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GENERAL INFORMATION The serving, possessing, and consuming of alcoholic beverages is prohibited at all College-sponsored student events or activities. Graduates of the College and certain other former students are eligible to be members of the College's Alumni Federation. The Federation seeks to advance the growth and development of the College; to promote the personal, educational, and professional development of alumni; and to establish, encourage, and maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between the College and its alumni. Leadership for the Federation is provided by a Board of Governors elected by alumni. If you have interest in the Alumni Federation, contact the Alumni Office, Brault Building, on the Annandale Campus, telephone 323-2364. Each campus has a bookstore where you may purchase books and other supplies during their regular posted hours. Additional operating hours are provided during the beginning weeks of each semester allowing more flexible hours to purchase books. The bookstores are operated by a private company under an agreement with the College. Sometime during the last week of each semester, the bookstores may buy back used books at its discretion. Exact dates of "buy back" will be posted in advance at each campus. Questions concerning bookstore services should be directed to the bookstore manager. Please Note: A. Basic textbooks are selected and ordered by the academic divisions on each campus of the College. The textbook for any given course may differ according to the campus. For example, if you change campuses in the middle of PSY 201-202, you may have to buy a different book. B. Supplementary materials may be used to accompany a basic textbook. Such materials may be selected and ordered for an individual instructor. These types of materials may or may not be required for a subsequent term. C. Please save cash register receipts on book purchases. They are required for refunds when returning books due to add/drop or class cancellation. Do not write your name in a book until you are sure you will need the book. Information regarding policies and procedures, available services, and notices of student activities are posted on bulletin boards at each campus. There is a notation on each board indicating which office is responsible for approving items for posting. All notices in a foreign language must also have an English translation. Special boards include articles wanted or for sale, rides, financial aid/scholarship information, veterans affairs, clubs, student government, and student activities. Bulletin boards with information on Orientation (STD 100), employment opportunities, volunteer services, registration and admissions, and educational and cultural opportunities are provided. In addition, many academic divisions have a bulletin board where information pertinent to their curricula and faculty hours can be found. College facilities, including the library, cannot accommodate the care of children while parents are working or attending class. Since the College and its staff cannot be responsible for the safety and welfare of your children, you should make arrangements for them off-campus. Children should not be brought into classrooms or laboratories because of disruption to instruction and possible danger to the children. Each student who turns in an application at a campus Admissions and Records office will be given a free copy of the College Catalog. Students who apply by mail will be sent a letter of acceptance or, in the case of non-U.S. citizens or applicants whose native language is not English, a letter confirming receipt of the student's application and instructions on what to do next. Applicants may bring this letter to any campus admissions and records office or to the Extended Learning Institute and receive a free copy of the NVCC Catalog. An ELI student who is not in the area can return the letter and request that a catalog be mailed. Students who want additional copies of the catalog will be able to purchase them in any campus bookstore. Students may also request a catalog by mail by calling the Annandale Campus bookstore at (703) 323-3185. A charge card number must be given or a check received by the bookstore before a catalog can be mailed. Cooperative Education courses extend your educational experiences into the world of work to provide a total curriculum combining both theory and practice. It is a means of acquiring practical, valuable, on-the-job training in an off-campus learning situation for the purpose of career exploration. Throughout this learning experience, you receive a salary from the employer as well as academic credit from the College. Courses which offer Cooperative Education are listed in the College Catalog with a 197 or 297 course number. Before registering for Cooperative Education courses, you must have written approval from a faculty member in your curriculum and be hired by an approved Cooperative Education employer. (See "Cooperative Education" in the College Catalog.) If you have earned a minimum of 15 semester hours of credit at the College and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher, your name will be placed on the Dean's List. The College provides electronic mail to all individuals (students, teachers, and administrators) within the NVCC community. The e-mail system provides text and file electronic communication throughout the community, including access to all users of the VCCnet. Teachers are able to issue assignments and allow students to e-mail in their work. Campus administrators are able to broadcast messages to groups of students, and through dial-up capability, any one in the College community is able to access the e-mail system through a phone line from remote locations. Since each campus of the College has several thousand persons on campus every day, there is the possibility that an emergency or crisis situation could develop requiring special intervention. Though College personnel make every effort to avoid emergencies through preventive care, accidents, illness, etc., are still possible. College personnel will call the appropriate community emergency services in the event of fire, accidents, etc., on campus. Should you exhibit symptoms of extreme illness, violent or potentially violent behavior or other extreme and unexplainable behavior, appropriate emergency services will be called. In the event of a suspected crime, including theft, assault, sexual assault, etc., campus police will do a preliminary investigation and then call appropriate community law enforcement officials. In the case of external emergencies, efforts will be made to contact you on campus. However, information other than directory information or that permitted by law will not be divulged. Anyone observing an emergency situation should contact the Campus Police and Public Safety Office or the dean of Student Development.
As an alternative to classroom study, the Extended Learning Institute offers a variety of courses through home study. You interact with faculty by telephone, mail, computer, or personal conference and you are usually required to come to campus for media use, orientation, labs, or testing purposes only. Because of limited on-campus requirements, ELI is especially helpful for you who have a full-time job, family responsibilities, transportation difficulties, or are homebound because of illness or disability. If you are enrolling in ELI courses, you should be aware that courses are demanding and time-consuming, even without in-class time. Although courses have maximum time limits, generally 16 weeks, there are no minimum time restrictions. You can work as quickly as you are able to complete a course in the time allotted. Some assignments have specific due dates, and you must take responsibility for completing work on a regular basis. Textbooks and study guides may be different from those used on campus. Credits from ELI are applicable toward graduation if required in the curriculum (except Developmental Math and English). Registration for most ELI sections is continuous, providing you the opportunity to begin most courses any day of the year. For information about ELI, call 323-3368. Once you have been program placed in a degree or certificate program by a counselor, a faculty member may be designated as your advisor to provide educational advice in your field of specialization. Your faculty advisor may be helpful in providing information on the knowledge and skills needed in your field along with information on the job opportunities. Your faculty advisor will refer you to Counseling Services in matters outside his or her professional scope. FIREARMS AND OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS Bringing firearms and other dangerous weapons onto campus is prohibited. It is a violation of the rules to carry weapons or to leave them in a car parked on the campus. The only exception applies to in-service police officers. On-duty police officers in uniform are allowed to retain their firearms, if required by their departmental regulations. Civilian attired officers while in duty status may carry a concealed firearm. Off-duty police officers in civilian attire or in uniform should check their firearms at the Campus Police Office. Vending machines and/or cafeteria services are available on all campuses. Cafeteria hours and offerings may vary. Please inquire on each campus for details. At the Alexandria Campus, hot and cold food is served in the cafeteria located on the ground level of the Bisdorf Building. Its hours of operation are:
Vending machines are located in the Tyler Building, the Bisdorf Building and the Engineering Building. The cafeteria is located on the lower level of the Food Service Building of the Annandale Campus. Vending machines are located on the lower level of the cafeteria. Vending machines are located in the Student Lounge, room LC 129, at the Loudoun Campus. Vending machines may be found in the Student Center/Lounge on the Manassas Campus. Vending machines in the Classroom Building are available around the clock. Vending machines may be found in the cafeteria of the Woodbridge Campus. Hot and cold food is also served in the Woodbridge cafeteria. Hours are posted as to the availability of this service. The College awards degrees and certificates at the end of each semester to those who have met graduation requirements. A commencement ceremony is held each year at the end of the spring semester. Applicants for graduation are advised to check with the Office of Admissions and Records for details. At the time of application, you must choose a home campus (Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas or Woodbridge) where your records will be maintained. Application for graduation certification must take place at the home campus. You may be program placed only in a curriculum that is offered at your home campus. To change your home campus, you should complete a Change of Campus Request form and submit it to the office of Admissions and Records at least five working days before the beginning of In-Person registration. If you wish to take a course(s) through the Extended Learning Institute, you should register for your home campus section of the ELI course. If you have earned a minimum of 20 semester hours of credit at the College and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, your name will be placed on the Honor Roll. The following is the inclement weather policy for Northern Virginia Community College: A. For Day Classes
B. Community and Cultural Center If a campus is accessible and the parking lots are available, the director of Community Education, in consultation with any event sponsors, may decide that Community and Cultural Center activities will go on, despite the College's being closed due to inclement weather. C. Announcements of Class Cancellations The following radio stations and television channels will be notified for an appropriate announcement regarding the cancellation of day, evening and weekend classes, and the midday closing of the College:
The College makes its decisions about closing independently of the public schools. Do not assume that because the local schools are closed, the College is also closed. Listen for a specific announcement regarding the College. After 7:00 a.m., NOVAnet (703) 323-3770 will carry an announcement if the College will be closed. You may obtain information on student health insurance from the Counseling Office or Dean's Office. Such insurance is voluntary and not a prerequisite to enrollment; however, certain international applicants must give evidence of comparable coverage. The College reserves the right to require insurance in some programs such as the Health Technologies. The College makes this information available, but the insurance company sells the policy directly to you. The College is not affiliated with the insurance company in coverage of the student body with accident and health insurance. Payment of premiums and filing of claims are matters between you and the insurance company. You will find the Learning Resource Centers (LRCs) to be a most valuable asset in your studies, research, and skills improvement. The LRCs provide you with access to books, periodicals, CDs, videos, and electronic resources through the Library and the Learning Laboratory. The LRCs' hours for services closely parallel the hours when classes are in session. Each LRC publishes printed and online guides that describe the services and guidelines for borrowing materials and using the resources. The Libraries and Learning Laboratories are designed to serve your academic requirements, learning needs, and general information purposes. They provide reference and reserve materials, newspapers and magazines, and audiovisual materials. Staff offers assistance in locating and using the resources through group orientation and various self-paced activities. Access to electronic resources and campus library information is available at: http://www.nvcc.edu/library Books and other materials owned by all five campuses are listed in the public access library catalogs on each campus. Materials located at any campus may be requested through the College inter-library delivery service. Regional consortia agreements enable NOVA students to use their cards to borrow library materials from Fairfax County, Prince William County, Arlington County and Alexandria Public Libraries and from George Mason University, University of Virginia (Northern Virginia Regional Center), Virginia Tech, Northern Virginia Graduate Center, Marymount University and Strayer University. A limited number of lockers are available. You may obtain a lock from the bookstore at your own expense. Food should not be left in lockers overnight. Lockers may be cleaned between semesters by College personnel, and notice of such cleaning will be posted at least ten (10) days in advance. At the Woodbridge Campus, obtain art locker assignments from art instructors and locker room lockers from physical education instructors. At the Annandale Campus, lockers on the 2nd floor of any building are available for general use. Other lockers are reserved through Physical Education, Hospitality Management, Art, or Student Activities. Lost personal articles are stored in the Campus Police and Public Safety Offices; they may be claimed upon appropriate demonstration of ownership. The location of the Campus Police and Public Safety Office on each campus is as follows: Alexandria Campus - room 242; Annandale Campus - the building located off Wakefield Chapel Road on the hill above the A-1 parking lot; Loudoun Campus - room LC 222; Manassas Campus - in MC 322; and the Woodbridge Campus - room 102. All requests for student meeting rooms should be made through your campus Student Activities Office. An application for scheduling and registering an event should be completed at least two weeks prior to the event. NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. The Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization established on December 4, 1979, as a receiving agent for contributions in support of the College's programs. The Foundation is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under this provision, contributions to the Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation, Inc., by individuals, corporations, organizations, and other foundations qualify for tax deductions. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of both College and community representatives. The day-to-day operation is under the supervision of an executive director with offices in the Brault Building on the Annandale Campus, telephone 323-3023. One of the priorities of the Foundation is to make scholarships and/or grants available to students and staff of the College. The Campus Police and Public Safety Offices are responsible for the security of College and campus buildings and grounds, and for enforcement of traffic and parking regulations, including state traffic laws. Under the Virginia Code, campus police officers exercise the powers and duties conferred by law upon police officers of cities, towns, or counties on property owned and controlled by the College under guidelines established by the College. They have authority to make arrests, quell disturbances, direct persons off College property, and otherwise exercise their assigned responsibilities. Advance scheduling of events is important to allow for adequate publicity and for special arrangements such as room assignment, speaker's platform and audiovisual equipment. Events which have been scheduled and registered are placed on the official activities calendar in the campus Student Activities Office or Student Development Office. The College provides information on the incidence of crime at the College, as well as safety programs for students. This information is available in the Counseling Office and the Campus Police and Public Safety Office. It is also available on the web at http://www.nvcc.edu/depts/CollegeSafety/. Smoking is prohibited in all College facilities. UNEXPECTED DELAY OF AN INSTRUCTOR IN MEETING A CLASS As soon as it is obvious that the instructor will be late for his/her class, it is your responsibility to take the initiative to inquire at the division office, or the Office of Continuing Education for evening classes, as to any information concerning the instructor's absence in order to resolve the matter of waiting or not waiting. A representative from the division office, or the Office of Continuing Education, will then inform the class how to proceed. WHO'S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN JUNIOR COLLEGES Each year students graduating from the College are nominated by a student-faculty-staff committee on each campus for inclusion in the publication, Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. Students are selected on the basis of scholarship ability, participation and leadership in academic and extracurricular activities, citizenship, service to the College, and potential for future achievement. These students are also selected on the basis of other specific criteria which they must meet. They must have achieved sophomore level standing, i.e., 30 or more semester credits earned with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.50. Also, the students must have been program placed in an A.A., A.S., A.A.A., or A.A.S. curriculum by the time of selection. Nominations with supporting documents are accepted from any member of the College community.
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