NVC’s Gary Bowling Receives National Award

Congratulations to Gary Bowling, a Student Success director, at Northwest Vista College.

He was selected as one of 10 award recipients to receive the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates from Engage Learning and The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

The award recipients will be honored at the 36th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Atlanta, Georgia in February. As a recipient, Gary will also be a part of the conference session: “Turning ON Inspiration: Successful Strategies of Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates.”

During the panel discussion, award recipients will respond to questions about the challenges of teaching college success and will share their best practices, instructional methodologies and stories of student success on their campuses.