![]() The curriculum itself won’t be shaped by the grant, Labrie said, although it could see additional development later. “That’s true of every school division in our area, the IT demand just continues to go up and COVID really exacerbated that.” “Who’s going to help reimage? Who’s going to help secure their networks as they expand? Who’s going to be the frontline support when parents, students, teachers need support with that technology?” Labrie said. Plus, school districts are looking to boost IT staff as they increase the number of devices and tech curriculums. But with the school’s close proximity to Northern Virginia’s data center hub, Labrie said the school has fielded many asks to help build out the pipeline for technicians. NOVA also relaunched its engineering technology program a few years ago, Labrie said. In 2019, it opened the NOVA Cybersecurity Center and last year saw the creation of an engineering tech fabrication lab on its Manassas campus. This isn’t the first time in recent years that NOVA has made a move to build out its tech programs. “…It’s just a huge need on both fronts from the data center industry, as well as our manufacturers and critical infrastructure.” ![]() “As our data grows, so does the need for data centers and the technicians that are going to maintain them,” Labrie said. It comes against the backdrop of growth for digital adoption, in both work and life. NOVA will be collaborating with the Virginia Economic Development Alliance, the Loudoun County Economic Development Authority and school districts in Prince William County and Alexandria City, Labrie told Technical.ly. Through the grant, the school hopes to expand critical infrastructure and engineering technology offerings, said Josh Labrie, director of NOVA’s SySTEMic outreach program. Roughly 15 of those will be in IT, and about five will be in engineering technology. The second part of the funding will be used to credential teachers, such as those currently instructing at the secondary level, in order to add 20 members to NOVA’s faculty. By the summer of 2024, the pilot program is expected to add 288 graduates and 96 internships. It will also include an outreach program for veterans, plus a bridge program that offers courses for college credit for up to 48 high school students from underrepresented groups annually. The pilot DEEP-IET will be a block-scheduling program that places students in cohorts melding coursework and internship experience. The $1.1 million, which is part of the $11.1 million in overall grants Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam announced last month, will be invested back into the school’s “information and engineering technologies (IET) programs. With the grant, NOVA will be implementing a Dual Enrollment Expansion Program for Information and Engineering Technology (DEEP-IET) to help build the Northern Virginia workforce. Go to Network and Web Accounts for more information.With a $1.1 million grant courtesy of economic development initiative Go Virginia, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) has big plans to embrace the data centers in its backyard - and the career opportunities they offer. It has replaced the NVSTU web folder system. ![]() ![]() MyDrive is a user-friendly web-based file sharing system, similar to products such as Google Drive and Dropbox, but works using your MyNOVA credentials. The college offers a wide variety of technology training and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff.īrowse Courses Information Technology Policies NOVA IT Support Portal MyDrive We are advocates committed to resolving the technology issues affecting students and employees and providing detailed resolutions and general systems information.Ĭheck out the NOVA IT Support Portal for news, outages, knowledge-base, and self-help tools. The IT Help Desk provides front-line technical support to all NOVA students, faculty, and staff. Students can access WiFi without having to leave the car and can practice safe social distancing. When calling the IT Help Desk, please listen carefully as the options have recently changed. Your SSN if you do not know your StudentID or EmplID.Please have the following information available: If you are unable to reset your password using the " Forgot Password" link, you can call the IT Help Desk for assistance. Need to reset your myNOVA password? You can often reset it yourself, and avoid waiting on hold for an agent by clicking on the " Forgot Password" link on the myNOVA login page. If that does not work, login using your username in ALL CAPS. If you experience this issue, please close all browser windows and try again. We have been experiencing issues with users not being able to sign in after changing their password.
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