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Mock Interview Feature Now Available in Career Connection!

March 17, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

Want to practice and refine your interviewing skills? If so, Career Services is here for you! Virtual mock interviews are now available through Career Connection. Check out our Mock Interview Guide and Mock Interview Quick Tips here.  Click here to get started with your mock interviews: Mock Interviews (symplicity.com). We look forward to helping you … Continued

Apply for 2022-2023 Chancellor’s Classified Fellowship

March 17, 2022 / HR News/Training

The VCCS is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2022-2023 Chancellor’s Fellowship for Classified Staff for community college employees. The selected awardees will be named as Chancellor’s Fellows to pursue degree studies that will enhance their ability to contribute to the community college mission. The Chancellor’s Fellowship includes the following: Financial support … Continued

NOVA Radical InNOVAtion Grant – Call for Proposals

March 17, 2022 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The NOVA Radical InNOVAtion Fund is distributed through a competitive grant process to provide limited funding for NOVA faculty, staff and administrators to plan and implement “new and creative initiatives” that enhance the education of NOVA students. The InNOVAtion Fund can be thought of as being similar in its approach to a corporation’s research and development (R&D) … Continued

Today at 10: Share Third Thursdays with Professional Faculty Caucus

March 17, 2022 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

NOVA’s Professional Faculty Caucus is excited to kick off its monthly meetings at 10am each third Thursday. The College’s caucuses provide employees additional opportunities for representation and communication without requiring College Senate or Campus/College Forum Council membership. All employees are considered caucus members as systemized by role title. Each caucus chair reports to the senate … Continued

Career Services Open House and Workshop on the Alexandria Campus!

March 17, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

Come meet the Employer and Career Services Team while learning more about Career Connection! We are hosting our in-person “All About Careers Workshop” on Tuesday, March 22 from 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Alexandria Campus in Bisdorf 158. This session is all about searching for jobs and internships and using the resume builder … Continued

Tech Tip: Converting PowerPoint Files to PDF Files

March 17, 2022 / Tech Notes & Training

Sometimes we get PowerPoint files from Publishers or we create files that are just too big. This can really take up a lot of space when uploading to our course and you may quickly run out of course file storage space. One solution is to convert your Powerpoint to a PDF file. Once PowerPoint is … Continued

Enjoy the Latest Issue of Transfer Talk

March 17, 2022 / General NOVA News

In the latest issue of “Transfer Talk,” meet a NOVA alumna with aspirations of becoming a mathematics professor. Please continue to encourage students to network with the visiting transfer representatives, both on NOVA campuses and within the virtual space. As always, thank you for your continued support. Submitted by: Doug Rhoney, WO-Counselor, DRhoney@nvcc.edu  

JumpStart2NOVA App. Open Through April 29

March 17, 2022 / General NOVA News

NOVA is pleased to announce “JumpStart2NOVA” for summer 2022! Our award-winning JumpStart program returns this summer with a new focus, helping students get started on their NOVA journey. Qualified seniors graduating this spring who are considering coming to NOVA after high school may take one 3-credit course and our 1-credit College Success Skills course, SDV … Continued

Save the Date: VCCA Annual Conference, Oct. 5-7, Va. Beach

March 17, 2022 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The Virginia Community Colleges Association (VCCA) is the longest serving professional development venue in the VCCS 50+ year history and it provides many excellent opportunities for networking and new learning experiences. You can gather with others in your field, who believe in the mission of the community colleges in Virginia, and who seek to gain … Continued

Making Healthcare Inclusive: An Office of DEI Spotlight Event, April 8

March 17, 2022 / Events

The Office of DEI and MEC are excited to bring Andrew Rich to NOVA! Andrew Rich (he/him and they/them) is a trans non-binary human, parent and post-bac pre-med student at the University of Louisville, as well as a graduate student in healthcare ethics. He previously worked as a doula and lactation educator and hopes to … Continued