More than 2,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) gathered on Sunday, January 7, at Maryland’s Gaylord National Resort, where the group held its Founders’ Day “Fill the Pantry” service project to combat food insecurity among college students. Members contributed thousands of pounds of non-perishable food and personal care products to the NOVA Woodbridge … Continued
January is National Mentoring Month, a time to celebrate the transformative power of mentorship. Meaningful mentorship can positively affect personal and professional growth for both mentors and mentees, as the former offer guidance and insight in support of the latter. NOVA’s Cinema program considers mentorship a crucial element for students’ future success in the field … Continued
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 by Jennifer Gonnerman. This book addresses social justice issues related to prison reform and anti-racism that are also explored in Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy. In … Continued
ACEPrint is NOVA’s print, copy and scan service with Canon printers/copiers and Pharos software. You can use your NOVACard or the Pharos app to release your documents from any ACEPrint/Canon copier/printer on any campus. On all campuses (including Pender), this service allows students, faculty and staff to print from anywhere, to anywhere. This means that … Continued
NOVA’s 9-Month Full-Time Teaching Faculty Caucus will meet the third Friday of each month. This is a fantastic opportunity for faculty to meet one another, within and across disciplines and campuses, to review timely topics and concerns related to our faculty work here at NOVA. Our first meeting of 2024 will be today, January 19, … Continued
Please join us for our third discussion of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy today, January 19, at 10 a.m. This group will meet in person at the Annandale Campus Brault Building (CH-206). You do not need to have finished the book to participate, but please come with your own reflections and insights about Stevenson’s remarkable book. We … Continued
Retired U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus, considered one of the leading battlefield commanders and military strategists of our time, will discuss the recently published book he co-wrote at a fundraising event on the Alexandria Campus next week. Sponsored by the NOVA Foundation, the event will help support the new Student Success Fund, established to … Continued
As the new semester begins, we want to assure you that the Office of the Ombuds is here to support you. If faculty/staff, administrators, students or affiliates of Northern Virginia Community College are reluctant to formally report any of the following situations, the Office of the Ombuds can serve as a confidential, neutral and independent … Continued
When Nicholas Heath started at NOVA in Fall 2022, he found something he wasn’t expecting: a home. With parents who worked as U.S. diplomats, Nicholas was used to packing up his life and moving to a different part of the world every three to four years. Nicolas has lived in Tanzania, China, Thailand and America. … Continued
NOVA’s Recreation Department and Office of Employee Wellness and Wellbeing are here to support your physical health! This year, we’ll be offering a series of monthly challenges, each focusing on one aspect of physical fitness. From today, January 19, through February 23, we’ll be hosting our 6-WEEK WEIGHT-MONITORING CHALLENGE to kick off the year and … Continued
