INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Advising Week 1 ELI Spotlight 2 Emailing Your Instructor 3 Are you Career Plans in FOCUS 3 Online Test Taking Resources 4 ELI Student Life 6 Get Involved 6 SPRING 2015 VOLUME 6 , ISSUE 1 ELI Bulletin Board News from ELI to you! The ELI Bulletin Board is published by the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College to keep the ELI community informed and connected. We welcome comments and contributions from students, faculty, and staff. Contact [email protected]for details. EXTENDED LEARNING INSTITUTE www.nvcc.edu/ELI 703.323.3347 1.888.4DL.NVCC WRITERS WANTED NOVA Advising Week NOVA connect with an ELI Counselor for assistance. Priority registration for the fall semester will begin on April 14. All current students will be assigned a priority registration date. During advising week access NOVAConnect to identify your priority registration date. Open registration begins on May 5. Success Tip: Figure out a calendar system that works for you! Are you using a paper calendar or electronic calendar? Do you set alerts on your phone or computer? Try out a few different ways to see what works best for you! You have a lot to keep track of as you get registered for your classes, and then once classes start! Get organized. Let us know what works best for you! Advising week is offered every fall and spring semester at NOVA as a time for students to reflect upon their academic goals and career development in preparation for planning and evaluating their schedule for next semester. Advising week for the Fall 2015 semester will be held from April 6 – April 10. Get the most out of advising week by following the steps below: 1) Attend a Getting Ready for Your Next Semester webinar. Learn more about the webinar and register for an upcoming session. 2) Use the Student Success Planner to build your academic plan and compare your plan to program requirements. 3) Review your Advisement Report. Access NOVAConnect to view your report. 4) Take a moment to reflect upon your career planning. If you need more information about career options or would like to learn about a resource to help you build a career plan consider attending a Focus on Your Career Planning webinar. Learn more about the webinar and register for an upcoming session. 5. Communicate with your advisor about your academic and career goals. Be sure to take a moment to review your plans for both the summer term (registration is occurring now) and the fall semester. Plan to have your academic plan, advisement report, and/or career plan handy when communicating with your advisor. If you have not declared program of study or are not pursuing a specific program at Welcome services. Best wishes for the rest of your courses and we look forward to seeing you next semester! Hello ELI Students, We hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring semester! We encourage you to take a look through this issue of our newsletter to learn more information about student success while taking classes at ELI. With summer and fall semester right around the corner, we encourage you to look at the 2015 registration dates and contact your advisor as soon as possible for advising assistance. Please visit our website for more information regarding our resources and
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ELI Student Life ELIfe hosted many events for students both virtually and in-person to help online students develop stronger
connections to ELI, to NOVA, and to each other. Some of these student life events included ELI’s Leadership
Common Experience, March Madness Tournament, Women in Leadership webinar series and many more! Don’t
miss these upcoming events :
ELI 40th Birthday Celebration – The Extended Learning Institute is turning 40! ELI will be visiting all six campuses and invite students to join us in celebrating 40 years of online learning at NOVA! Festivities will include birthday
treats, party games, and learn more about options with online learning at NOVA!
ELI Spring Fling- Join us at the Manassas campus for our ELI/ Manassas Spring Fling! Food games and activities will
be provided. Learn more about options with online learning at NOVA!
Preparing for Finals Webinars – Are you ready for Finals Week? ELI can help you prepare! The How to Prepare for Finals webinar will focus on topics and strategies to help ease anxiety and help you study smart such as Visit our
ELI webinar page for upcoming sessions.
ELI Book Club- Need a Break from course-related reading? Join in with the ELI
BookClub and give your brain a much-needed rest from citations and footnotes!
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff, is an imagined, but wholly realistic, story of war in the
21stcentury of near-modern-day London, told from the perspectives of a visiting American
teenager and her British cousins. Though the book is set in the near future, can we relate
to what happens?
Read the book, watch the film (released in 2013) and then join us for an online chat session