By Dr. Ric Baser President, Northwest Vista College Dear Vista Family, I am writing to inform you of my decision to retire as your President, effective June 1, 2022. I have loved Northwest Vista College more than any other institution for which I have worked, and I have loved being your president more than any
By Dr. Ric Baser President, Northwest Vista College I’m excited to let you know that we received a letter from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) President, Dr. Belle Wheelan, concerning the SACSCOC Committee on Fifth-Year Interim Reports review of NVC’s Fifth-Year Interim Report and QEP Impact Report. NVC was found in compliance
By Dr. Ric Baser President, Northwest Vista College It was a beautiful day yesterday on our NVC campus. I enjoyed spending time with our NVC family and introducing folks to the sport of disc golf. NVC’s Staff Senate coordinated the event and collaborated with Kraken Chains Disc Golf Shop to provide training. Our players included
Northwest Vista College recently received an $88,000 award from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund to give students the opportunity to earn competitive hourly stipends for environmental field work in the spring 2022 semester. This unique program, dubbed Microsoft Community College Undergraduate Research Experience or Microsoft CCURE, will provide students with research experience that will help them
Northwest Vista College is the only community college in San Antonio and one of eight in Texas that has been invited to compete for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The recognition was announced Nov. 2 by the AspenInstitute. Institutions chosen have a chance to compete for a $1 million Aspen Prize for
By Dr. Ric Baser President, Northwest Vista College NVC has learned that we are the only community college in San Antonio and one of eight in Texas that is eligible for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. This is a significant achievement because colleges have to be invited to participate in the process,
The Northwest Vista College (NVC) Disc Golf course, with an updated design, has reopened after it was closed as part of the campus during the 2020 pandemic. NVC President Dr. Ric Baser is an avid disc golf player. “The course is known as a technical short course. It’s good for beginners and still challenging for experienced
Northwest Vista College Community Health Worker Program is doing its part to help educate the community and its members. Just recently on Aug. 11, NVC’s CWH Program, UT Austin and SA Metropolitan Health District partnered on a presentation, titled ” Increase Access to Tobacco Cessation-Using Mobile Apps. to Improve Public Health.” This presentation helped to provide
Northwest Vista College has continued to support students, employees and the community by partnering with the San Antonio Food Bank to host Pop-Up Markets to help mitigate food insecurity locally. The first one at NVC was on April 1. In true Wildcat spirit, numerous volunteer and various NVC departments collaborated to make the event a
Northwest Vista College will continue remote learning for the remainder of the spring semester. As the risk level remains in the Red Zone – High Risk, the City of San Antonio recommends that institutions of higher education operate with remote learning – Level 5 “Stay Home, Work Safe.” NVC will continue to operate remotely at Level
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
Contributed by Dr. Shelah Simmons, chair of NVC’s Business Council During this time of COVID-19, the NVC President’s Office Business Council found innovative ways to work with Northwest Vista College while reaching its core goal of helping promote student success while students are accomplishing their academic dream. The Business Council are ambassadors for the college, helping create opportunities
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