Classified staff and 12-month faculty are eligible to carry over excess leave into 2024. Excess leave is defined as any leave above the maximum carryover amount as detailed in the charts below. The leave carryover request form is now online and can be found here. The leave carryover form should be completed no later than … Continued
NOVA’s Office of Wellness and Wellbeing (OEWW) and CommonHealth encourages you to strive for a healthy holiday season. Check out these tips to close out 2023 well. Wishing you good health and happiness. Submitted by: Dahlia Henry-Tett, Chief Wellness Officer (CWO), employeewellbeing@nvcc.edu
Are you interested in continuing the discussion of social justice issues related to prison reform and anti-racism that are explored in Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy? Please join Steve Lessner, associate professor of English, in his Spring 2024 reading group to discuss National Book Award Finalist Life On The Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett … Continued
Please note, the Daily Flyer will be on Winter Break beginning Monday, December 18. We will return with two issues during New Year’s week, on January 3 and 5, and then we will be back full steam beginning January 8. We wish you a safe, restful and truly happy Winter Break, and we look forward … Continued
The College Senate has asked the Personnel Services Committee (PSC) and Instructional and Student Services Committee (ISSC) to gather important data on student behavior as it relates to NOVA personnel. This survey is completely anonymous and is for informational purposes only. The survey was originally sent out in Spring 2023, but we’d like a greater response. … Continued
Dr. Joel Harrison, professor of religion at NOVA’s Manassas Campus, attended a conference at Syracuse University last week. “The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v McIntosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery” featured presentations by three of Harrison’s former students — Christian Oppenhagen, Jason Armstrong and Rachel Neuburger. Harrison encouraged students in his REL-100 … Continued
Let’s start the spring semester in service to our community! NOVA is again proud to partner with Volunteer Fairfax for our annual commitment to service on MLK Jr. Day, January 15, 2024. Below you will find information about donating food items and ways to sign up to serve. And, if you would like to be … Continued
Have you finished the 2023 NOVA Mandatory Training Course? All faculty and staff, including adjunct faculty, wage/P-14 employees, student hires and work-study students, must finalize the mandatory training in Canvas by Friday, December 22. Please plan accordingly to guarantee your completion of the course before the deadline. Failure to complete the modules (including the Final … Continued
As we wrap up one semester, we look forward to the next. Please hold the dates and times below for important back-to-school events in January, including a timely keynote address by and plenary session with Scott Van Pelt, author of The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future. For more on Scott Van … Continued
Talking to someone you trust about something upsetting can help you: Sort through the problem. See the situation more clearly. Look at the problem in a new or different way. Release built-up tension. As the semester ends — and whenever the need arises — use the resources in your TimelyCare emotional emergency kit. One of … Continued
