Events – Daily Flyer https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer NOVA News Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:25:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Join “Reimagining Multicultural Engagement in the Era of Fentanyl,” April 2 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/join-reimagining-multicultural-engagement-in-the-era-of-fentanyl-april-2-3/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/join-reimagining-multicultural-engagement-in-the-era-of-fentanyl-april-2-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:55 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60334 Continued]]> Please join us on Wednesday, April 2 from 2-3 p.m. at the Loudoun Campus (HEC Room 203) for “Reimagining Multicultural Engagement in the Era of Fentanyl.” This event will include representatives from NOVA’s Office of Wellness and Mental Health; Loudoun County Government’s Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Development Services; and Song for Charlie.

This event is free and open to all. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

Caitlin Centineo, coordinator of inclusion and student success, Office of Care and Inclusion

Flyer: Light blue background bordered by band aids, pills, etc. Text: Reimagining Multicultural Engagement in the Era of Fentanyl, April 2, 2025, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Loudoun (HEC-203), Hosted by: NOVA Office of Wellness and Mental Health; Soung for Charlie; and Loudoun County Virginia Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Development Services. RSVP Here over a QR code leading to a google doc. If you need assistance registering for this event, contact Caitlin Centineo in the Office of Care and Inclusion, CCentineo@nvcc.edu

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Training on 2025-2026 NOVA catalog updates, April 4 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/training-on-2025-2026-nova-catalog-updates-april-4-2/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/training-on-2025-2026-nova-catalog-updates-april-4-2/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:37 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60333 Continued]]> The Office of Academic Affairs will present updates to the 2025-2026 NOVA Catalog and other academic updates, including new and discontinued programs, policy updates and reminders, new credit for prior learning opportunities and updates on NOVA honors and study abroad. The training (graciously hosted by the NOVA Office of Academic Planning and Advising) will be held on Friday, April 4 from 9-10 a.m. All faculty and staff are welcome! We will distribute the slides and recording of the training afterward.

Use this Zoom link and Meeting ID: 846 5394 9319.

If you have any questions about the training, please email academics@nvcc.edu (email for faculty/staff only).

Dr. Casey Lukszo, associate director, curriculum & innovative education, Academic Affairs

 

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Climate, Chaos and Keats with Nicole Tong, Today at 1 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/climate-chaos-and-keats-with-nicole-tong-today-at-1/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/climate-chaos-and-keats-with-nicole-tong-today-at-1/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:26 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60331 Continued]]> In honor of National Poetry Month, Dean Nicole Tong will discuss how poets are uniquely equipped to wonder in meaningful ways in eras of uncertainty. Her talk, titled “Climate, Chaos and Keats: Poetry in Eras of Uncertainty” will look at poems by Lucille Clifton, John Keats, Ada Limon, Patricia Smith and others that respond to what is just beyond human control. She will end with a discussion of Negative Capability, the Keatsian concept of embracing mystery and beauty in her own poems. The event will take place Tuesday, April 1 from 1-2 p.m. on the Annandale Campus (CA-302).

Dean Nicole Tong is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fairfax County. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sundress Academy at Firefly Farms and George Mason University, where she received her MFA. In 2016, she served as a Writer-in-Residence at Pope-Leighey House, a Frank Lloyd Wright property in Alexandria. She was a recipient of the President’s Sabbatical from NOVA where she was professor of English. Her writing has appeared in American Book Review, CALYX, Cortland Review and Yalobusha Review, among others. Washington Writers’ Publishing House announced Nicole Tong’s debut collection– How to Prove a Theory– as the 2017 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize Winner, which is available at Politics and Prose, Scrawl Books and on Indiebound. Currently she is the dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Reynolds Community College.

If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact Steve Lessner.

Steve Lessner, Professor of English, Annandale Campus

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Woodbridge juried student art exhibition opening, April 3 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/woodbridge-juried-student-art-exhibition-opening-april-3/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/woodbridge-juried-student-art-exhibition-opening-april-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:04 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60273 Continued]]> Join us for the opening reception of our annual Juried Student Art Exhibition on April 3 at 7 p.m.! The gallery show features visual art created by talented Woodbridge students in photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, video, illustration and design.

Explore a special Virtual Reality Gallery experience available during the opening reception, with VR headsets provided for an immersive journey through student artwork.

Enjoy refreshments, meet the student artists and celebrate creativity at Woodbridge!

The gallery is located on the Woodbridge Campus (WAS-123)

Liz Donadio, associate professor & co-chair of photography & media, Woodbridge

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Briefings that get to the point in a busy world, April 3 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/briefings-that-get-to-the-point-in-a-busy-world/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/04/01/briefings-that-get-to-the-point-in-a-busy-world/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:01 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60312 Continued]]> Have you ever wondered how the best speakers learn how to share their ideas in a meaningful way in a short amount of time? Learn to communicate with clarity.

The NOVA Mandel Grant Program and the CST Marketing Committee will host a webinar designed to help career launchers with a key professional communication skill. This virtual event will be held on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m.

“Briefings That Get to The Point in A Busy World” will feature Debbie Replogle, executive program director for Career Network Ministry, who will lead participants through best  practices on how to construct and deliver a briefing appropriate for multiple professional spaces. Later in the evening, attendees will be able to take part in an interactive breakout session to practice these techniques with Mandel Employer Council members.

The event will be hosted and moderated by Nicole Evans with Liliya Karimova, Jenny Lopez-Ramirez and James Steele of the CST Marketing Committee.

Register for this helpful event.

Nicole Evans, program director for the NOVA Mandel Grant Program

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Getting to the point in a busy world, April 3 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/getting-to-the-point-in-a-busy-world-april-3-2/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/getting-to-the-point-in-a-busy-world-april-3-2/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:49 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60261 Continued]]> Learn how to communicate with clarity. Have you ever wondered how the best speakers learn how to share their ideas in a meaningful way and in a short amount of time? The NOVA Mandel Grant Program and the CST Marketing Committee will host a webinar designed to help career launchers with a key professional communication skill.

Join us on Thursday, April 3 at 6 p.m. “Briefings that get to the point in a busy world” will feature Debbie Replogle, executive program director for Career Network Ministry, who will lead you through the best practices in how to construct and deliver a briefing appropriate for multiple professional spaces.

Later in the evening, attendees will have the opportunity to take part in an interactive breakout session to practice these techniques with Mandel Employer Council Members. The event will be hosted and moderated by Nicole Evans, NOVA Mandel Grant Program Director, with Liliya Karimova, Jenny Lopez-Ramirez and James Steele of the CST Marketing Committee.

Click here to register.

—James Steele, instructor and department chair of communications, LASS, Woodbridge Campus

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Climate, Chaos and Keats with Nicole Tong, April 1 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/climate-chaos-and-keats-poetry-in-eras-of-uncertainty-with-nicole-tong-april-1-5/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/climate-chaos-and-keats-poetry-in-eras-of-uncertainty-with-nicole-tong-april-1-5/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:35 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60259 Continued]]> In honor of National Poetry Month, Dean Nicole Tong will discuss how poets are uniquely equipped to wonder in meaningful ways in eras of uncertainty. Her talk, titled “Climate, Chaos and Keats: Poetry in Eras of Uncertainty” will look at poems by Lucille Clifton, John Keats, Ada Limon, Patricia Smith and others that respond to what is just beyond human control. She will end with a discussion of Negative Capability, the Keatsian concept of embracing mystery and beauty in her own poems. The event will take place Tuesday, April 1 from 1-2 p.m. on the Annandale Campus (CA-302).

Dean Nicole Tong is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fairfax County. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sundress Academy at Firefly Farms and George Mason University, where she received her MFA. In 2016, she served as a Writer-in-Residence at Pope-Leighey House, a Frank Lloyd Wright property in Alexandria. She was a recipient of the President’s Sabbatical from NOVA where she was professor of English. Her writing has appeared in American Book Review, CALYX, Cortland Review and Yalobusha Review, among others. Washington Writers’ Publishing House announced Nicole Tong’s debut collection– How to Prove a Theory– as the 2017 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize Winner, which is available at Politics and Prose, Scrawl Books and on Indiebound. Currently she is the dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Reynolds Community College.

If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact Steve Lessner.

Steve Lessner, Professor of English, Annandale Campus

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Reimaging multicultural engagement in the era of fentanyl, April 7 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/__trashed-24/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/__trashed-24/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:27 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60178 Continued]]> Join us on Monday, April 7 at 3 p.m. for Reimagining Multicultural Engagement in the Era of Fentanyl. We will welcome Song for Charlie’s Gina Malagold to NOVA! In this informative virtual session, she will discuss La Nueva Drug Talk, share data on the opioid epidemic’s effects on Hispanic populations and provide best practices for working with multicultural groups. Dr. Malagold, an author, speaker and writer, has received several national and international awards and fellowships.

This event is free and open to all!

Caitlin Centineo, coordinator of inclusion and student success, Office of Care and Inclusion

Green and gold NOVA logo, Office of Wellness and Mental Health. Text: Reimagining Multicultural Engagement in the era of fentanyl. Circular design element with a photo of Guest speaker Gina Malagold, PhD, MS, MA, director of multicultural affairs, Song for Charlie. Black box with text: April 7, 3 p.m., virtual Zoom engagement. Join by scanning the QR code or by visiting the official OWMH Canvas site a nvcc.edu/wellness. QR code leading to that address. Text: Please welcome Song for Charlie's Gina Malagold to NOVA. In an informative virtual session, she will discuss La Nueva Drug Talk, share data on opioid epidemic's effects on Hispanic populations and provide best practices for working with multicultural groups. Dr. Malagold, an author, speaker and writer< has received several national and international awards and fellowships. This event is free and open to all.

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SPARK event on student success, Loudoun Campus, April 4 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/spark-event-on-student-success-loudoun-campus-april-4-copy/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/spark-event-on-student-success-loudoun-campus-april-4-copy/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:22 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60260 Continued]]> Through the generous sponsorship of NOVA Professors Emeriti Reva A. Savkar and Robert C. Loser, we are pleased to invite you to NOVA’s first annual SPARK event. Three faculty and staff finalists will present their innovative ideas to enhance student success.

In the spirit of NOVA, we encourage everyone to attend as we celebrate our colleagues and their ideas for advancing change at NOVA. 

Event details: 

  • Friday, April 4
  • 11 a.m.
  • Waddell Theater, Loudoun Campus

Charlotte Calobrisi, associate vice president, Human Resources

 

Black and white flyer advertising first annual SPARK event. "SPARK" is written in all caps at the top, with the "K" resembling a lightning bolt. "COMPETITION" appears in gray along the right-hand side. 

Intro text: "Competing for a grand prize of $1,000, participants will pitch a single, actionable idea that can significantly enhance student success. Come support and vote for your favorite speaker!"

In center of flyer: From left to right, headshots of Jack Lechelt, Ph.D. (host); Thomas Dang; Curtis Wilson; and Indigo Eriksen, Ph.D.

At bottom: "April 4, 2025 | NOVA Loudoun Campus | Waddell Theater, 11 a.m."

 

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NOVA business discipline alumni panel, April 10 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/nova-business-discipline-alumni-panel-april-10/ https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/2025/03/31/nova-business-discipline-alumni-panel-april-10/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:21 +0000 https://blogs.nvcc.edu/dailyflyer/?p=60255 Continued]]> The NOVA collegewide business discipline will honor 12 distinguished alumni with a panel discussion and networking event on Thursday, April 10, from 6-8 p.m. on the Loudoun Campus (HEC-203). Pizza will be provided. Faculty, staff, admin, family, friends, and our community are all invited.

Our 2025 honorees are: Jonathan Falcone, Madeen Mograbi, Ricardo Arias, Caprelle Curry, Chris Leo, Evan Garnier, Jason Aguirre, Kelsey Campbell, Adam Fatz, Ali Farazad, Hamza Khan and Basit Tusher.

Please join us in showing our college pride for these exceedingly successful former students and spend some time meeting them for networking opportunities.

Miguel Corrigan, associate professor of science, Loudoun Campus

 

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