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QEP’s Information Literacy Skills Helped Thousands of Students

For the last five years, Northwest Vista College’s Quality Enhancement Plan or QEP equipped students with Information Literacy skills that showed them how to Find, ethically Use, Synthesize, and Evaluate information in their classes and in their co-curricular programs. QEP is part of the college’s accreditation process. The regional accrediting body, Southern Association of Colleges

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Helping Students With Children

Students raising children or other dependents have many responsibilities. Whether they are a parent, guardian or caretaker, Northwest Vista recognizes the unique challenges students with children face as they pursue their educational and career goals. Access to college doesn’t just mean academic help; NVC is committed to helping overcome hurdles that keep students from reaching

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HACU Conference Motivates NVC Students to Reach Higher

Two Northwest Vista College students attended HACU’s 37th Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. Jennifer Toledo and Victor Cadena applied and were chosen to represent NVC in the Adelante! Student Leadership track at HACU’s national conference. The students were able to experience a variety of professional development opportunities and panels, as well as experience ways to

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Full Academic Year Registration – Ready Campaign

What’s a Wildly Important Goal (aka WIG) if you can’t make it a bit challenging. Well for Northwest Vista College’s Student Development team, they knocked their goal out the field with their campaign of helping current students register for the spring semester. Not only did the team smash their goal of reaching 3,500 students from

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An NVC Student, Cave Diver and Centipedes – A Story of Science

Just this past summer, Northwest Vista College student Max Sahi participated in the CIMA-LSAMP Summer Research Program, an Alamo Colleges STEM program. Now, he and a cave diver are on the road, bringing light to his research to squash what was thought to be a new animal species swimming in the underwater caves of Mexico’s

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Inspiring Students to Find their Path

By Qiaoying Joy Zhou, PhD Department Chair/Professor Math and Engineering Department In a most recent District Leadership Team meeting “Great Places to Work,” the words “pride” and “recognition” were highlighted by multiple round tables. As educators, we feel a strong sense of “pride” when our students are doing wonderful things in their educational pursuits. Our

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NVC Hits Largest Total Giving Since 2021

Northwest Vista College hit record-setting giving this year! You helped us increase our giving so we can do more to help our students and community. It is because of your continued generosity NVC set a new record of the largest amount in total giving since 2021! Employee Participation: 51% NVC Total Dollars Raised: $45,007 Every

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Relaxing with NVC Library’s Snail Mail Program

By Rose Rodriguez, NVC Librarian When was the last time you wrote a letter by hand? How about the last time you received a handwritten letter or greeting card in the mail? In today’s fast-paced world, writing a letter to a friend or family member is a rare form of communication. This semester I introduced

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NVC Offers Emergency Medical Technician Training

Northwest Vista College (NVC) will offer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)/Paramedic training starting in January 2024. The training is made possible through a partnership with San Antonio College (SAC) where the Emergency Medical Technician program is housed and accredited at the associate degree and certificate levels. “Many medical employers in our service area in Westover Hills

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Students Celebrate Lake Stith’s 85th Birthday with Special Gift

From Qiaoying Joy Zhou, PhD NVC Department Chair/Professor Math and Engineering Department “Lake Stith just celebrated his 85th birthday. His students actually made T-shirts for him, which I thought was a very touching gesture. It demonstrates their love and care for him. Lake has been teaching with us (part time) for about 15 years and

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NVC MarComm Team Wins International Awards for Promoting NVC

The Northwest Vista College Marketing and Strategic Communications team received three Gold MarCom Awards and five honorable mentions from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The MarCom Awards is an international creative competition for marketing and communication professionals that honors excellence in creative work. This year, there were over 6,500 entries from throughout

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The Aspen Institute Names NVC as Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize

Northwest Vista College (NVC) is the only community college in San Antonio and one of 13 in Texas that has been invited to compete for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. The recognition was announced today by the Aspen Institute. The

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