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Hot Meals Grant Available for NOVA Students

May 31, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

In our continued efforts to fight hunger and food insecurity, NOVA is now offering grants to students that will allow access to hot, healthy meals while on campus. Affordable access to food and hot, nutritious meals helps students focus, get better grades, and maintain good physical and mental health. Students will receive these funds on … Continued

Open Periods for Submitting Specific Compensation Actions

May 31, 2022 / HR News/Training

Effective July 1, 2022, NOVA HR will designate two open periods for managers to submit requests for employee actions for processing to include role code changes and in-band adjustments. Moving forward, these open periods will define the processing cycles for HR. Rationale for Change: Align NOVA HR compensation and classification guidelines with VCCS guidelines to … Continued

Microsoft Internet Explorer End-of-Life

May 31, 2022 / Tech Notes & Training

Microsoft will officially retire the legacy Internet Explorer (IE) browser on June 15, 2022. This will impact all NVCC-issued Windows devices assigned to faculty/staff and any personal home computers with IE. Microsoft’s replacement for IE is the Edge browser. Microsoft Edge is a more modern and secure browser with a built-in Internet Explorer Mode which … Continued

Enjoy This Week’s CommonHealth Weekly Wellnote

May 31, 2022 / HR News/Training

CommonHealth, the state’s wellness program, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year! To mark this milestone, we have created a very special 35-day challenge starting on June 6, and we hope you will participate.   Stay Well! If you have questions regarding this week’s communication or the CommonHealth program, please reach out to your respective campus coordinator … Continued

Daily Flyer to Publish Tues/Thurs Through August 11

May 31, 2022 / General NOVA News

Beginning today, May 31, the Daily Flyer will publish twice weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday, until August 11, 2022. Please don’t forget us over the summer. Even we, “the summer people,” want to hear about your plans and accomplishments. We want to use this newsletter to announce all the great activities and events for faculty … Continued

In Case You Missed It: NOVA’s Spring Commencement Recording Available

May 31, 2022 / General NOVA News

NOVA held its 56th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15, recognizing students’ hard work and achievement. This year’s spring commencement was held at George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax. Click here to view the ceremony. Opening with congratulatory remarks from faculty and staff, this moving ceremony reminded students of how important they are to … Continued

Tech-101, Today at 1

May 31, 2022 / Tech Notes & Training

Are you new to NOVA?  No matter which position you’ve been hired for, you’ll need to understand things like multi-factor authentication, the myNOVA Portal, NVCC Office tools and where to go to ask for help. The Canvas and Educational Technology team serves all faculty and staff. Do you have questions? We have answers! Register for … Continued

NSF Looking for NOVA Students for Summer Internship

May 31, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

The NSF I/UCRC (National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers) for Spatiotemporal Thinking, Computing and Applications (stcenter.net) is looking for several NOVA students to serve as research interns at Geroge Mason University’s campus starting in June 2022 or later. This paid internship is open to all NOVA students with programming skills and logic thinking. Here … Continued