College Staff Forum Council to meet today – The purpose of the College Staff Forum Council (CSFC) is to serve as an instrument for the formulation and expression of faculty, student and staff points of view as represented by staff who report up through vice presidents rather than belonging to a specific campus. The council … Continued
If you haven’t completed the required mandatory training modules, please be sure to take action in Canvas by February 28, 2022. The training modules will no longer be available after this date. The training requirements apply to all current faculty and staff (including adjunct faculty, wage/P-14 employees, student hires, and work study students). Please read … Continued
Are you interested in learning more about all the career resources at NOVA? Do you want to get updates from the Career Services Team? Sign up today to receive the monthly Career Connection Newsletter sent out by NOVA Career Services. The newsletters include Career Services updates, Career Connection tips, job market updates, upcoming events and … Continued
Open Education Week is an annual event for sharing and learning about OER (open educational resources) and open education achievements. Open educational resources are “freely accessible, openly licensed instructional materials such as text, media and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning and assessing, as well as for research purposes.” NOVA’s Office of … Continued
Join us tonight from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. for a rousing evening of performances from acclaimed rappers Raw Poetic and Damu and D.C.’s “Queen of the Blues,” Carly Harvey, at the Ernst Center Theater on Annandale’s Campus. Raw Poetic (Jason Moore) was born in Philadelphia and settled in the D.C. metro area. He has … Continued
Well, you have options! We offer weekly yoga and meditation sessions. Feel free to sign up for any of the following offerings: Tuesdays: Quiet the Mind, Open the Heart, 12:30 p.m. until 1 p.m. Susan Abramson, trained and certified yoga and meditation teacher and health and nutrition coach, will begin the meditation experience by explaining … Continued
This week’s Canvas Course of the Week features Education 200: Introduction to Teaching as a Profession, by The Teacher Ed Group. Their course leverages HTML and CSS within Canvas to guide students through building a professional portfolio. The course also has set up an easy-to-use homepage and starts each week with overviews to create clarity … Continued
The NOVA Foundation and the Financial Aid Office 2022-2023 scholarship cycle closes Friday. The scholarship application period will close on Feb. 25, so please encourage your students to apply. Students may submit one application to apply for multiple opportunities. For a list of available scholarships and to apply, students can visit NOVA’s scholarship website, … Continued
You are invited to participate in a research project, “Investigating Instructor Feedback Practices.” This study is a cross-institutional investigation of feedback beliefs and practices of full- and part-time faculty. The goal is to better support instructors as they experiment with different ways of providing meaningful feedback to students. This research study is affiliated with Elon … Continued
The National Weather Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia are promoting a Severe Weather Awareness Week from March 7 through March 11. The week will include the annual Virginia Tornado Drill. Each day, the National Weather Service will focus on a different aspect of severe weather to increase awareness, preparedness and safety in respect to … Continued
