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Workforce Donates Shirts & Dr. Guevara Gets Impressive Appointment

NVC Workforce Donates Shirts to High School Students This past week, Workforce Education and Training donated college shirts to the Communities in Schools organization. Communities in Schools “does whatever it takes to help at-risk students stay in school and succeed in life”.  Mary Brown of Communities in Schools, (in the picture) was thrilled to get

Math Orientation Helps Students & NVC Employees Present at Conference

Math Orientation Helps Students The Title V Project Math Paths (PMP) Team offered a second successful MATH 1414 Orientation for fall 2017. This orientation was initiated by Anna Harwin (Math faculty), because of low success rates for STEM students enrolled in MATH 1414. The orientation was conducted from Aug. 22 through Aug. 23 and was

More than 146 Volunteers Welcome NVC Students Back to Campus

NVC faculty, staff and student volunteers plus representatives of GM Financial and Nationwide enthusiastically greeted students during the start of classes for the fall semester as part of Wildcat Days 2017. Although the welcome event was postponed one day because of weather concerns, volunteers adjusted their schedules, braved wind gusts and helped NVC students find

Employee Giving Luncheon Honors NVC Employee’s Memory

While it’s only been about six months since Beverly Evans’ passing, her memory lives on through the Beverly Evans Memorial NVC Student Life Scholarship. At the annual Celebration of Giving luncheon for employee supporters of the NVC Cares …I Care Campaign, four of the first students to receive the scholarship shared their stories. In front of nine of Beverly’s

Welcome New Employees – Randall and Alyssandra

Randall Garza Randall Garza, Ph.D., has joined Northwest Vista College as an associate director in Student Success. He earned a BA in Journalism and an MS in Sociology from the University of Texas Pan American (Now UTRGV) and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University. In his 12 years working in

Recruitment Participates in Tricentennial Recruitment Event

Northwest Vista’s Cathy Gonzalez of the Recruitment team recently attended a college-wide vendor exhibit at the Summer Institute on July 14. The theme for this year’s Summer Institute was the “The Future of San Antonio (College & Career Readiness)”, and all of the vendors were San Antonio-area universities and colleges. The Summer Institute is an annual event

NVC President To Lead 2017 Alamo Colleges Giving Campaign

Dr. Ric Baser is serving as this year’s chair of the Alamo Colleges Employees Giving Back Campaign coordinated by the Alamo Colleges Foundation. The campaign begins Aug. 21 and runs through Oct. 16. This year’s campaign will utilize a new upgraded online giving portal that employees can access by computer and mobile phones. Donors can

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KENS-5, Univision and TPR Cover NVC Health Event

Three media outlets covered a health workshop on July 20 in which Northwest Vista Community Health and Texas Wears Condoms partnered to host a morning workshop to educate people on the rising rates of STDs in Bexar County. KENS-5 story: http://www.kens5.com/news/health/mariachis-coffee-and-condoms-at-northwest-vista-college/458295688 Univision segment: http://www.univision.com/san-antonio/kwex/realizan-evento-para-informar-sobre-enfermedades-de-transmision-sexual-en-texas-video Texas Public Radio: Segment aired on July 21. No link is available yet.