NOVA’s Loudoun campus will have a new provost come July 30 when Julie Leidig takes the top position at the campus. The provost oversees student services and campus operations.
“Dr. Leidig’s expertise and strong leadership in higher education will be a valuable addition to NOVA,” NOVA president Robert Templin said in a press release. “We look forward to welcoming her as a member of our administration.”
Leidig comes from a position as vice president of instruction at Lone Star College – Montgomery, a community college in suburban Houston. There, she oversaw …

The Northern Virginia Community College annual sports banquet took place on the evening of April 29 at the Springfield Hilton Hotel. It was organized by NOVA’s collegewide Student Activities Coordinator Brian Anweiler.

The event began with remarks by Dr. Peter Maphumulo, provost of the Alexandria campus. He discussed the importance of sports within the overall NOVA experience, and mentioned that NOVA would soon be considering whether or not to strengthen its sports program.

Last December’s shooting at the Woodbridge campus opened many concerns on safety issues at NOVA. To address those questions and provide ideas for a safer environment for students, faculty and staff, NOVA president Robert Templin created the Presidential Commission on Safety and Security. The commission was charged with creating a report on the state of safety and security.

Despite a special web page detailing the creation of the commission, neither the final report nor a summary of its findings, are publicly available on NOVA’s web site. However, the NOVA Fortnightly was able to obtain the report through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Six Degrees of Separation had its opening night on Friday, October 9, at NOVA Loudon’s Waddell Theater. The house was packed, the laughs were plenty and the actors, who could be heard even in the back of the theatre, made the unusual transition from addressing the audience to addressing each other without a hitch.

The play, directed by Haley Murphy and produced by Colleen Stock for CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company, deals with imagination in art, in lies, in self-identity and in hope.

At NOVA’s Loudoun campus, student-based theater and community theater have combined for a modernized version of John Guare’s 1990 play, Six Degrees of Separation. The play centers around the way a gay con man — who is also a sensitive, moving speaker — affects the wealthy Kittredge family in New York.