On Sunday, May 15, NOVA will hold its 56th commencement ceremony to recognize our students’ hard work and achievement. Ms. Arfa Syed, an alumna who personifies NOVA’s commencement theme “Go Boldly” will serve as the 2022 spring commencement speaker. “My dream to obtain higher education wouldn’t have been possible without NOVA as my launchpad,” … Continued
Through the generous support of Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation, 19 Metallica Scholars have completed the ESL Support for Nurse Aide Students course since it launched in September 2021. Speaking Spanish, French, Punjabi, Sudanese, Sinhala, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic, Amharic, Yoruba, and Farsi, the students embody Northern Virginia’s diversity and determination to succeed while … Continued
Open for Inclusive Excellence is a facilitated, asynchronous, online course/learning experience for any NOVA faculty interested in implementing open education and equitable teaching and learning practices in their courses. The five-week course will be offered from July 11 through August 12. The course will explore the intersection of Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Pedagogy (OP) … Continued
We have now met all five candidates for Annandale Provost. Remember, whether or not you were able to attend candidate presentations in-person, we still want your feedback on our finalists! Recordings of each candidates’ session will be made available on NOVA’s SharePoint site. A closed-captioned version of the recording will be posted as soon as … Continued
After 12 years of visionary leadership as NOVA’s Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, Dan Dusseau is retiring effective May 1. Before coming to NOVA, he had risen to command staff rank as a major in the Prince Georges County (Maryland) Police Department. In his climb through the ranks at Prince Georges Police, … Continued
On Thursday, April 28, we are offering short 20-minute webinars on Zoom Polling, Annotating in Zoom, Zoom Breakout Rooms and Zoom Advanced Polling. Sign up for one or all four. Zoom Polling: Adding simple polls to your Zoom meetings to use as icebreakers, warmups or to gain insight into your students’ understanding is easy. Come … Continued
New to NOVA or just need a refresher course in the technology used at NOVA? No matter which position you’ve been hired for or currently hold, you’ll need to understand things like multi-factor authentication, the myNOVA Portal, the NVCC Office tools and where to go to ask for help. The Canvas and Educational Technology team … Continued
On April 21, the NOVA Educational Foundation launched its inaugural 24-hour virtual fundraiser in support of NOVA student achievement. Nearly $30,000 was raised to support student success through scholarships, emergency grants, textbooks and even caps and gowns for NOVA’s upcoming May commencement. “Faculty, staff, alumni and NOVA enthusiasts across Northern Virginia quickly answered the call … Continued
TIAA, one of NOVA’s 403-b, voluntary retirement savings plans and Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) providers has announced the availability of a number of webinars on a variety of helpful financial topics. Interested employees may register here to attend. The live webinar topics include the following: The Starting Line: Beginning to Save for Retirement – The … Continued
Resilience: The 2022 NOVA Loudoun Student Art Exhibition opened on Monday, April 4, and will run through Friday, May 13, in the Waddell Art Gallery. The exhibition features 40 works in various media created by art students from the Campus. Over the last two years, NOVA students have experienced and overcome many new challenges –among … Continued
