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December 12, 2024 / @NOVA

This fall, NOVA introduced a dynamic new role to support students: the Student Success Guides. These individuals are dedicated to meeting students where they are—both literally and figuratively—and connecting them to academic and nonacademic resources to help them succeed. Each of NOVA’s five comprehensive campuses is now home to a Student Success Guide who acts … Continued

Woodbridge Campus Donates 200+ Toys to USMC Toys for Tots

December 12, 2024 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The NOVA Outreach club, in partnership with the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program, collected more than 200 toys donated by the Woodbridge Campus’ faculty, staff, and students. On Monday, Dec. 9, Prof. Cedric Howard and NOVA Outreach program coordinator and student Hilena Betemariam delivered the donations to the American Legion Post 364 in Woodbridge where they will be … Continued

Update on NOVA Online Flex-Course Pilot

December 12, 2024 / General NOVA News

NOVA Online is proud to announce the launch of its Flex-Course pilot, an initiative designed to empower experienced full-time faculty with the flexibility to customize their online courses. By unlinking these courses from the standard host template, faculty can tailor course materials to better meet the needs of their students while maintaining alignment with discipline-approved … Continued

A Gentle Reminder to Complete Mandatory Training by Dec. 23

December 11, 2024 / HR News/Training

As part of NOVA’s commitment to compliance and professional development, we write to inform you about NOVA’s 2024 mandatory training requirement for all NOVA employees. All current full-time faculty, classified staff, adjunct faculty, workforce instructors, wage/P-14 employees, and contractors, are required to complete this training through Canvas by 5 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2024. … Continued

Complete Faculty Attitudes & Career Readiness Survey for a Chance to Win

December 11, 2024 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Last spring the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Society for Experiential Education (SEE) released Faculty Attitudes and Behaviors: The Integration of Career Readiness Into the Curriculum, a report highlighting data from the joint survey that demonstrates the many ways faculty support career readiness. … Continued

Pender 4 Conference Rooms Now Available for Booking in Outlook

December 11, 2024 / General NOVA News

Pender 4 public conference rooms 149, 121 and 122 are now available for staff and faculty to book directly through Outlook. These meeting spaces are available for use by all NOVA departments. Instructions for how to book them, in addition to room features and seating capacity, can be found on NOVANet.  Submitted by: Alissa Nonis, … Continued

Looking for an Employee Writing Group?

December 11, 2024 / Events

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence (CATE) will host a virtual writing group in the spring semester for NOVA employees working on a writing project of any sort. The writing group is an informal space where interested people meet regularly via Zoom to work on independent projects (e.g. research, journal articles, book chapters, … Continued

CommonHealth Wellnote

December 11, 2024 / Get Well

How can your Virginia State Employee Wellness Program help? CommonHealth’s programs and campaigns cover a variety of health topics and are available in a range of formats to meet the needs of different workplaces. Highly skilled wellness consultants provide the latest on stress, sleep, nutrition, exercise and more for faculty/staff meetings, special events, conferences, benefit … Continued