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Saying Goodbye to Santiago Arevalo

Bereavement Notice: It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Santiago (Santi) P. Arevalo Jr. His joyful smile and laugh will be missed. Santi passed away from cancer on September 27, 2023. Santi worked at NVC for over 10 years and left in 2022 due to his battle with cancer. Both

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Thank You Student Success

The Student Success team meets on a monthly basis on what it calls Good Morning Student Success (GMSS). They celebrate accomplishments, share area updates, and focus on student outcomes and priorities. They enjoy their time together and love to have fun and joy as they work together. The Student Success team works strategically to reach

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Faculty Member Winning Film Awards

Previous Next Brett Mauser, adjunct faculty in the Digital Video & Cinema Production program at NVC, is receiving awards on the film festival circuit for his latest film, The Oldest Posse. Screening this past weekend at the Bare Bones Film Festival in Oklahoma, the film took in awards for Best Actor (Craig Rainey), Best Costume

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Mallory Plummer – New NVC Director of Teaching with Technology

Congratulations to Mallory Plummer (mplummer4@alamo.edu )on her new position as the director of Teaching with Technology in the Instructional Innovation Center (MZH). Starting October 1, Mallory assumed the role of regularly consulting and collaborating with departments and individuals, as well as acquiring and sharing expertise in technical and pedagogical best practices. Mallory is experienced in:

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Wildcat Spirit Award – Jeanette Robles

From Erica Arcos of NVC Natural & Physical Sciences: Bestowing the Wildcat Spirit Award to Jeanette Robles, NVC Academic Lab technician. “I would like to thank Dustin Smyth, Geology Faculty, for awarding me the Wildcat Spirit Award in May or better yet the whole summer. Willie and I had fun this summer working 10-hour shifts

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NVC President Dr. Amy Bosley Joins Excelencia in Education

Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority in efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced today that Northwest Vista College (NVC) President Dr. Amy Bosley has chosen to be part of Presidents for Latino Student Success network. This important national network is comprised of college and university presidents and chancellors who commit to

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New Math Academic Program Specialist

Congratulations to Gabe Vidaurri who is now a full-time academic program specialist in the Math Lab in Juniper Hall. Previously he was part-time academic program specialist in the Math Advocacy Center. Gabe has worked in various roles in the math department from tutor, to adjunct instructor, to math advisor over the years. His educational background includes

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College Readiness and Success Models Grant

Congratulations to Caroline Kuyumcuoglu, who oversees Northwest Vista College’s Supplemental Instruction for INRW. She was recently awarded a 2023 College Readiness and Success Models grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the amount of $100,000. Caroline is leading the grant, serving as project director, with Dr. June Pedraza serving as the co-project director.

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Welcoming Faculty Back for Convocation

The Northwest Vista College Academic Success team hosted a terrific Faculty Development Day on Aug. 19 and brought together full time, adjunct, and dual credit faculty for a day of learning, information and sharing. Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program and author of “The Light We Give,” provided

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NVC Faculty Busy Publishing/Writing

Italian Blood Congrats to NVC faculty, Denise Tolan. She will have her memoir out Oct 11 titled “Italian Blood: A Memoir.” In addition to her memoir, Denise has recently retired from Northwest Vista working full time, but will return as an adjunct. Denise’s work has been included in places such as the Penn Review, Atlas and

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Welcome New Faculty

In the Picture: Ryan Kirby – English Sarah Roberts – Arts Alicia Reyes-Barrientes – Government Shannon Sahabi – Geology Blake Jones – English Erica Montanye – Psychology Michelle Mangold – Math April Poissant – English Andre Felton – Biology Jon Paul Goggin – English Samantha Raymond – English Brian Stuhl – Information Security Analysist Caroline

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VP Debi Gaitan Accepted to Harvard Graduate Institute

Northwest Vista College Vice President for Student Success Debi Gaitan was accepted into the highly competitive Harvard University Graduate Institute for Educational Management (IEM). She also recieved financial sponsorship to attend from Alamo Colleges Chancellor Mike Flores. IEM is an eight-day/96-clock hour comprehensive and engaging learning program that is preceeded by 40 hours of prep-work.

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