to illustrate 50 of these cherished, sentimental objects of ESL students from the Alexandria campus. The project was envisioned and coordinated by ESL Professor John Kinney and exhibited in conjunction with Professor Stacy Slaten from the NOVA Alexandria Fine Arts Department. The project will be on view at NOVA-Alexandria’s Center for Design, Media and Arts at the AFA Gallery from Jan. 12 through Feb. 4. Here is a tweet from Dr. Kress‘ visit.

Jan 26-28: AACC Workforce Development Institute
Dr. Kress was invited by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) to participate as a speaker at the Workforce Development Institute (WDI) this week. The theme is “Reimagine” and brings together community college leaders, industry representatives, government and philanthropic representatives and associated partners from across the nation. WDI 2022 is being held from January 26 through January 29 in Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. Kress will speak during the “Federal Policy Update” workshop today, which is expected to touch on a range of issues from apprenticeships to the Department of Education negotiated rulemaking and nursing policy. Steve Partridge, VP of strategy, research and workforce innovation also attended this conference

Submitted by:
Tykesha Myrick, Acting Chief of Staff, TMyrick@nvcc.edu