Thank you so much to everyone who submitted a fall haiku! In the end, 31 of our colleagues shared their celebrations of fall. The entire collection (plus my submission) are available at NOVAFall2020Haikus2 and it will make wonderful reading on an early fall evening. As promised, I pulled the name of one author at random to … Continued
Since Friday’s passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I know many of us have been reflecting on her life, legend and legacy. Making her a myth obscures the journey that likely, in part, drove Justice Ginsburg’s work. She was the daughter of an emigrant furrier born in Ukraine and a first-generation American … Continued
In my Zoom office hours last week, I had a number of requests to repeat last spring’s haiku contest. I will never turn down a chance to promote poetry. So, welcome to NOVA Haikus Round 2! The rules: Haiku is a traditional Japanese poetic form with three lines: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. The … Continued
As we started fall classes, NOVA reaffirmed our access and equity mission. The commitments to achieving equity in opportunity that have been put forward by our College Senate and college councils demonstrate that we are dedicated to a journey that stretches far beyond NOVA. Each of us, in our own way, is taking steps to … Continued
The NOVA Foundation and the Financial Aid Office are excited to announce the opening of the third scholarship cycle for the 2020-2021 academic year. The scholarship application period will begin on August 31, 2020 and will close on Oct. 2, 2020. Students may submit one application to apply for multiple opportunities. For a list of … Continued
As part of the reaffirmation process set forth by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), institutions must propose a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that supports the College’s mission and strategic plan and improves institutional effectiveness. The QEP should develop and a strategy that the College will use to enhance student … Continued
This year has been a busy and unexpected one, and as we move through the summer semester, the Marketing Department wanted to provide a few updates regarding summer and fall recruitment and general awareness campaigns. We understand recruitment, enrollment and retention are particularly important this year so we wanted to provide information about the advertising, … Continued
As NOVA’s Board noted when commending our college for its work in response to the pandemic this spring, our outstanding faculty went above and beyond in moving their courses to remote delivery so quickly. NOVA faculty members dedicated themselves to ensuring our students could continue and complete an unprecedented semester, and time and time again, … Continued
In Thursday’s NOVA Operations Weekly, I wrote about last week’s Supreme Court decision related to DACA and included (what I thought was) a helpful link from NOVA’s website. As it turns out, that link was not helpful at all—so disregard it with my apologies. Thank you to the employees who wrote to let me know. … Continued
On Monday, I shared an open letter to our community asking us to consider what we can and must do to live our values and make equity in opportunity real at NOVA. Our mission, diversity and scale mean that success in our efforts to address systemic racism at our college can and will have a … Continued
