The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) and its vaccinating partner Red Sea Homecare agency (RSHA) are currently offering open vaccine scheduling until Thursday, June 30. 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 for all manufacturers as well (see information below). … Continued
American Rescue Plan (ARP) Emergency Grants are available for Spring 2022! Click here to learn more and to apply, if required. DACA, undocumented and F1 students are potentially eligible. Awards should start being posted for eligible students toward the end of February. Students who were awarded financial aid for Spring 2022 based on an Expected … Continued
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) for Better Sleep. A relaxation technique that goes back to the 1930s, progressive muscle relaxation, or PMR, is when you tense or tighten a muscle group and then release before moving through the next set of muscles. And as simple as it sounds, PMR is also a tried-and-true strategy for easing … Continued
The NOVA Grants Office is offering a third workshop, in collaboration with Hanover Research, to provide practical and technical information on how to compete for and win grants. Titled “The Grants Lifecycle: Rejection, Revision, and Resubmission,” this workshop will be held on Friday, Feb. 4 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The reality of competing … Continued
Steven Partridge, VP of Strategy, Research and Workforce Innovation, is pleased to announce that NOVA’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness has been reorganized and is now named the Office of Strategic Insights (OSI). This organizational change goes into effect this January and is reflected on NOVA’s website at http://www.nvcc.edu/osi. OSI aims to become the best in … Continued
Check out the latest edition of the Nighthawk News and learn about a range of opportunities and services that will enhance our students’ ongoing NOVA experience. Here, they will find key information about scholarships, internships, employment, involvement, and so much more! As a reminder, this newsletter is released bi-weekly to all students. Article submissions can … Continued
The Fab Lab, located on the Manassas Campus, provides a variety of STEM and Makerspace activities. More info on the programs below can be found at www.nvcc.edu/systemic/fablab.html. Design Challenge – Now Open! Virtual submissions are being accepted for our Spring 2022 Design Challenge! Open to college, high school, and middle school students with cash prizes … Continued
The U.S. Department of Education has implemented new regulations on distance (online) education that went into effect July 1, 2021. One of the key elements to the new regulations is “regular and substantive interaction” (RSI) between students and instructors. Facilitating online discussions and providing feedback on students’ coursework are two essential forms of substantive interaction. … Continued
If you or an immediate family member come down with COVID-19, you may be able to take Public Health Emergency Leave to recover and/or care for your family member. Effective January 10, 2022, eligible employees continue to have access of up to 40 hours of paid leave to attend to their own medical needs (and/or … Continued
As you know, NOVA no longer requires employees to show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing in accordance with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Directive Number Two and guidance from the VCCS. As a result, the college currently has a limited supply of at-home rapid tests available for employees who want them. Now NOVA employees … Continued
