General NOVA News
Beginning in fall 2024, NOVA is adopting a new process for the late enrollment of students who are dropped for nonpayment through the enrollment cancellation process. This change reinforces NOVA’s alignment with existing VCCS policy on the issue (8.3.2 Census Dates and Registration Periods). Going forward, students dropped for nonpayment after the “Last Day to … Continued
In the waning days of summer, here is an updated message from your campus cafeterias and bookstores regarding fall operating hours: Food and Dining Annandale, Loudoun and Woodbridge will be open Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the fall semester. Opening dates are: August 26: Loudoun and Woodbridge open. September 3: … Continued
Let’s rock and enroll! Keep pushing students to enroll and encourage continuing students to stay on course and keep moving forward. Persuade new and visiting/transient students to discover the possibilities here at NOVA. The Office of Academic Planning and Advising has devised strategies that could generate an enrollment boost. To ultimately get students to enroll, … Continued
You may have noticed a “slight” change in today’s Daily Flyer. What you are seeing is the first phase of a multi-pronged renovation of our four-and-a-half-year-old employee newsletter. We are switching from a “WordPress-Mail Chimp-Outlook” production to more of a one-stop platform called Axios HQ. This is our first issue, and we’re just learning, so … Continued
On Wednesday, July 24, Harvard’s Project on Workforce, alongside Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and Education Design Lab, hosted an interactive convening at NOVA’s Ernst Center on the Annandale Campus. This event brought together 100+ community college and policy leaders from across the country for a day filled with panels and hands-on workshops focused on … Continued
Let’s rock and enroll! Keep pushing students to enroll and encourage continuing students to stay on course and keep moving forward. Persuade new and visiting/transient students to discover the possibilities here at NOVA. The Office of Academic Planning and Advising has devised strategies that could generate an enrollment boost. To ultimately get students to enroll, … Continued
This is a reminder that the College is moving to a new student-centric course material delivery model, NOVA All Access (formerly known as Barnes & Noble College First Day® Complete). This program will reduce the cost of materials for students and ensure they have all their materials across all courses prior to the first day of … Continued
President Kress will host her faculty/staff office hours via Zoom on Monday, July 29, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. (Note time change). She will use the most frequently asked questions submitted from faculty and staff to frame her initial comments. As always, you can also ask questions during the meeting via the chat box, … Continued
Did you know there are compliance standards that exist to help organizations with website accessibility? These standards are referred to as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG 2.2 is organized around four main principles, which mandate that content must meet POUR standards—perceivable, operable, understandable and robust. Many of these standards are ones that must … Continued
President Kress will host her faculty/staff office hours via Zoom on Monday, July 29, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. (Note time change). You may submit an anonymous question until 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 23. She will use the most frequently asked questions to frame her initial comments. As always, you can also ask questions … Continued