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NVC Environmental Course Gives Students Opportunity for Study Abroad

The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund has selected the Alamo Colleges District/Northwest Vista College and Costa Rica’s Universidad Veritas as one of 12 grant-winning teams to receive a $25,000 grant that will allow students to study abroad, virtually exchange cultural information, and analyze urban waterways. Dubbed the Geography and Environmental Studies Costa Rica Adventure Science Field

New Resource to Refer Future Wildcats to the Admissions Team

In every team and department at Northwest Vista College, there are always great stories to tell that show faculty and staff going above and beyond. While it’s hard to capture every story, we hope to periodically share in this space some of the major accomplishments or projects that are taking place. Members of the executive

Food, Internet, and Shelter

Kudos to Northwest Vista College’s Lisa Black who co-authored an article titled “Food, Internet, and Shelter: What Emergency Services Did Community College Students Prioritize During the COVID-19 Pandemic?” Lisa, who is NVC’s director of Advocacy Services, co-authored the article with Zachary Taylor, PhD, of the Trellis Company. The article, featured in the December 2021 edition

Grow with Google Grant Helps Students Enhance Career Readiness Skills

Northwest Vista College has received a Grow with Google – HSI Career Readiness Program micro-grant from the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities. NVC was one of 35 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) invited to apply. The micro-grant, which is expected to impact approximately 700 Northwest Vista College (NVC) students per academic semester, includes an initial

New Scholarships Available for Environmental Studies Students

The Geography and Environmental Studies Discipline at Northwest Vista College now has $33,000 in scholarships available to students with pre-majors in Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and Geography and Environmental Sustainability. These scholarships are a gift from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund – a grant NVC recently received (read more about it here). They are targeted