At NOVA, we have explored the causes of verbal conflict and recognized that we are often equally to blame, even if only inadvertently. Skills such as active listening, controlling your ego, explaining rather than commanding requested behavior, paying attention to non-verbal cues (including your own!), empathizing and recognizing others don’t see you like you see … Continued
The Fab Lab provides hands-on support to NOVA’s Engineering Technology degree and hands-on STEM opportunities for college students, staff, and community members. The Fab Lab Makerspace provides workshops, demonstrations, project collaborations with NOVA classes, tours, field trips, and special events to help enhance STEM learning and develop STEM skills. For more info on the programs … Continued
All staff, faculty and students have VCCS Google Drives. It’s cloud-based, so you can access it on any device with Internet access, and it automatically saves your work. You can create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Learn how to manage your Google Drive and make it work for you no matter your role at … Continued
The NOVA Foundation will host its first NOVA Giving Day on April 21. This is a 24-hour fundraising challenge for all members of the #oneNOVA community. All students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, friends, family and the broader community are invited to participate in what the Foundation hopes will become NOVA’s biggest annual day of giving. … Continued
There are so many ways to make Canvas assignments engaging for students. Learn about the different submission types that open up your teaching. We’ll cover setting differentiated due dates and how to add a Turnitin plagiarism check to assignments. We’ll also show you what all of this looks like for your students. Register for this … Continued
Check out the March edition of The Interface, NOVA IET’s newsletter about programs and special events related to IET (Information and Engineering Technology) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at NOVA. Go to http://newsletter.novastem.us/Latest for relevant stories and opportunities that prepare students for #InDemandTech careers. This edition includes big stories on Data Center Operations (DCO) events at … Continued
Are you tired of typing? Did you know that your SpeedGrader has a speech-to-text option for your comments on student submissions? Under the comments box, there is a button with a speaker icon. Click on that, begin speaking your comments and have Canvas do the typing. Submitted by: Heidi Redmond, CETSS, HRedmond@nvcc.edu
The Annual Swank Films Request Period for FY23 is now open! Swank Digital Campus offers a collection of streaming films licensed by NOVA Libraries for courses requiring films for educational use. Individual film requests can be made using this survey. The Swank Films Request period is open April 1 through May 15. During this time, … Continued
NOVA HR is seeking volunteers among our full-time employees across the College to serve as search advocates. Search advocates support NOVA’s commitment to creating a more diverse, fair, inclusive and equitable workplace by eliminating unconscious, unintentional biases and upholding transparent, inclusive search and selection practices. Search advocates will learn principles and strategies to advance NOVA’s … Continued
Please join students, staff and faculty from NOVA’s Loudoun Campus for a series of special events celebrating Loudoun’s Multicultural Awareness Week. MONDAY, APRIL 4 Sand Coloring 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. HEC Entrance Cultural Context of Ukraine/Russia Conflict 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. HEC Room 203 Chinese Culture Presentation 3 p.m. until 4 … Continued
