Take the challenge to learn and to recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. This is a 2-minute talk, just 272 words… That’s the length of most songs, for which we learn the lyrics. (Don McLean’s American Pie is 8.36 minutes!)
Students enrolled in the Introduction to Communication course are stepping up to the challenge to memorize and recite Lincoln’s most famous speech.
NOVA students are not alone in this challenge. Learn the Address, http://www.learntheaddress.org/
Register for summer 2014 courses beginning April 1. Here are some exciting new courses being offered at NOVA:
CST 157 Ted Talks and Mary Listens
SCI 155 Nanotechnology
RPK 142 Submarine Racing II
ART 740 Basket Weaving
PED 740 Basketball: Pick and Weave
ENG 113 US Literature: How I Met Your Mother
PSY 189 US Psychology: Why I Met Your Mother
NOVA’s Annandale Career Services Office is offering some helpful workshops for students:
Cover letters and resumes – March 4, 4-5 p.m., CA 317
Job interviews and foll0w-up letters – March 25, 4-5 p.m., CA 317
Job search techniques and occupations info – April 29, 4-5 p.m., CA 317
For more information contact Career Services, 703.323.3144
http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/career-services/
Have you an outstanding faculty member who has demonstrated
One NOVA alumni and students may nominate full-time faculty for the NVCC Alumni Federation Faculty of Year Award.
Deadline for nominations is Friday, March 14, 2014. Here is the nomination form and directions, http://www.nvcc.edu/forms/pdf/105-125.pdf
For more information, contact Bonnie Idle, alumni coordinator at 703.323.3749.
Fairfax County will soon begin seriously looking at long-standing plans to widen Braddock Road from Guinea Road to the Beltway, including HOV-Bus lanes from Burke Lake Road to the 495 Express Lanes.
Want to weigh in on this? Supervisor John Cook invites residents to attend an informational meeting on February 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Braddock Secondary School’s Lecture Hall. The meeting will allow the County to outline the project, collect public feedback, and introduce a citizen’s committee that will have a key role in planning.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/braddock/newsletter/2013/december/braddockwidening.htm
The Student Government Association is recruiting senators for the Spring 2014 session. They have various senatorial positions under the following committees: events, media, fundraising, outreach & philanthropy.
If you are a promising student with at least 6-credit hours at the Annandale campus please apply to serve as a senator. General Body meetings are every Friday from 12:30 to 2:00.
To apply, go to the SGA website: http://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/clubs/sga/join.htm
Become a part of a dynamic group of hard-working students working towards civic engagement!
Piero G. Quiroz
President, Annandale SGA
Email: nvccsga@gmail.com
Office: CG 226A
Here are five tips for making a good first impression with your professor:
What are you looking forward to most this coming Spring Semester?
The college will be closed for the holiday and reopen on Thursday, January 2. While faculty will be on campus, they will be involved with professional development and campus meetings the days proceeding the start of the spring semester on Monday, January 13. 
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Merry Christmas!
I’ll be teaching four courses during the Spring 2014 semester. These are standard 16-week courses. These include:
CST 110.07N Introduction to Communication
MW 12:30-1:45, CM 244
CST 110.15N Introduction to Communication
TR 9:30-10:45, CM 252
CST 126.36N Interpersonal Communication
Tuesdays 11-1:55, CM 252
CST 227.01N Business and Professional Communication
MW 2-3:15, CM 244
I’ll teach a course at George Mason University as well, COMM 301 Foundations of Interpersonal Communication.