In working to get necessary resources back to students, the Parking and NOVACard Services Department, with the support of college leadership, offered 100% refunds on all active Spring 2020 Parking permits to minimize the financial impact on students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding that students are adjusting to remote learning, NOVA employees … Continued
Community college crafters are a resilient group. Being on lock down only fuels their creative juices. The fall semester’s “Annandale Library Yarn Storm Group” reassembled as soon as the campuses went remote. The group meets virtually every Friday morning to plot and plan projects that will help the community. Working only with materials in their … Continued
The below article by Jon Battiston appeared in the Loudoun Times-Mirror on April 7, 2020. To offer her students and others an entertaining way to improve their grammar while self-isolating, Leesburg’s Stacy Eldridge, an English and literature instructor at Northern Virginia Community College Loudoun Campus, launched a series of brief YouTube videos, “Grammar Rant,” on … Continued
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Wright who will lead NOVA’s effort to unify high school outreach and coordination! Under the direction of the Vice President of Student Services, and in collaboration with the lead dean liaison for the High School Outreach (HSOR) Working Group, Dr. Debbie Wyne, dean of students (LO), Dr. Wright will provide leadership … Continued
Alexandria Language Arts Professor Esther Kahn has been making good use of her time away from the classroom by helping her daughter Sonia (25) make and distribute protective masks to donate to hospitals and retirement communities. Sewing is Sonia’s hobby, and her mom is helping distribute the colorful masks.
Robert Hooe (Robbie) Russell passed away from health complications on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at Novant Health UVA Prince William Medical Center. Robbie was born on Tuesday, June 7, 1966, at Prince William Hospital to his late parents, Samuel B. and Nancy Jean (Hooe) Russell. He was also preceded in death by his younger brother, … Continued
Art/Art History Professor Rosemary Gallick of the Manassas Campus created Pandemic Paintings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a therapeutically optimistic way of coping and wanted to share the visual experience. In addition to teaching at NOVA, Gallick is also a member of Fairfax Art League, Vienna Art Society and Reston Art League.
Your colleagues’ haikus…Here they are for your pleasure…Please do enjoy them. (in order of submission) Click click click audio check, Zooming into a meeting – distance is social. –Kimberly Burkle Nice shirt and sweatpants Send the family downstairs I’m zooming today —Elizabeth Lanthier Social distancing Challenges us to find ways To stay connected —Leigh Giza … Continued
Cory F. Thompson, Associate Vice President of Administration was a key leader in implementing procedures for the college’s response to the Coronavirus. From navigating the facilities and sanitation responses for each campus, to working with technology teams alongside NOVA parking for WiFi parking lot resources and even personally driving to gather laptops for the Nighthawk … Continued
The Loser-Savkar Faculty Professional Development Fellowship Committee is very pleased to announce the 2020 Loser-Savkar Fellow – Catherine Gaiser, Associate Professor of English, Annandale Campus. Professor Gaiser requested support from the Loser-Savkar Faculty Professional Development Fellowship to explore and incorporate into her teaching the principles of self-authorship and meaning-making based on the works of Dr. … Continued
