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New Process for Supervisors of P-14/Wage Employees

August 13, 2024 / HR News/Training

Please post until 8/16. Thank you! To ensure compliance with audit requirements for NOVA and VCCS, we must maintain an accurate employee roster. It is the supervisor’s responsibility to submit, in a timely manner, Form 105-021 for inactive employees. Beginning Monday, August 12, 2024, if a P-14/wage employee does not enter any time for an … Continued

Sign Up for Monthly Credit for Prior Learning Webinars

August 13, 2024 / General NOVA News

During the July 29 president’s office hours, Dr. Kress shared important insights from recent enrollment reports—NOVA has experienced a decrease in recent high school graduate enrollment and an increase in adult learners. This shift emphasizes the need for us to be prepared to meet the unique needs of these students, including providing opportunities for Credit … Continued

Important SDV Update and Answers to FAQs!

August 13, 2024 / General NOVA News

In an attempt to ensure students have a successful transition to college, NOVA is taking the opportunity to recommit to the practice of requiring students to enroll in SDV-100, 101 in their first semester of enrollment. This new policy went into effect August 12, and any new students who enrolled for fall 2024 before that … Continued

Next Compliance Training: Title IX, VAWA and Clery, Tomorrow at 2

August 8, 2024 / HR News/Training

Join us for our Summer 2024 Compliance Training sessions hosted by the Office of Human Resources. As in previous years, these sessions will be required* for associate vice presidents, deans, directors and associate deans. However, we would like to extend the invitation to all employees who may find value in these trainings/topics to participate in … Continued

Update on Requesting Canvas and Edtech Support

August 8, 2024 / Tech Notes & Training

Effective immediately, all Canvas and Edtech support requests must be submitted through the Canvas and Ed Tech Support portal.  If you have questions after normal business hours, or you have general Canvas questions, please check out all of our self-serve resources. Contact Canvas 24/7 Support from the Help button in Canvas’ Global Navigation (bottom left icon) for … Continued

Leave Sharing Program

August 8, 2024 / HR News/Training

A staff member at the Medical Education Campus and a staff member at the Annandale Campus have requested to participate in the leave sharing program. If you would like to donate leave hours, please download the Leave Sharing Program Donor Form. Once you’ve completed the form, please submit it to benefits@nvcc.edu. Leave must be donated … Continued

President’s July 29 Faculty/Staff Office Hours Recording Available

August 8, 2024 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The recording of the president’s Faculty/Staff Office Hours from Monday, July 29, is now available using passcode: pDkJ&*6Y.  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 of Internal Comms., KAThompson@nvcc.edu

Fall 2024 Convocation, August 16!

August 8, 2024 / Countdown to Convocation

We are in the waning days of summer, and Convocation is almost upon us–one week and one day away, to be exact. NOVA’s Fall 2024 Convocation will be held on Friday, August 16, from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center on NOVA’s Annandale Campus. Faculty and staff may attend … Continued

Unlock the Power of Canvas Gradebook: Two Essential Workshops

August 8, 2024 / Tech Notes & Training

Are you struggling to manage your Canvas gradebook? We’re offering two informative workshops for you on Thursday, August 15th designed to help you simplify the grading process. Assignment Groups and Weighted Grades 2:00-2:30: Learn how to effectively organize and weight assignments to accurately reflect student performance. Gradebook Setup 2:30-3:00: Discover essential gradebook features and settings … Continued

NOVA All Access Update + Virtual Lunch & Learn, Thurs., Aug. 15

August 8, 2024 / Events

This is a reminder that the College is moving to a new student-centric course material delivery model, NOVA All Access (formerly known as Barnes & Noble College First Day® Complete). This program will reduce the cost of materials for students and ensure they have all their materials across all courses prior to the first day of … Continued