Save the Dates: Spring Faculty Convening Week, Jan. 6-9, 2025

Please save the following dates for our Spring Faculty Convening Week, January 6-9, 2025. Additional information, including Zoom links, will be posted in an upcoming issue of the Daily Flyer.

Monday, January 6: Spring Convening, via Zoom.

• 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.: College and campus updates followed by keynote speaker author and professor of psychology, Jean Twenge. Dr. Twenge will present a keynote about how to meet the unique needs of Millennial and Gen-Z learners. 
• 11 a.m. until 12 p.m.: Break
• 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.: Q&A with Dr. Twenge.
• 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.: Showcase of faculty’s creative and academic endeavors, including presentations of sabbatical projects recently completed by NOVA faculty.

Tuesday, January 7: The WONDER Conference, in person. Ernst Center at Annandale Campus. Lunch provided.

• 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.: Participants will have first access to complementary copies of A Pedagogy of Kindness by Cate Denial and Generations by Jean Twenge.

Wednesday, January 8: Spring 2025 campus opening meetings (in-person).

Thursday, January 9: via Zoom.

• 9 a.m. until 10 a.m.: Academic Affairs Update 
• 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.: Discipline Group Meetings

Submitted by:
Indigo Eriksen, Interim Director of Faculty Professional Development, IEriksen@nvcc.edu