Basketball season is approaching fast! NOVA Women’s Basketball will kick off with the CCBC Essex Jamboree on Sunday, October 29, a scrimmage on Saturday, November 4 (vs. Trinity of D.C.), and the regular home opener at Annandale on Wednesday, November 8, at 5 p.m. (vs. Howard Community College). Come on out this season to support … Continued
NOVA Business Engagement and Career Services is excited to continue bringing opportunities for students to engage with area businesses. Starting next week, students can participate in our Fall 2023 Career Fairs to meet and talk with regional employers! The Fall 2023 Career Fairs, a pair of large-scale, general fairs, will be attended by more than … Continued
There will be a Common Read discussion on Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, our inaugural common read, on Friday, October 27, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. via Zoom. The discussion, led by Steve Lessner, associate professor of English, will cover chapters 1 through 5. Participants should feel free to come with ideas or questions. For … Continued
On Friday, October 27, at 1 p.m., NOVA will be testing a portion of its emergency alert system. The systems tested will be: personal computers, desk phones and hallway monitors (digital media screens). This is just a test of our alert systems and will require no action on your part. Once the alert has concluded, … Continued
Did you know that NOVA is a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center? We are part of a network of institutions committed to relationship-building across diverse people groups. One tool TRHT Campus Centers have found helpful is the Healing Circle. Healing Circles are small groups of people coming together in a facilitated space … Continued
As part of our ongoing support for NOVA faculty teaching hybrid and online courses, NOVA Online offers a series of Collegewide webinars featuring amazing faculty colleagues who share best practices for student success. Professor Chvonne Parker will lead an upcoming webinar on Friday, October 27, from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. If you’ve ever faced challenges explaining complex topics, sought … Continued
The Massage Therapy program is running another course. Wait … you didn’t know NOVA had a massage therapy program? Well, then you’ve been missing out! Not only could you enroll to work toward getting yourself certified in massage therapy and sit for the national exam, but you could also donate your body to science for … Continued
The recording from the President’s Faculty/Staff Office Hours from Thursday, October 19, is now available. Find it here, using Passcode: Nk70!=kA. You can find all the president’s office hours for faculty/staff and for students (and lots of other helpful information) on the President’s NOVAnet site under Townhall recordings. Submitted by: Kathy Thompson, Assoc. Director … Continued
Faculty and staff, you are invited to join your academic deans, provosts, the vice president of academic affairs/chief academic officer and interim associate vice president of academic affairs to help develop an Academic Master Plan for NOVA. We encourage you to share your thoughts regarding the goals, objectives and anticipated outcomes at upcoming listening sessions: … Continued
Join Joshua Bruce and Steve Lessner for “Check Your Technique: Hip Hop Writing Workshop 2.0.” Building on their previous workshop last spring, this interactive workshop will focus on the connections between Hip Hop and writing and invite participants to: explore a variety of rappers’ techniques of writing, invention and delivery, analyze a favorite rapper’s lines … Continued
