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Your Knowing What to Do in an Emergency Could Save Lives

January 9, 2024 / General NOVA News

Welcome back from the Office of Emergency Management and Safety (OEMS)! As the semester begins, please take a moment to review this important information related to emergencies at the College.  In an effort to ensure that we are all prepared for an emergency situation, please review the College Emergency Action Plan. As employees of the … Continued

Late-Night Canvas Training

January 9, 2024 / Tech Notes & Training

Need late-night Canvas training? We have you covered! Join the CETSS team for a crash course on getting your Canvas course set up for the Spring 2024 semester. Canvas Blitz: Thursday, January 11 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. — New Term Course Setup 6:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. — Assignments 7 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. … Continued

Student Success Fund Winter Closure, thru Jan. 22

January 9, 2024 / General NOVA News

The NOVA Educational Foundation thanks faculty and staff for being a part of the communications effort to promote the Student Success Fund, a fund that provides dollars for students encountering unexpected financial emergencies that could disrupt their momentum toward graduation. To complete processing of applications that are currently in the system, and to make certain … Continued

NOVA and Game Gym Offer Free Esports Training for Students

January 9, 2024 / Our Nighthawks

NOVA and Game Gym, an esports education platform and the College’s official esports training partner, recently announced a pilot program to make structured esports training and practice available to all NOVA students for free! That’s right — all NOVA students can enjoy full access to Game Gym’s content library and structured workouts for the Spring … Continued

Register for a Special Event Featuring Anthony Ray Hinton, Feb. 29

January 9, 2024 / Events

Registration is now open for a virtual webinar featuring Mr. Anthony Ray Hinton! Click here to register for this special event, which will be held on Thursday, February 29, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. There will also be time for live Q&A with Mr. Hinton. To help us prepare, the NOVA community is encouraged to … Continued

Spring ’24 Reading Discussion Group: “Life On The Outside”

January 9, 2024 / Events

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

Fab Lab’s Design Incubator Searching for Student Fellows

January 9, 2024 / Our Nighthawks

The Manassas Campus Fab Lab is recruiting for the second cohort of its student Product Design Incubator! This spring and summer program offers students the opportunity work in interdisciplinary groups to develop and prototype a product from scratch. Sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation, selected student fellows will earn a $3,000 stipend … Continued