Campus Resources

The Campus Resources pages have undergone some design and content changes. The previous format showed an overview of our various services in paragraph format. Now, the links to important student pages are organized into six categories, bulleted for simplified navigation. The categories are: Student Services, Academic Support, Campus Life, Campus Information, Faculty & Staff and Important Links. We've been hard at work developing this more efficient structure that encompasses all of our student service offerings specific to each campus, including links to some new areas we feel are vital to online student support.

To find the resources available at your NOVA Campus, go to Campus & Centers in the navigation bar on the right, select a campus location and then click on the Campus Resources link. It is our goal to help our students feel plugged-in and aware of the many great resources available to them at NOVA.

NOVA Blogs

Our blogs are a great way to get up-to-the-minute information about different aspects of NOVA. They also offer an open forum where students, faculty and staff can interact.

Here are some of our new blogs that we encourage you to follow and participate in :

• Admissions Blog - important updates to the admissions process, as well as your questions and comments
• Alexandria Campus Learning Resource Services - discover what we're doing to enhance teaching and learning. Post your comments, questions and ideas.
• Arlington Center Library - updated when new books, DVDs and other resources hit the shelves
• Blackboard - use technology to teach and learn at NOVA; including useful tips and updates
• elife - the NOVA-ELI student blog by ELI faculty, staff and students
• NOVA Web Update - get the latest updates on the progress of NOVA's website
• YOUR Alexandria Campus Library - new additions to the browsing collection, changes to hours and other updates

Coming Soon: A Transfer blog.

Open Courses on NOVA's iTunes U

Learn something new from our latest Open Courses section on the Northern Virginia Community College iTunes U site. Open Course categories available at this time include:

• Communication Design (ART 116) taught by Julia Turner - learn the proper techniques for designing for the Web
• History (HIS 276) taught by Dr. Charles Errico - see the last 50 years of American History come alive in this 26-part series
• History (HIS 101) taught by Charles Evans - examine the development of western civilization from ancient times to the present

Use the black back arrow button near the top to navigate between podcasts. If you are taken back to the general iTunes U page don't worry, click on the Universities & Colleges link, look for the Northern Virginia Community College listing and click on it.

Make sure to check back for many other exciting Open Courses on our iTunes U channel as they become available in the future.

New Student Orientation

Visit our freshly updated New Student Orientation (NSO) site. Here you'll find everything you need and want to know about NOVA. On the NSO home page you’ll have access to a list of phone numbers for each campus. There’s also a button that leads you to another page where you’ll see instructions on how-to sign up for a NSO session, a sample agenda of a session, and details about various dates and times sessions are being offered at a NOVA Campus near you.

We want to hear from you! Send us your feedback and suggestions through the comments link below. We will personally reply to all entries submitted.

FAQ Interactive Feature

Do you want your questions answered by actual NOVA students via video? Check out our cool new interactive video FAQ section for Future Students!!! Simply click on any of the questions in green on the left and a lively video feed on the right featuring NOVA students will reveal answers.

We want to hear from you! Tell us what other interactive features you would like to see on the NOVA website. We'll work to make your idea(s) come to life.

Faces of NOVA

Get to know the people at NOVA! Visit our My Story gallery at the top of the NOVA website home page to see our new group of students and faculty members. We update the gallery every fall and spring semester.

Photos and narratives of five NOVA students and two faculty members are featured in this rotating section. Click on the Find Out More button to read their complete and unique perspectives on the college.

Social Media Outlets Expanded

NOVA now has a presence on a variety of social media sites including iTunes U, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn andTwitter due to the collaborative efforts of Marketing and Communications and the Technology Applications Center (TAC). Make sure to look at the special boxed section of social media links called Connect With NOVA on at the bottom of the College’s Website under the Current Students, Future Students and Faculty & Staff home pages.

Connect with fellow NOVA fans on our Facebook and MySpace NOVAaccess pages and see postings for a variety of college events. We hope you will enjoy these new NOVA Web tools!