Orientation FAQ
Orientation is on Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Please arrive 30 minutes early to take care of any necessary paperwork.
- Culinary Art Students
- 9:30a - 11:00a
- Graphic Design and Illustration Students
- 1:00p - 2:30p
- Photography and Film & Video Students
- 2:30p - 4:00p
Schedules:
You will be able to complete the below steps next Monday, August 12th. You will receive an email delivered to your new .edu email with login directions for the student portal.
Your student schedule will be found on the Nossi student portal https://verity.nossi.edu/student/Account. Once logged into the portal, click on “My classes” located on the left hand side of the screen. If you need to make changes to your schedule, please reach out to Mindy Gilbert, the Diretor of Academic Operations. mgilbert@nossi.edu
SCHEDULES CAN ONLY BE CHANGED DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF CLASSES EACH SEMESTER.
Textbook information:
Purchasing Books - You may purchase your books from any site; many students use Amazon. You may purchase e-books if you prefer or there are sites from which you can rent your textbooks. Many of our students post books for sale on our Nossi Insiders Facebook page. You can find this private Facebook discussion board by searching Nossi Insiders on Facebook.
Booklist - The booklist will be e-mailed to your nossi.edu email once completed.
Illustration majors may purchase their initial art supplies at Plaza Artist Materials, 1205 2nd Ave North, Nashville, TN (615-254-3368). You will be provided a supply sheet at orientation or can order now online: Plaza Arts Drawing Kit
If you have not yet purchased your uniform please go to Chef Works to order your uniform. You are expected to have this the first day of class. Your knife kits will be purchased at orientation.
Please direct any questions pertaining to financial aid to Janet Buckley. jbuckley@nossi.edu
Please direct any housing questions to Mitzi Hatfield. mhatfield@nossi.edu
Nossi College of Art and Design is a secure facility. You must have the Verkada Pass application in order to enter the building. During orientation you will be guided through the process of downloading the Verkada Pass app to your phone. This application is the “key” to the building.
You should have received information about your nossi.edu email account. This information was sent via email to your personal email account. If you need to have your password reset, please reach out to Mindy Gilbert, the Diretor of Academic Operations. mgilbert@nossi.edu
Moodle is Nossi's online learning software that is used with classes. To access Moodle go to noss.online.
The URL for Moodle is nossi.online. You will receive an invitation generated from Moodle with login information. This email will arrive in your .edu email account. If you are having difficulty logging into Moodle, please reach out to Mindy Gilbert, the Director of Academic Operations. mgilbert@nossi.edu
It is recommended to make sure to log in before classes to make sure you can access Moddle.
There is required and suggested equipment, software and computers for each program. To view for each program, Click Here!