The Open Enrollment period is from May 1 – 15, 2023 to make changes to your health plan and/or flexible spending account (FSA) elections, add or remove family members or waive state health coverage. Elections made during this period, changes to your premiums, health benefits and FSAs will take effect July 1, 2023. Be sure … Continued
The Annandale Campus is happy to announce that Dr. Hemchand Gossai will serve as the interim dean of the LASS division while Jen Daniels is serving in her interim role as AVP for academic affairs. Dr. Gossai has a depth of experience within the LASS division, and higher education in general, bringing 15 years of … Continued
The day has finally arrived! Today’s the day! NOVA’s 57th Commencement to recognize our Nighthawks’ hard work and achievement. The big event starts at 10 a.m. (last names A thru K) and 3 p.m. (last names L thru Z). Again this year, the commencement celebration will be held at George Mason University’s Eagle Bank Arena, … Continued
As a federal contractor, NOVA is required to comply with certain nondiscrimination and affirmative action recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we are required to ask all our employees to update their information every five years. To meet this requirement, we invite employees to complete the Voluntary Self-Identification … Continued
Wow! We did so much this semester. Thank you to each person who contributed to making this inaugural year of NOVA Employee Wellness and Wellbeing such a success. This has been a rich collaboration of college, campus and community wellness champions. I asked for your input, and you did not disappoint. I asked for volunteers … Continued
Are you planning to take the slower pace of summer to complete a nationally recognized workshop? NOVA Online will offer multiple sessions of Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric workshop, free for all NOVA faculty (full time and part time)! The QM Rubric is a national quality standard for online and hybrid courses with a … Continued
As the spring 2023 semester comes to an end and the summer 2023 term gets ready to start next week, the Loaner Laptop Program for all NOVA students keeps rolling along. Our military and veteran program advisors VERITAS military and veteran liaisons, veteran center coordinator and our campus education support specialists across all campuses continue … Continued
Have you used the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal? The portal facilitates building textbook affordability into your classes. You can find the link to the portal and a new video from your NOVA Libraries explaining how to use it at https://libguides.nvcc.edu/affordable. Scroll about halfway down the page at the link. Watch the video titled VIVA Faculty Portal and … Continued
The health benefits of outdoor gardening, including backyard and community gardening, range from increased nutrients in your diet to staving off chronic diseases. So, if you’ve been living life with a little voice in your head whispering, ‘Psst…. You should start a garden,’ it’s for good reason. Here are seven surprising health benefits of gardening. … Continued
The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (OSRR) promotes and encourages honesty, integrity and respect among NOVA students and staff. OSRR accomplishes its mission through education, compliance through behavioral standards and support of individual rights. It’s work helps enhance the quality of the NOVA community and equips faculty, staff and students with what they need … Continued
