Day: September 23, 2011

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Technology Applications Center Training

The Technology Applications Center (TAC) is offering a variety of technology training for faculty and staff. Faculty and staff can see all available training and register online. The following training opportunities are available: Hybrid Overview – for former and current hybrid faculty Hybrid Certification – for new faculty who need to be certified to teach a hybrid course Blackboard Certification Basic eVA Basic AIS Basic … Continue reading Technology Applications Center Training

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Teaching and Learning Online

Have you thought about teaching online? Do you want to feel better prepared to tackle this new and increasingly popular learning format? Extended Learning Institute (ELI) now offers two convenient credit courses to help you prepare to teach online: TOP and IDOL. TOP is an eight-week online course that introduces pedagogy and technology for building and facilitating online learning communities in online and hybrid courses. … Continue reading Teaching and Learning Online

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The Senior Leadership Seminar (The Virginia Network)

Are you a woman contemplating a career or advancing your career in higher education administration? The Senior Leadership Seminar sponsored by the Virginia Network of the American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Women in Higher Education is a great launching pad to assess and reflect upon your leadership skills. The Leadership Seminar is conducted in three parts in October, January and June. The sessions … Continue reading The Senior Leadership Seminar (The Virginia Network)

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Need Help with Blackboard? Contact a TAC Mentor!

Are you a faculty member who needs assistance with Blackboard or have other technology related questions? Technology Application Center (TAC) mentors are located at each campus to assist with your instructional technology needs. AL Scott Buswell AA252 sbuswell@nvcc.edu 703-845-6534 AN Beverly Pittman CM310 bdpittman@nvcc.edu 703-323-3321 LO Robert Dusek LR 221 rdusek@nvcc.edu 703-450-2539 MA Alicia Tucker MC 234 atucker@nvcc.edu 703-257-6696 MEC Donna Freeman HE 239I dfreeman@nvcc.edu 703-822-2093 Continue reading Need Help with Blackboard? Contact a TAC Mentor!

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Regency Women’s Club Announces New Scholarships for NOVA

Since June 2007, the Regency Women’s Club of Haymarket, Virginia, has supported the scholarship program at NOVA by giving a $2,000 nursing scholarship each year. This year the club not only awarded the annual nursing scholarship to Tiffany Jones, one of the outstanding NOVA nursing students, but they also announced two additional awards of $2,000 each to Battlefield High School graduates Adrienne Milam and Christian … Continue reading Regency Women’s Club Announces New Scholarships for NOVA

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Student Development Faculty Professional Development

On August 15, the Student Development (SDV) faculty cluster held its third annual training at the Medical Education Campus. Eighty-one SDV faculty members participated in morning and/or afternoon sessions which mirrored the Achieving the Dream Faculty Symposium held last spring semester. After welcoming remarks from Dean of Students Mark Kidd (MA) and SDV Faculty Cluster Chair Kimberly Burkle (CS), the participants had the opportunity to … Continue reading Student Development Faculty Professional Development

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New Faculty at Woodbridge

The Woodbridge Campus welcomed several new faculty members for the fall semester. Breana Bayraktar is teaching in the English as a Second Language Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in French and history from the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree in education from George Mason University where she is working on a doctorate. She has taught English at Georgetown University, Virginia … Continue reading New Faculty at Woodbridge

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The HIS Center of Excellence Celebrates National Health IT Week

Health information technology (HIS) improves the quality of healthcare delivery, increases patient safety, decreases medical errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients and healthcare providers. To mark the important role health information technology plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, NOVA’s HIS Center of Excellence at the Medical Education Campus and others across the United States joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) … Continue reading The HIS Center of Excellence Celebrates National Health IT Week

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NOVA Serves: 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

NOVA hosted seven service activities to honor the 10th Anniversary of September 11. NOVA Serves: 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance held weeklong activities and the activities included “acts of kindness,” blood drives, school supply drives, car care clinic and Operation School Supply assembly event. Nearly 600 students, faculty, staff and members of the community participated in these activities. Three blood drives were held … Continue reading NOVA Serves: 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

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NOVA Partnership with GW Provides Students Opportunities in STEM Fields

NOVA recently announced a new partnership with George Washington University (GW) that will provide NOVA students the opportunity to advance their educations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The joint venture provides a pathway for qualified NOVA students with associate degrees in STEM disciplines to transfer to GW to earn a bachelor’s degree in the Integrated Information Science and Technology program at GW’s … Continue reading NOVA Partnership with GW Provides Students Opportunities in STEM Fields

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Annandale Hosts Grand Opening Ceremony for New Student Services Building

NOVA’s Annandale Campus held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Student Services (CA) building on Friday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. The third floor auditorium of the CA building was full of people celebrating the new addition. President Robert Templin, Jr., Annandale Provost Barbara Saperstone, and NOVA Board Chair David Millerspoke at the event. Several state and local elected officials attended … Continue reading Annandale Hosts Grand Opening Ceremony for New Student Services Building

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