The class will be held Saturday, June 12 at the Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Virginia State Police tell us:
Virginia State Police is once again offering its âRide 2 Save Livesâ motorcycle self-assessment course. The free motorcycle self-assessment course allows current riders the opportunity to learn and practice rider safety, how to handle hazards, special situations, interstate highways, curve negotiation and much more. The course is conducted by Virginia State Police MotorsTroopers in a safe environment.
âThe sun is out and the beautiful weather is calling Virginiaâs motorcycling community to our highways,â said Colonel Gary T. Settle, Superintendent of Virginia State Police. âRider safety is of the utmost importance, as riding a motorcycle is a unique experience with its own unique safety concerns. I encourage all Virginia riders to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from our professional motors troopers.â
All participants must have a valid operatorâs license with a Class âMâ endorsement, appropriate riding attire, along with helmet and eye protection. Motorcycles must be street legal and helmets must be DOT approved to participate in this program. The course will be held:
Space is limited and advanced registration for these free courses is required.
The class is one of several the state police will hold across the state.
A total of 4,985 motorcycle riders were killed in crashes in 2018. Riders are also 29 times more likely to suffer fatal injuries than car passengers.
Most Northern Virginia Community College students will not be returning to campus for the spring semester.
In a statement released by the school's president, Anne M. Kress, it was announced that the college's spring semester would be conducted mostly remotely due to the fact that the pandemic has "not appreciably changed." This decision will also apply to most of the college's instructors, who will remain in a temporary telework status until being able to return to campus.
This is a continuation of the college's current policy, as most students are currently taking classes via Zoom or other distance-learning tools, and most instructors currently participating in telework for the fall semester due to the health risks.
Northern Virginia Community College classes are going to start on time, but for the most part, they will not in-person.
In a statement on June 8 made by the college's president, Anne M. Kress, it was announced that the college's classes would begin as scheduled on August 24 and be "offered in [NOVA's] approved distance-learning formats, with the majority being offered either through NOVA Online or through synchronous delivery via Zoom."
All of the college's courses will be supported by Canvas, a digital learning management platform.
Northern Virginia Community College is offering free online courses to high school students in certain Northern Virginia schools through their new JumpStart Program.
This program allows up to 3,500 students to take and gain transferable college credit from two of the following classes: History and Appreciation of Art I, Introduction to Communication, College Composition I (open only to recent high school graduates), History of World Civilization II, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Services, and Quantitative Reasoning.
All of the classes, which will be taught by NOVA and dual-enrollment instructors, give students three college credits. The courses will last from June 1 to July 15.
Debra Howe, a former NOVA student who has gone on to a successful career in healthcare, is giving back to the school by donating $1 million to her existing endowed scholarship fund for NOVA nursing students.
According to a press release, the Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation (NOVA Foundation) is proud to announce an exceptional gift of $1 million from donor Debra Coffman Howe of Palm Beach, Florida.
Howe is adding to her existing endowed scholarship fund to increase her support for NOVA nursing students. Supporting NOVA nursing is more important than ever given the current pandemic. Howe has also generously donated to the NOVA COVID-19 Emergency Student Aid Fund.
Locally-elected officials this month celebrated the opening of a new Fab Lab makers space at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.
We're sharing some photos politicians posted of the grand opening event held on January 13. So far, all requests for comment via email and Twitter to the college's president and public relations staff have gone unanswered.
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Here's a press release about the Fab Lab dated February 2018 | Northern Virginia Community College is pleased to announce new, strategic initiatives to both spark young peoples' interest in technology and to offer new, industry-demanded degree programs. Through the Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) economic development program, NOVA was approved in the first round of project grants to create a state-of-the-art engineering technology Fabrication Laboratory, referred to as the "Fab Lab" at NOVA's Manassas Campus.
As a joint collaboration with reputable industries Micron Technology, U.S. Army's Night Vision and Sensors Directorate and BAE Systems, the project will establish resources needed to grow and strengthen the current and future engineering technology workforce in Northern Virginia.
The Fab Lab will serve as a hub to connect industry to the developing technology workforce, support NOVA's industry-aligned Engineering Technology program. It will also be leveraged by NOVA's STEM outreach program, NOVA SySTEMic, to inspire K-12 interest and encourage future generations to pursue careers in engineering technology.
Photo by: Manassas City Councilman Ian LovejoyPhoto by: Manassas City Councilman Ian LovejoyPhoto by: Manassas City Councilman Ian LovejoyPhoto by: Manassas City Councilman Ian LovejoyPhoto by: Manassas City Councilman Ian Lovejoy
WOODBRIDGE -- A $36 million renovation of Northern Virginia Community College's Woodbridge campus is expected to start in fall 2020. The Seefeldt Building will be updated to include centralized student services, new classroom spaces, and updated infrastructure.
The renovation, which will take approximately 18-24 months, will provide badly-needed updates and changes to the nearly 50-year-old building.
The Seefeldt Building is the campus' main instructional and administrative building, and the majority of classrooms are located there. With it being out of commission, space is going to be a bit tight.
