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This afternoon the Alexandria DEI Committee kicks off its NOVA Foodways: Global Cuisine, Third Spaces and Community project by hosting Richard Morris, co-executive director of Farm and Foodroots at Cultivate Charlottesville. Cultivate Charlottesville engages youth and community in building an equitable, sustainable food system through garden-based experiential learning, growing and sharing healthy food, amplifying community … Continued
Even though the semester is almost over, the Employer and Career Services Team still has a lot of events happening this month! Please share these events with your students and view more of our events on our Website. Career Services Open House – Woodbridge Open House – Tuesday, April 26 from 11 a.m. until 2 … Continued
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
During Open Enrollment from May 2 through May 16, changes in health care coverage and flexible spending account (FSA) elections are permitted for the plan year that begins July 1, 2022 and ends June 30, 2023. Employees may submit Open Enrollment election requests beginning May 2 using EmployeeDirect or by using the Enrollment Form for … Continued
There’s a new course being offered at NOVA starting in fall 2022! NAS-2, Foundations of Life Sciences. This course has been formed as part of Transfer4Virginia initiatives to improve transferrability of community college courses. Starting in fall 2022, students must first demonstrate mastery of basic biological and chemical principles before they will be allowed to … Continued
NOVA’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion recently hosted “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ramadan,” held both virtually and in person on the Annandale Campus. The event was kicked off by Rommel Aguilar, counselor and chair of the Annandale Campus’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee alongside Ann Stegner, professor of religion at the … Continued
April is National Library Month, National Community College Month and the calendar home to at least another dozen awareness months, including National Poetry Month. So, no better time for a spring NOVA Haiku contest. The theme for this round of haiku is your choice: your poem can be about libraries or community colleges (or if … Continued
NOVA’s communications team is excited to announce the launch of its new SharePoint Web portal. Designed with the help of NOVA’s Enterprise Application Services team, the site is built to help faculty and staff quickly access helpful links, tools, calendars and other resources without having to dig through searches and emails. On the site, you’ll … Continued
There is still room in “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-100, with … Continued
Updates on the Academic Administrative Structure Today’s topic is the ongoing discussion regarding the academic administrative structure. Since last fall, at my request, the provosts and chief academic officer have been working on a revision to NOVA’s academic administrative structure that would address a number of outstanding issues: ongoing concerns about the last re-organization that … Continued
