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Dual Enrollment Showcase Events, March 21 & April 4

March 13, 2024 / Events

NOVA’s Dual Enrollment (DE) team will once again be hosting its spring DE Showcase events at all five comprehensive campuses! Dual Enrollment is partnering with several departments across the College to showcase why continuing at NOVA after high school is such a great option. While the primary audience for the showcases is current DE juniors and … Continued

Join Guest Lecture with ADJ: FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting, April 16

March 13, 2024 / Events

NOVA’s Administration of Justice Professor Bob Anderson is known for scheduling compelling guest speakers for his classes. Don’t be jealous, though. You are also invited to hear these exciting speakers share their expertise on current events. See below for more info on an upcoming guest lecture: Tuesday, April 16, 7 p.m.  FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting: … Continued

Leave Sharing Program

March 13, 2024 / HR News/Training

A faculty member at the Annandale Campus has requested to participate in the Leave Sharing Program.  Virginia’s Leave Sharing Program permits eligible employees in a Leave Without Pay (LWOP) status due to a qualified Family Medical Leave (FML) event to receive income by using leave hours donated to them by other employees. Leave must be … Continued

WEL-126: Beginners’ Pipe Welding Is Back!

March 13, 2024 / Our Nighthawks

With an increased interest in the trades, particularly welding, NOVA will be bringing back WEL-126, “Intro to Pipe Welding,” in Fall 2024. Students must have completed several prerequisites (including WEL-120, WEL-121, WEL-122, WEL-130 and WEL-160) and passed our in-house D1.1 structural 3/8″ plate test. Students with significant professional welding experience will be considered but must … Continued

More Tips and Tricks for National Nutrition Month

March 13, 2024 / Get Well

What’s with all the attention on food recently? March is National Nutrition Month! Let’s use this month to build NOVA’s healthy recipe collection, contribute to the Nighthawk Nest Food Pantry and make a few tiny nutritional tweaks.  National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign, originally developed in 1973, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and … Continued

OSI Publishes Latest Issue of Data Spotlight Newsletter

March 13, 2024 / General NOVA News

NOVA’s Office of Strategic Insights (OSI) is pleased to announce the latest edition of its Data Spotlight newsletter. The new issue focuses on the impact of advising on student success. NOVA has advising centers on all six campuses. Advising services are also available via virtual chat, video and email. Last year, more than 110,000 students … Continued

Second Reading Group Discussion: “Life on the Outside,” March 22 via Zoom

March 13, 2024 / Events

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. The second Zoom meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 22, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pages 101–185 will be discussed. Two print copies of the book … Continued