General NOVA News
The College Senate plans to nominate several people to two standing College committees. In our call last spring, we ended up a few people short. The terms for these assignments are for the remainder of this academic year (until May 2025). PLEASE get involved, meet great people and make sure your ideas and concerns are … Continued
The College Senate will meet Thursday Sept.19 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. All members of the NOVA community are invited to join us. We will meet in person on the Annandale Campus (Brault 321) and also via Zoom, Meeting ID: 816 8552 1362 using Passcode: senate. Submitted by: Jack Lechelt, College Senate Chair, JLechelt@nvcc.edu
You may be able to anticipate the great benefits of studying abroad as a college student. Some of you may have experienced it firsthand! Learning a new language, a new culture and meeting new people. It is a priceless experience! In addition to the tremendous education students receive by studying in the U.S., they can … Continued
Thank you for your patience as the College and Barnes & Noble continue to work through implementation of the NOVA All Access program. The implementation team has experienced several hiccups with publisher integrations into Canvas. Depending on the publisher and format of the materials, there are different delivery processes for students to access their materials … Continued
President Kress will host her first faculty/staff office hours of the academic year, via Zoom, on Thursday, September 19, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. You may submit an anonymous question until 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 11. As always, she will use the most frequently asked questions to frame her initial comments, and you can … Continued
As part of our ongoing effort to enhance student success, an ad hoc committee has been formed to evaluate and provide recommendations on improving our collegewide scheduling practices, including the question of whether academic scheduling should be wholly or partly centralized. This committee, comprised of academic deans, associate deans, advisors, faculty members, coordinators of scheduling … Continued
President Kress will host her first faculty/staff office hours of the academic year, via Zoom, on Thursday, September 19, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. You may submit an anonymous question until 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 11. As always, she will use the most frequently asked questions to frame her initial comments, and you can … Continued
As part of our ongoing effort to enhance student success, an ad hoc committee has been formed to evaluate and provide recommendations on improving our collegewide scheduling practices, including the question of whether academic scheduling should be wholly or partly centralized. This committee, comprised of academic deans, associate deans, advisors, faculty members, coordinators of scheduling … Continued
As you continue with the semester, we want to assure you that the Office of the Ombuds is here to support you. If faculty/staff, administrators, students or affiliates of Northern Virginia Community College are reluctant to formally report any of the following situations, the Office of the Ombuds can serve as a confidential, neutral and independent resource … Continued
The Honors Program has been hard at work encouraging students to enroll. This semester, almost 100 students are enrolled in eight honors courses! This doesn’t include the honors students taking part in our 27 honors option courses. At the moment, there are over 350 students in the program. As the program continues to grow, we’d … Continued