NOVA’s Ready for Spring 2010

Be prepared for the next semester; check out our new online Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes! You can search for Spring courses and view other college information. Our interactive Schedule of Classes also includes special notes and prerequisites for each course.

Virtual Academic Advising begins on Monday, November 2 and runs through Thursday, November 5. Academic advising helps you to plan a program that will meet your educational objectives. The Virtual Advising Project is designed to extend academic advising by offering evening hours and an alternate way to reach an advisor for students who are unable to come to campus during Advising Week for whatever reason. Virtual Advisors are available by chat or email. Make sure to have your Student ID number available.

Priority Registration for continuing students starts on November 10 and runs through November 13. On November 5, you will be able to determine your assigned priority registration date. Open registration for Spring classes starts on November 16 for all students. Spring 2010 classes begin on January 11.

Explore NOVA's new Wait List Tutorial feature. It will be available for high-demand courses, not all classes. When you attempt to enroll through Self-Service in a class that is full, you will be given the opportunity to be entered on a Wait List. If a spot in the class becomes available, students on the wait list would gain entrance to the class on a first-come-first-served basis. If you are on a wait list for a class, you will not be charged tuition for the class until you become enrolled.

Be Prepared

NOVA’s Emergency Preparedness website has been redesigned and updated. This site is loaded with lots of important and valuable information. You will find the latest news on the H1N1 virus, college closings, emergency numbers, alerts, emergency preparedness plan details and much more.

If you haven’t done so already, be sure to sign up for NOVA alerts by clicking on the Register for NOVA Alerts button at the bottom of the Emergency Preparedness home page. NOVA Alert is an awareness system that allows the college to contact you during an emergency by sending text messages to your cell phone, e-mail, BlackBerry, etc.

NOVA Goes Mobile

A mobile version of the NOVA website is up and running. NOVA realizes our students, faculty and staff lead very busy lives. In an effort to meet your on-the-go needs, we developed a NOVA mobile site you can easily access from any Web-enabled phone or PDA.

The main categories of the NOVA mobile site are Library, Calendars, Class Search, My NOVA, Campus Maps and Directions, Facilities, Contacts and other links to important details. Additional features include the ability to click-to-call phone numbers, emergency updates and public transportation information.

Atteeeeention!

A newly revised section of NOVA’s website called Military/Veterans & Their Families is now completed. You will find it listed under both the Current Students and Future Students sections of our website.

The three main categories of the Military/Veterans & Their Families website are Active Duty, Dependents and Veterans. There are many sub pages listed under those categories that offer you important and detailed information on a range of topics like Getting Started at NOVA, AVOTEC, SOC Program, Education Counseling, Military Installation Contacts, MyCAA, Domicile Information, Post-9/11 GI Bill, Survivors' & Dependents’ EAP, Veterans Advisors and more.

We are honored to serve your academic needs.

NOVA’s Website at Your Fingertips

Find a vast array of NOVA information using our new A to Z Index! Our latest Web feature is located in the footer section of all our main Web pages.

Our A to Z Index allows you to search for endless information on the NOVA website two different ways:

• By Letter - when you click on a letter at the top of the page you'll be taken to the index section for that alpha letter.
• By Topic - when you click on a specific topic from the alphabetized list, you'll be taken directly to the landing page for that topic where you'll find more details.

The A to Z Index was created for your convenience; we hope you'll find it helpful.

News & Events

Extra, extra, read all about it!

Check out our newly redesigned News & Events page. It’s LOADED with content and links to the latest NOVA news.

Interesting page features include a story recap and photo from a NOVA event at the top of the page; a list of our press releases on the right; links to our social networking sites Twitter and Facebook and a button to the NOVA Events Calendar. There are also six organized sections at the bottom of the page showcasing:

• a running newsfeed of NOVA related stories
• a list of upcoming NOVA events
• an interactive poll
• a link to our weekly NOVA News podcast
• the latest issue of Intercom
• a recognition section honoring NOVA faculty and staff
  

In addition, you will find our media contacts staff list and our comprehensive online press kit.

Visit the News & Events page daily for all your NOVA college-wide updates!

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.