With a week left until Valentine’s Day, I am happy to share the NOVA SillyLoveSongs playlist. This is an alphabetical list of songs, and you can find the entire playlist on Spotify: 44 songs that make up almost 3 hours of music! My thanks to all who submitted their favorite love songs and congratulations to … Continued
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Respondus has recently enabled a new feature that allows the use of Respondus Lockdown Browser in conjunction with Zoom live proctoring. This does mean there are a few requirements on both the instructor and student sides for optimal usage. When instructors set up their Canvas exam and … Continued
As February begins, I wanted to use today’s message to amplify Dr. Carter’s post in the Daily Flyer about NOVA’s virtual celebration of Black History Month, which nationally has the theme: “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.” It is an important reminder that representation matters. When our students see themselves represented at the front … Continued
Since I will be meeting with all of you this week in zoom office hours for more substantive conversations, it seemed a good time to launch the first Monday Message contest of 2021: Silly Love Songs. (Yes, that’s a Wings’ reference and I’m old enough to remember when it was cool to look like this.) … Continued
For the first message of the new year, some quick updates on items of interest in response to some NOVA questions that came up last week. Higher education employees are in Phase 1C of Governor Northam’s COVID-19 vaccination plan; what does that mean? Virginia is using local public health departments to coordinate and deliver vaccinations. … Continued
Regarding cross-listing sections for spring 2021–for faculty members teaching multiple sections of the same course: If you would like to request that your sections be cross-listed for spring 2021, please refer to this Guide for an explanation of the process and considerations. Submit all requests via the Cross-Listing Request Form by Jan. 6, 2021. Courses … Continued
Every single day of this unreal but all-too-real year, you have shared your gifts of education, transformation, inspiration, motivation, and celebration with our students, with each other and with me. As I’ve reflected on these months and how unbelievably proud I am to work alongside you, a poem by Marge Piercy, “To be of use,” … Continued
As we approach final exams and winter break, NOVA Auxiliary Services is aware that some vending machines may be partially or completely empty. This is not an oversight. The current environment does not support machine refills at the same frequency as fully-operational campuses. This also reduces the number of vendors on campus. The current plan … Continued
As promised, each month I’ll provide short updates on questions/topics raised by the NOVA community. Many thanks to those at the college who have helped me answer your questions. Look for a link to the anonymous question portal in the Daily Flyer about a week before each “NOVA News You Can Use.” The next update … Continued
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, an opportunity to give back as we enter the holiday season, and a new year, we are hoping you will join in NOVA’s inaugural food-raising campaign, Making Spirits Bright $20 at a Time. Each $20 donated will buy a grocery store gift card for our NOVA Nighthawks in need, enabling our … Continued
