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“Good Natured” Exhibition in Rockport

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Diana Kersey for recently making the “Top 5” events in Texas by Glasstire – one of the oldest online art magazines in the country. Diana told Glasstire that her exhibition, “Good Natured” is about “the end of the world. It is about more ‘happy’ things too. For example, my love

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Employee Highlights

“Good Natured” Exhibition in Rockport

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Diana Kersey for recently making the “Top 5” events in Texas by Glasstire – one of the oldest online art magazines in the country. Diana told Glasstire that her exhibition, “Good Natured” is about “the end of the world. It is about more ‘happy’ things too. For example, my love

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Employee Highlights

“Good Natured” Exhibition in Rockport

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Diana Kersey for recently making the “Top 5” events in Texas by Glasstire – one of the oldest online art magazines in the country. Diana told Glasstire that her exhibition, “Good Natured” is about “the end of the world. It is about more ‘happy’ things too. For example, my love

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Librarians Present at Conference

Northwest Vista College Librarian Rose Rodriguez will present “Introducing Information Literacy Through Zines” as part of the Great Ideas Poster Session and Lightning Talk program at the Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference in April.  Rose feels that incorporating zines in the classroom can enhance students’ personal growth as well as their critical thinking and writing

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Helping Students with Investing and Marketable Skills

As part of the Business and Entrepreneurship Institute, Northwest Vista College Economics instructor Rolando Sanchez is helping students with investing and developing their marketable skills. Investing Symposium He recently started monthly meetings called “Investment Symposiums,” in which he facilitates discussions tied to investment and trading topics. This extracurricular opportunity includes an investment portfolio competition with monetary prizes for

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January Employee of the Month

Analysa Castillo Administrative Assistant of Academic Success What her peers say anonymously: Analysa Castillo treats everyone at the college, and particularly in our office suite, as if they are a part of [the] family. Not only does she do her job with efficiency and integrity, she also finds the time to encourage others through a gesture

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From Lupus to Personal Trainer

Three years ago Venetia June Pedraza was diagnosed with Lupus and decided that she was going to learn everything in regards to fighting this disease. At the start of this journey she learned about anti-inflammatory diets that worked best for fighting autoimmune diseases. In addition, Venetia “June” also looked into fitness regimens that were geared

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Straddling the Middle

Dr. Liz Wright, associate professor of Psychology at Northwest Vista College, has just had her first book published. The book titled “Straddling the Middle” is a story about a 40-year old woman who as a mother, wife, daughter and college professor contemplates her life’s purpose. Get it here.

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Giving Students a Global Perspective

Dr. Scott Walker, professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, recently returned from a 16-day faculty development seminar that visited four cities in India. Through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), in partnership with the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Scott and 15 other minority-serving institute community college faculty members participated in lectures

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Public Relations Team Gets Award

The Northwest Vista College community newsletter was recently selected for a Silver Medallion Award by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, a professional organization dedicated to community college communication. The Alamo Colleges District Communications office received four awards and San Antonio College took home one in the organization’s District Four contest. The NVC

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New Project Director for Community Math

Lucy Gauna has returned to Northwest Vista College as a project director on NVC’s Community Math Project. As a grant manager, she will be monitoring project activities, supervising and providing guidance to staff for the NVC and UTSA collaborative. Lucy worked previously at NVC for nearly seven years in Community Development as a program manager

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December Employee of the Month

Valerie Acosta Vasquez Sr. Advisory Vista Central Valerie has a a tremendous example of synergy, collaboration and teamwork. She always displays great team spirit and great pride in everything done. Valerie creates awesome relationships with other departments to make sure that our students are served well. She promotes a positive attitude and gives more than 110 percent

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