General NOVA News

Important Update on Enrollment Cancellation

August 1, 2024 / 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

Update on Fall 2024 Cafeteria and Bookstore Hours

August 1, 2024 / General NOVA News

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!

August 1, 2024 / General NOVA News

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

Daily Flyer Rolls Out Phase One of Reno!

August 1, 2024 / General NOVA News

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

Harvard, NOVA, Ed. Design Lab Work to Strengthen Community College Capacity to Drive Econ. Growth

July 30, 2024 / General NOVA News

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!

July 30, 2024 / General NOVA News

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

Web Accessibility Considerations for Faculty and Staff

July 25, 2024 / General NOVA News

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