Guillermo Enrique Eliseo, or William Henry Ellis, worked his entire life to shape his own identity as a Black man born to formerly enslaved parents, in Texas, during the U.S. Civil War. From ranch hand to wealthy Mexican businessman, Ellis’ light skin and Spanish-language fluency allowed him to travel throughout the United States, Mexico, and
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.
Congratulations to Northwest Vista College English faculty member, Melinda Zepeda. She was awarded $2,500 from Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center Minority Institutions Building Resources to Ignite Development and Growth in Education (MI-BRIDGE) Curriculum Development Grant. To be considered for this award, faculty must meet certain eligibility requirements to include teaching at an MCI
The Great Resignation is upon us. In September alone, about 4.4 million workers walked away from unfulfilling or low wage jobs, looking for more promise, purpose, and pay. Community colleges are stepping up to offer Americans paths to careers, but the route from college to job isn’t always clear. Nearly 40 percent of adults surveyed
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
STEM programs at Northwest Vista College (NVC) are prepared to skyrocket learning in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields and help students rebound from the pandemic with a little over $5 million in federal grants awarded to the college recently. As many as 40 students per semester will be able to participate in research
Community Math held their second Community of Educators meeting on Sept. 30. Students were able to hear from our UTSA partners as well as from principals who gave excellent information about getting that first teaching job! Our next meeting is Oct. 21 at 6 pm. Contact Amy for more info: acollins51@alamo.edu. And, watch the following video to hear
Northwest Vista College will partner under St. Mary’s University on a grant project funded by the National Science Foundation to increase the transfer and retention rates of Hispanic students majoring in STEM fields. The NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program grant awarded to St. Mary’s will help implement Project FUERTE: Fostering Undergraduate Education, Retention and
Now more than ever as students bounce back from remote learning, they will need tutoring and mentoring to help get them back up to speed and keep them motivated. In 2018, Northwest Vista College’s English and INRW team received a $200,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to help students take advantage of
UTSA has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant, from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support community partnerships focused on advancing a more democratic society through racial justice and social equity. The project, “Democratizing Racial Justice,” was among 16 other projects selected from 165 grant applications and the only project awarded in Texas. Democratizing
Ignacia Cruz is a math tutor at Time Dollar community center in West San Antonio. Through a community project, Cruz learned to strengthen her math skills in order to help her own children with elementary-level math despite having a GED. But the program at Time Dollar shuttered after funding ran out 10 years ago. Thanks
Former student Janice Castillo wrote a heartfelt editorial for the Express-News about how she received a second chance through Northwest Vista College. Read more here. Community Grant Initiative: Texas Public Radio (TPR) – KSTX 89.1 FM: “Northwest Vista College Receives Grant To Launch Community Math Program” Read here. MySA.com: “Major Grant will Help Bring Math Outside of the
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