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INTERCOM February 29, 2008

Intercom Newsletter: Intercom is produced electroni-cally every Friday for the faculty and staff of Northern Virginia Community College. Submissions: Please submit your items via e-mail to [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Friday prior to publica-tion. Photos should be submit-ted as digital files and attach-ments should be in MS Word or MS Publisher format. All sub-missions are subject to editing for length and clarity. Editor: Alison Nicole Nooks Phone: 703-323-3002 For Intercom Archives and Submission Guidelines: http://www.nvcc.edu/pip/ Posting Schedule: Intercom is posted on the Web by Friday afternoon each week unless there is a holiday. In-clement weather or technical emergencies may prevent Inter-com from being posted on time. During the summer and in-between semesters, Intercom is published every other Friday. Submit your news today!

Page 2: Table of Contents Pages 2 - 6: NOVA Sightings Page 7: Up & Coming

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Page 8- 9: Hot Topics Pages 10 - 27: Attachment Section

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“Rescuing Reading” Seminar: Changing the Trend

On February 15 "Rescuing Reading" provided a lively, engaging seminar for full-time and adjunct faculty, from multiple campuses. In introducing Dr. Tom Long, Linda Simmons noted that he had written, among other things, "Confessions of a Promiscuous Reader." Long, professor of English at Tho-mas Nelson Community College and former Commonwealth Professor, noted later that the nearly full house of faculty were so engaged and lively that it made it challenging for him to stick to his planned remarks.

In "Rescuing Reading," Long presented a range of scholarly data that showcased the status of reading today, especially in younger populations, and the alarming statistical evidence that their reading is decreasing at a faster rate. The data included the findings from "Reading at Risk," one segment of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the Census Bu-reau in 2002 at the request of the National Endowment for the Arts. One key

Pictured: Tom Long delivering the “Rescuing Reading” Seminar. Photo credit: Rosalyn M. King

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NOVASIGHTINGS Table of Contents: Page 1-2 • “Rescuing Reading” Seminar:

Changing the Trend • NOVA Faculty in the News Page 3 • Annandale Campus Homecom-

ing Weekend: Basketball Games and Fun

Page 4 • Alexandria Campus Pot of Gold Page 5 • WIMBA Collaborative Products

Showcased • Barnes & Noble Offers 10%

Discount Page 6 • Speech and Drama Faculty

Meet with VCCS Peers Page 7 • Loudoun Campus Tea & • Pedagogy Series • The Bolivarian Republic of

Venezuela and President Hugo Chavez

• Health Fair • Cross Campus Day • 2008 Service Awards Luncheon Pate 8 • The College Awards Committee • Pharmacy Flu Shot Program Extended Page 9 • Second Year of the Office of

International Student Services Page 10-27 • Attachment Section

“Rescuing Reading” Seminar: Changing the Trend Continued from page 1

finding noted that the 10 percent point decline in literary reading repre-sented a loss of 20 million readers. A subsequent 2007 study revealed a worsening picture.

He identified a range of questions that NOVA could study to document the status of reading at the College in a variety of disciplines. Participants voiced their frustration about students who do not read, about students who read with no joy and about trying to balance coverage of course con-tent with strategies to assist students with reading. To help participants design strategies tailored to these concerns and to a particular discipline, Simmons offered participants an opportunity to apply for grants funded by the Reading Across the Curriculum Initiative, an effort supported by NOVA's Professional Development Committee. Grants will be announced shortly.

VCCS's Northern Virginia Regional Center for Teaching Excellence, NOVA's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Reading and Reading Across the Curriculum Initiative supported the "Rescuing Reading" semi-nar.

To read the latest study of national reading patterns, go to http://www.arts/gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf.

NOVA FACULTY IN THE NEWS On Februayr 22, Economics Faculty Laura Jean Bhadra (MA) was

highlighted in The Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com) in an article ti-tled, “ Big Screen Themes: Love, Adventure … and Economics.”

The WSJ.com piece referred to Bhadra’s article published in Virginia Community College System’s “Inquiry” titled, “A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Engaging Kinesthetic and Multimodal Learners of Eco-nomics using Contemporary Films.” Her article “examines how movies can help illustrate economic principles” (WSJ.com).

It can be read at: http://www.vccaedu.org/inquiry/inquiry-spring2006/i-11-bhadra.html.

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Annandale Campus Homecoming Weekend: Basketball Games and Fun NOVA’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball

Teams played five games during Homecoming weekend February 15 through 17 in the Ernst Center gym. It was a rousing event and enter-tained crowds of spectators. A highlight was Saturday’s win by the Lady Raiders, 73-61, over Tidewater Community College, who had not lost a Virginia Community College System (VCCS) game in two years.

“They played as a team,” said women’s coach Liz Oduro. “I’ve seen an improvement with the girls from the beginning of the sea-son.”

The women’s team, whose record is 3-2 in the VCCS, also won its Friday night game against Thomas Nelson Community College, while losing to Garrett Community College of Maryland on Sunday. The NOVA Men’s Bas-ketball Team, coached by Mike Fitzmaurice, lost a close game Friday but scored an impres-sive 75-55 win over Tidewater Saturday after-noon.

Homecoming weekend featured free pop-corn, giveaways and a half-time exhibition by NOVA martial arts students taught by Basket-ball Coordinator Gamal Aboshadi. Singing the national anthem at several games was women’s basketball player Susan Rauch.

Annandale Provost Barbara Saperstone attended the games. Also spotted in the stands were Annandale faculty member Nan Peck of Speech Communication, Counselors Joann Credle (AN) and Wistar Withers (AN), Rich-ard Bautista (AN) of Information Systems Technology, Chef Mike Herbert (AN) of Hos-pitality Management, Assistant Dean Susan Thompson (AN) of Physical Education, Col-lege Registrar Alethea Hamilton (AN) and the new Dean of Campus Operations Christine Holt (AN).

Pictured left to right: Nan Peck and Barbara Saperstone sup-porting NOVA’s team.

Pictured: Men’s Basketball Team working hard for each point.

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NOVASIGHTINGS Alexandria Campus Pot of Gold

Work continues on schedule for Alexandria Campus’ Phase III, with anticipated completion by July 2008. The new building will be the home of student services as well as nine additional classrooms and eight science labs. Sylvia Rortvedt caught the rainbow over the new construction from the Alexandria Campus Library’s window on the afternoon of February 18.

For a photo summary of the project, visit our “Watch Us Grow” blog: http://alexandriaphasethree.blogspot.com.

Did You Miss the Climate Change Symposium?

To learn more about the Climate Change Symposium held on the Annandale Campus or to see the video of the event, go to NOVA’s TV Center home page at: http://www.nvcc.edu/tvcenter/.

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Barnes & Noble Offers 10% Discount

Your college bookstore, in conjunction with Barnes & Noble, Inc. has made arrangements for faculty

and staff to receive a 10 percent discount that can be used at the Barnes & Noble retail stores located at Seven Corners, Reston, Fairfax, Manassas and Springfield.

To receive the discount, show both your college ID and the discount card. The cards are available at any Campus Bookstore. The discount does not apply to magazines, newspapers, textbooks, gift cards, café pur-chases, Barnes & Noble bestsellers, music, DVDs, special orders, ship-to-home orders, membership fees or other special offers.

WIMBA Collaborative Products Showcased

NOVA faculty participated with colleagues from the University of Maryland, Catholic University, George Mason University and several other Virginia Community College System (VCCS) institutions to learn more about WIMBA’s collaborative products that include voice, chat, video and other learning ob-jects. The best practices showcase was sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and the Technology Applications Center (TAC) on February 12. NOVA’s Nancy Hoagland and Takako Shigehisa were featured presenters who demonstrated how they have integrated WIMBA technologies into their teaching and learning.

To learn more about WIMBA and to participate in an online virtual workshop, “Using WIMBA to Add Audio to your Bb Course” (2/20/08-3/5/08), go to the TAC Web site at: http://tac.nvcc.edu/tactraining/sp08/index.asp#11.

Pictured left and right: Takako Shigehisa and Nancy Hoagland.

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GOT NEWS? Let Your Colleagues Hear From You! What is happening at your campus? Who is setting trends? Have you presented at a conference? What events are coming up? Check out the submission guide-lines at: http://www.nvcc.edu/pip/guidelines.htm. E-mail your article to [email protected]! Deadlines are Fridays at 5:00 p.m. for the following week’s edition. This spot could be filled with your news! Send your e-mail today.

Speech and Drama Faculty Meet with VCCS Peers

NOVA Speech and Drama (SPD) faculty met with other SPD faculty from the Virginia Community Col-

lege System (VCCS) for a peer group conference in Staunton, Virginia. The goal was to network and to share research about teaching and learning. SPD faculty agreed to request that VCCS change the program name from Speech and Drama to Communication Studies and Theatre (CST).

NOVA faculty Emma Hadley, Nan Peck and Philip Tirpak represented the College. Peck presented a talk, “We’ve Got to Stop Talking Like This” and Tirpak gave a presentation on “Teaching Portfolios.”

Picture: Philip Tirpak (in navy polo shirt on the left) and Emma Hadley (in the orange sweater to the right) with VCCS peers.

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UP&COMING

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and President Hugo Chavez

This four-day series, sponsored by the International Studies Committee of the Alexandria Campus, will take place March 3 to 6 at 2:00 p.m. in Bisdorf Room 158 (AN). See the flyer in the attachment section.

Loudoun Campus Tea & Pedagogy Series

The Humanities Division of the Loudoun Campus proudly announces the spring 2008 Tea &Pedagogy Series. To get more information go the Web site: http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/t&p. Please note that the February 21 session was postponed until Fall semester 2008.

For further information, contact NOVA Humanities Division (LO) at 703-450-2503 or e-mail the Dean of Humanities Beverly Blois (LO) at [email protected]. See flyer in the attachment section.

Cross Campus Day

Hold this date! Cross Campus Day for classified employees will be held at the Annandale Campus on March 14. The Professional Development Committee has come up with a few new ideas that we hope will entice many employees to attend this year. Please look for more information in next week's Intercom and via an e-mail announcement. New in 2008 is an opportunity to obtain CPR certification. The CPR breakout session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Teaming up with our Medical Education Campus Office of Con-tinuing Education and Workforce Development, we are pleased to provide this valuable training to our clas-sified staff. Those who want to attend the CPR class must register in advance by e-mail no later than March 10 to [email protected]. Please contact Kathy Weiner in HR if you have any questions about Cross Campus Day.

2008 Service Awards Luncheon The NOVA Service Awards Luncheon honoring employees completing 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40

years of service with the Commonwealth of Virginia will be held on March 31, 2008 at the Waterford at Springfield located at 6715 Commerce Street, Springfield, Virginia. Social time (cash bar) will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch being served at 12:00 p.m. A list of those being honored are in the attachment sec-tion. The employment cut off date for the awards is for service through June 30, 2008.

Please check the list for the appropriate spelling of your name as well as years of service. Certifi-cates will be made based on this list. Changes or corrections to your 2008 Certificates must be sub-mitted before April 18, 2008. Contact Human Resources, 703-323-3788, to verify your years of service.

Invitations will be mailed at the end of February. If your home address has changed recently, please in-form Human Resources. Employees must RSVP by March 21, 2008. Please indicate on the card if you will bring a guest and enclose a $26.00 check made payable to Northern Virginia Community College for each guest. The College pays for employees receiving awards. Send your reply to College Government Af-fairs and Community Relations in the envelope enclosed with the invitation. For further information, please call Geri Dolan at 703-323-3753.

Health Fair

The Office of Student Activities is sponsoring a Health Fair on March 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the CE Cafeteria (AN). FREE services and screenings will be provided to include blood pressure, non-fasting total cholesterol for the first 20 participants, body composition testing (body fat) and Dermaview Facial Skin Screening. For more information, see flyer in the attachment section.

Identifying and Responding to Student Red Flag Behaviors

Join staff and faculty in an audio online seminar by Magna Seminars on February 29 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. This will be followed by a discussion from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the CE Forum, Ernst Cultural Center (AN). For more information go online to: http://www.nvcc.edu/cetl.

This event is sponsored by NOVA’s Mental Health Task Force and the Center for Excellence in Teach-ing and Learning. See flyer in the attachment section.

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The College Awards Committee

The College Awards Committee needs your help. Each year the NVCC Educational Foundation sponsors an awards program to recognize Outstanding Employee service. The College Awards Committee administers the process – this year there are four separate categories of recognition:

1. Full time teaching Faculty – maximum of three awards 2. Classified Staff – maximum of three awards 3. Non-Teaching Faculty (Counselor, Librarian, Administrator, Instruc-

tional Technologist) – maximum of one award 4. Adjunct Faculty – maximum of one award Awardees receive a $1,500 stipend and a commemorative plaque. The program is not self nominating – each nominee must be nominated by

another member of the College community. Any member of the faculty, staff or student body may nominate another member.

The Committee needs your help “spreading the word,” encouraging appli-cations and hopefully, your promotion of this program will ensure that deserv-ing employees receive the recognition that they have earned.

Copies of both the award application form (NVCC 105-065) and the proce-dural instructions can be found in the attachment section. In order to access online forms, go to the NOVA Web site at http://www.nvcc.edu/forms/pdf/105-065.pdf.

This year the application process will be done electronically (CD submis-sion). The deadline for submission is April 1, 2008.

For questions, e-mail Jim Lock, chair, College Awards Committee at [email protected].

Your help is needed!

Pharmacy Flu Shot Program Extended Because of a late influenza outbreak in Virginia, the Commonwealth's

free flu shot program through participating pharmacies will be extended through March 15. The program is for employees and their covered family members in COVA Care and COVA HDHP. Plan members may continue to use the list of participating pharmacies found on the CommonHealth Web site at www.commonhealthva.com. However, even if a pharmacy is on the list, members interested in flu shots should call the pharmacy directly to con-firm participation in the program and that they have vaccines available and are still providing flu shots.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 Chancellor’s Fellowship for Classified Staff

See the flyer in the attachment section

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Second Year of the Office of International Student Services As the Office of Interna-

tional Student Services (OISS) begins its second year of operation, the num-ber of F-1 students at NOVA continues to grow. This year NOVA has F-1 students from over 130 countries. In the spring se-mester we have a total of 1,591 F-1 students with 939 pursuing associate degrees and 652 in the intensive ESL program.

OISS was established in November 2006 to coordi-nate services to F-1 students at NOVA. This includes processing applications, is-suing I-20s, managing data required by the Department of Homeland Security, ad-vising prospective and cur-rent F-1 students and work-ing with international stu-dent advisors on all six campuses to coordinate ser-vices.

There are three full-time staff members in OISS. Faviola Do-nato-Galindo, office manager, is originally from Puerto Rico. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Puerto Rico and is currently working on her master’s degree at George Mason University. Donato-Galindo began her work at NOVA as an outreach specialist on the Alexandria Campus and moved to OISS in spring 2007.

Karolina Dembinska-Lemus, student advisor, immigrated with her family to the United States from Poland when she was a child. She completed her associate degree at NOVA, her bache-lor’s at the University of Mary Washington and is a doctoral candidate in linguistics at Georgetown Univer-sity. She taught in the ESL program at NOVA prior to coming to OISS.

Steve Bennett, coordinator, has difficulty answering the question, “Where are you from?” As a child of missionaries, he grew up in East Pakistan and graduated from the International School of Bangkok. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Mars Hill College, and after serving three years as a Peace Corp volun-teer in South Korea, completed his master’s at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bennett has worked in international education for more than 25 years starting with UNC-Chapel Hill, and continuing with USIS-Panama, USAID Bangladesh and 10 years at The George Washington University. He began working at NOVA in the Annandale International Student Office in 2000 and became the first Coordinator of OISS in 2006.

Anyone who has questions, comments or suggestions regarding services to F-1 students are encouraged to stop by or call.

DO YOU KNOW... What is an F-1 student? International students at NOVA have a variety of visa types including A1 (diplomats) and J1 (exchange visitors). F-1 visa holders are in the U.S. to at-tend school and are required to enroll full-time in the fall and spring semes-ters.

Pictured: Office of International Student Services staff.

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NOTICE

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED

FOR THE 2008-2009

CHANCELLOR’S FELLOWSHIP FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF

The Chancellor is pleased to announce a fellowship program for community college and System Office classified staff. For the 2008-2009 academic year, selected classi-fied staff employees will be named as Chancellor’s Fellows to pursue degree studies that will enhance their ability to contribute to the community college mission.

The Chancellor’s Fellowship includes the following:

Financial support for tuition and mandatory fees

Up to one-academic year leave of absence with one-half pay

Continuation of insurance, retirement, the State’s portion of health insurance

and seniority.

Eligibility Requirements ⇒ Be employed 3 consecutive years in a full-

time state-funded classified position at a community college or the System Office

⇒ Be enrolled in a degree program from a

Virginia state-supported institution of higher education

⇒ Be recommended by the president, or

Chancellor in the case of a System Office candidate

Application Process ⇒ Submit a completed application form ⇒ Include 3 letters of endorsement ⇒ Submit verification of acceptance in a de-

gree program ⇒ Submit transcripts if currently enrolled in a

program

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2008

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Ten Years Classified Staff Steven D. Ayers Abraham S. Baluch Kimberly A. Brooke John W. Dyer LuAnn Ekstrom Keith M. Florence Eric W. Hochstrasser Molly G. Huber Cynthia M. Knight Vandarine Ky Theresa Cecile Le Kevin L. O’Hagan Faith A. Owens William V. Robertson Maria C. Saunders Ruth E. Schena Marlene E. Smith Zoe E. Sowers Lisa J. Stedge Daniel F. Teachey Barbara J. Tolley Cesar G. Torres Beverly J. Unkle Nine-Month Faculty Mark C. Beattie Christopher L. Blake Wanda C. Dooley Myles D. Embrey Roberta M. Heffernan Margaret S. Leary William J. Petersen

Twelve-Month Faculty Shaoyu Chi Milan S. Hayward Patricia T. Lunt Carol J. Sweetser Eric K. Wynn Adjunct Faculty Warren E. Barbee William Boddie Arthur P. Capobianco Dale Carrow Gandolfo Corradino Francoise Davis Mark Dreisonstok Carroll T. Ensminger Sandy A. Garrett III Paul J. Gilmore Gary K. Haines David A. Harvey Ricci L. Heishman Jaren G. Horsley Thomas Illich Uma H. Kapila Dana A. Kappler John F. Murray Robert J. Ronco Patrick Smith Yvonne W. Spencer

Northern Virginia Community College Service Awards 2008

If you have questions regarding your years of service, call Human Resources (703) 323-3788 Contact College Government Affairs regarding luncheon reservations or to correct the spelling of your name for the program (703) 323-3753

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Fifteen Years Classified Staff Claire A. Ackerman Belinda Barrett Timothy Brockman Margaret P. Chang Rosemary K. Chorbaji Eugenia R. Crawford Geri A. Dolan Godfrey O. Ezeigbo Mary F. Fantaci Lance A. Graham Corinne C. Hurst David K. Karstens Cynthia M. Langguth Vi T. Le Terence J. May Beverly W. Recny Patricia A. Rucker Nilo Santo-Domingo Allen J. Schmidt Rita M. Schoka Diane Schrenzel Farzaneh M. Tarighi Kathleen M. Vance Miriam Wimberly Nine-Month Faculty Gladdys Church Donald P. Depuydt Celeste Dubeck-Smith Laura L. Franklin Frankie L. Harris-Lyne Shirley X. Lee Karen L. Lesser Kathleen S. Lloyd Nancy L. McTaggart Kenneth A. Rasmussen David T. Scheid Eric Shiraev Lawrence W. Stark


Twelve-Month Faculty David R. Campbell Charlie L. Dy Tanya I. Ludutsky Deborah Mottsman Rosen Antonia N. Rodgers M. Beatrice Veney Adjunct Faculty Barbara P. Lash Sally A. Nathan


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Twenty Years Classified Staff Janet E. Bush Phillip Campos Donna J. Carlton Anthony D. Harbert Maria G. Heslin Delbert R. King Susan R. McGinnis Sovanny Saray Beverly Y. Tharp Nine-Month Faculty James A. Baer Teresa S. Blier Laura C. Casal Beth-Jayne Ellis Donald R. Goral Judith G. Grant Jean L. Henry Anne M. Kuhta Teresa K. McFadden Pamela A. Narney Ahmad Noor Nan Peck Janet M. Sass Hayib N. Sosseh Ruth S. Stewart Amy H. Wang Robert S. Woodke Twelve-Month Faculty David A. Ahrens Robert G. Brown Rebeccah C. Carrier

Adjunct Faculty Arthur P. Davis Dennis A. Dulmage Patricia O. Emmons Nora L. Gamboa Anne B. Graham Carol N. Ischinger Diane J. Moczar Larry T. Secondo


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Twenty-five Years Classified Staff Rita C. Bender Kathleen L. Blair Rose S. Chin James F. Cooper Jana L. Dattilo Larry G. Harris Timothy I. Kraemer Domingo M. Merino Nancy L. Minogue Sushama Rath Nine-Month Faculty James S. Gale Khadiga H. Gamgoum Nancy B. Gleeson Ann Marie Klinko Harvey H. Liebman Dennis E. May Eloise C. Newsome Henney H. Shaban William E. Stanclift Russell E. Taylor Edith P. Tynan Twelve-Month Faculty Alice M. Hedley Sharon N. Robertson Cheryl A. Rohrbaugh Adjunct Faculty Margaret V. Diamond Bruce R. Fye Richard A. Green Sharon K. Hills


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Forty Years Nine Month Faculty David E. Conroy John B. Leggat Elizabeth S. Lieberman Douglas A. Neal Fred H. Olsen Leonard L. Palumbo Charles P. Poland, Jr. Jonathan L. Wilkin

Twelve Month Faculty Harriet C. White

Thirty-five Years Classified Staff Haworth P. Bromley Loretta A. Gray Nine-Month Faculty Terry L. Alford James S. Fay Robin W. Gorham Florine A. Greenberg Donald R. Gregory Joseph S. Horobetz Ellen K. Johnson Robert G. Lerosen Regina B. Missett Barry M. Selinger Richard Semmler Jenny N. Sullivan Twelve-Month Faculty Sandra J. Beeson Anthony C. Tardd Ann C. Turpyn David L. Williams Adjunct Faculty James R. Powell

Thirty Years Classified Staff Linda Delp-Miller Monique Healy Marion M. Mirehouse Gary L. Phares Aurang Zeb Nine-Month Faculty Edward J. Banas Robert T. Brunner Marilou S. Giacofci Rebecca A. Kamen Betty L. King Charles R. Lilley Michel G. Marette Laura K. Noell David J. Whipple Twelve-Month Faculty Carol J. Oandasan Esther S. Perantoni Adjunct Faculty Kenneth R. Bullock Joan C. Burkgren Thomas A. Gentile Matt Reres


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I am proud to announce the Spring 2008 T&P series

Please see www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/t&p for details.

Please note that the February 21 session was postponed

until Fall semester 2008

Beverly Blois, Dean-Humanities (LO)

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NVCC 105-065 Nomination Instructions Rev 02 / 08 Outstanding Service to the College Awards

Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Community College

Educational Foundation AWARDS: Each year the Northern Virginia Community College Educational foundation, Inc presents Outstanding Service Awards to college employees. The award includes both a commemorative plaque and a $1,500 stipend. Awards are presented to individuals in the following employee groups:

• Full time teaching Faculty – maximum of three awards • Classified Staff – maximum of three awards • Non-Teaching Faculty (Counselor, Librarian, Administrator, Instructional Technologist) – maximum of

one award • Adjunct Faculty – maximum of one award

AWARD PARAMETERS:

• Awards are not self nominating –each nominee must be nominated by another member of the college community. Any member of the faculty, staff or student body may nominate another member.

• Nominee must have been an NVCC employee for at least three consecutive years prior to the nomination deadline.

• Nominees must concur in their nomination. • Individuals are not eligible if they have received the award within the past five years. • Only individuals will be considered; group nominations will not be considered.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Nominee submissions will be in electronic format on a “CD”. Each nominee’s CD will contain the following files/folders: • Completed Nomination Form including necessary signatures – submit as a photo/scanned image file. • Nominator Statement – brief discussion of the nominee’s qualifications – limit to one page – submit as either a “word” or photo/scanned image file • Nominee’s Statement – brief discussion of significant accomplishments - limit to one page – submit as either a “word” or photo/scanned image file • Performance Evaluations – for two evaluation periods from the following calendar years – 2005,2006,2007

⇒ Full Time Teaching and Non-teaching Faculty - submit a photo/scanned image file of NVCC Form 105-084

⇒ Adjunct Faculty - submit a photo/scanned image file of NVCC Form 105-95 ⇒ Classified Staff - submit a photo/scanned image file of Employee Work Profile (EWP) – include only

Parts V – IX (Paragraphs 30-45) Optional Additional Documentation

⇒ Teaching Faculty – summaries of Student Evaluations (2005 – 2007) and /or Letters of Appreciation/Commendation – limit to three pages – submit as either a “word” or photo/canned image file

⇒ Non-teaching faculty and Classified Staff – Letters of Appreciation / Commendation - limit to three pages – submit as either a “word” or photo/canned image file

NOTE: Nominators must ensure that the nominee’s submission file is complete. Nominators must retain the docu-ment hard copy of the electronic submission. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 1, 2008 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: Mr. George Gonchar, Business Technologies Division, Room 362, Bisdorf Building, Alexandria Campus

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FREE Blood Pressure FREE Non Fasting Total Cholesterol for 1st 20 FREE Body Composition Testing (body fat) FREE Dermaview Facial Skin Screening

Office of Student Activities Annandale Campus 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA 22003

For more information contact Jessie Zahorian. [email protected] 703-323-3484

Health Fair

Tuesday, March 4th 11:00 – 2:00 p.m. CF Cafeteria

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FREE Movie Showing! Watch it before it comes out on DVD!

Date: Thursday, March 6 12:30 p.m. CE Seminar Rooms C & D & 7:00 p.m. CC 111 Rated: PG-13, 101 minutes Robert Neville is a scientist who could not have fathomed the terrible virus that decimated everyone on the planet except him. He is the only survivor trying to outlast the mutated victims of the plague who have become blood-thirsty creatures. He sends out daily radio messages in a desperate plea to find any other survivors as he works

on a cure for the plague using his own immune blood in this thriller.

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THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA AND PRESIDENT HUGO CHÁVEZ

A 4-day series sponsored by the International Studies

Committee of the Alexandria Campus

Monday through Thursday, March 3-6 2008 All events at 2 p.m. in Bisdorf Room 158

Monday, March 3 - “An Introduction to Venezuela.” Dr. Lawrence Rich, Associate Professor of Spanish. “A Brief Introduction to Venezuela.” Dr. James Baer, Professor of Latin American History. “A Brief Overview of Venezuela’s History.” Ms. Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, Executive Director, Venezuela Information Office. “Venezuela: The Building of a People’s Democracy.”

(Light refreshments will be served) Tuesday, March 4 - “Hugo Chávez: Brutal Dictator or Crusading Democrat?” Bart Jones, author of ¡Hugo! The Hugo Chávez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution will discuss his book.

(Light refreshments will be served) Wednesday, March 5 - “Venezuela and its Culture.” Patricia Abdelnour, Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, will give a presentation on the culture of Venezuela.

(Light refreshments will be served) Thursday, March 6 – FREE MOVIE. Screening of the award-winning documentary: “Chávez: Inside the Coup.” This award-winning documentary (2002) was made by two independent filmmakers who were inside the presidential pal-ace on April 11, 2002 when Hugo Chávez was forcibly removed from office. This film records what was probably his-tory's shortest lived coup d'état.

For further information, contact Dr. Lawrence Rich at [email protected] or (703) 933-3986.

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Light refreshments will be served.

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Journalist and Author Bart Jones

will discuss his book ¡Hugo! The Hugo Chávez

Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution

Copies will be available for purchase and signing.

Bart Steerforth Press 2007, 2007


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Patricia Abdelnour, Cultural Attaché of the Embassy

of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, will speak on the cul-

ture of Venezuela.


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This award-winning docu-mentary (2002) was made by two independent film-makers who were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002 when Hugo Chávez was forci-bly removed from office. This film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état.

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