One of the most important ways to be prepared for an emergency is to have multiple means of receiving emergency information. NOVA has established a variety of ways to notify the College community of an emergency and may use some or all the systems described below:
NOVA Alert is a free notification service offered by NOVA. Students, faculty, and staff are automatically signed up for email alerts through their official NOVA email address. To add a mobile phone number or an additional email account to this service, users may register them at http://alert.nvcc.edu/. Students, faculty, and staff are strongly encouraged to add additional devices.
NOVA can send an emergency alert to every computer owned by the College and connected to the NOVA computer network, while it is logged on to the College network. This allows emergency messages to be sent to classrooms, computer labs, and staff in their offices or logged in off-site.
Emergency messages can be broadcast directly into any IP phone on a campus.
Emergency messages can be displayed on flat panel screens that have been strategically located on each campus.
During emergencies, email can be sent to all faculty, staff, and students.
Emergency messages are added to the top of the NOVA Website at www.nvcc.edu.
Follow NOVA's Facebook page (NOVACommunityCollege) and X (@novacommcollege) for emergency information.
Signs are in place at campus entrances that alert the public to emergency situations.
NOVA depends a great deal on broadcast media to inform faculty, staff, and students of emergencies.