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Excess Leave Carryover Information for 2024

December 4, 2024 / HR News/Training

Classified staff and 12-month faculty are eligible to carry over excess leave into 2025. Excess leave is defined as any leave above the maximum carryover amount as detailed in the charts below. The leave carryover request form will be available beginning on December 1, 2024. The leave carryover form should be completed no later than Friday, … Continued

NOVA Online Flex-Course Pilot: A Customized Approach to Online Education

December 4, 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

Spring Clean Your Canvas Course, Dec. 13

December 4, 2024 / Tech Notes & Training

Join us for a hands-on workshop to declutter and optimize your Canvas course. Streamline your Course Navigation, review your Assignment Index, organize and create consistent naming conventions in Modules, recognize and name unused Pages, organize your Images and Files, discuss Announcement storage, and review and validate content for broken links and accessibility issues.  Join us … Continued

2025-2026 FAFSA Is Now Available!

December 4, 2024 / Our Nighthawks

The 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available for all students and contributors to submit. To be considered for the maximum amount of grants, loans and work-study awards for fall 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026, students should submit the 2025-2026 FAFSA and any “To Do Items” noted in the myNOVA … Continued

Career Connection Newsletter – Sign up today!

December 4, 2024 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Are you interested in learning more about NOVA’s career resources? Do you want to receive updates directly from the Business Engagement and Career Services team? Sign up today to receive Career Services’ monthly Career Connection newsletter. Newsletters include Career Services updates, Career Connection tips, job market updates and info on upcoming events. They also feature … Continued

Save the Date! Learn About 2025 NSF Grant Opportunities, Jan. 14

December 4, 2024 / Events

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is holding an Introduction & Listening Session on Tuesday, January 14, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. This helpful virtual session will  introduce funding opportunities and invite questions. The floor will be open to discussion about ideas and challenges associated with acquiring NSF funding. Have you been waiting for the … Continued

CATE to Offer Faculty Training for HonorLockAI, Dec. 9, Jan. 14

December 4, 2024 / Events

NOVA is piloting a new online proctoring provider, HonorLockAI. CATE, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence, will host two virtual trainings for faculty who are piloting HonorLockAI in their spring 2025 courses.  Held via Zoom, the trainings will take place on Monday, December 9 at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, January 14 at 3 … Continued

CommonHealth Wellnote

December 4, 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, … Continued

History Reading Group A Black Woman’s History of the U.S. Begins Dec. 5

December 4, 2024 / Events

The next meeting of the History Reading Group will take place on Thursday, December 5, from 2:15 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. on the Annandale Campus (CN-219). We will be discussing A Black Woman’s History of the United States. All faculty and staff are welcome to participate. For questions, please e-mail Professor Nathaniel Green at NCGreen@nvcc.edu. … Continued