Congratulations to Dr. Yolanda Reyes Guevara who has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Germany for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. It’s part of the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Awards. She will travel to Berlin and other destinations in Germany for two-week seminars abroad to learn about the country’s
Personal Leave and Holiday Bank Carryover Personal Leave and Holiday Bank cannot be carried over. Unused personal leave and Holiday Bank will be forfeited as of August 31; however, you will be credited with 16 new hours of personal time September 1. Due to the payroll lag these hours will not appear until your September
What a great week we recently had with many student and employee celebrations! As I mentioned during Friday’s All College Meeting and our Great Places to Work Celebration, I believe that May is the best month of the year for a college president. This is my first year as a college president and I have
Dr. Steven Montemayor NVC Interim Dean for Academic Success Institutions of higher education recognize the paramount importance of providing comprehensive support structures to nurture student success. Among these structures, Northwest Vista College’s robust tutoring and library centers play a pivotal role in fostering academic achievement, personal development, and as NVC President Amy Bosley says, “high
The Alamo Colleges District is pleased to announce AlamoU Bachelor’s Programs across all of its five colleges: San Antonio College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip’s College, Northwest Vista College, and an upcoming degree program at Northeast Lakeview College. AlamoU Bachelor’s Programs is a strategic response to the burgeoning demands of various industries, particularly in nursing,
Congratulations to Doreen Abrams. She was recently selected the new Northwest Vista College director of Career Services. Doreen began as an NVC full-time Student Success employee in 2017 with the Career and Transfer Services. Her former titles includes Student Success specialist and senior advisor. Doreen became an Advising Team lead in 2024, planning and coordinating
Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Education/Social Sciences department for being awarded the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Award for the 2nd year in a row from Junior Achievement. The ceremony is being held in Washington D.C. in mid June. Diana Bradford of the NVC Education/Social Sciences department said many of its students volunteered at local schools this past
Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s English Professor Natalia Trevino. She was a recent inductee of the Texas Institute of Letter, which held their banquet on May 4 in Woodlands, Texas. Natalia was one of 12 new members for 2024: fiction and nonfiction writers. The Texas Institute of Letters announced the winners of the twelve Annual TIL
On May 8th, Kari Renschler and Henry Reyes were awarded certificates of scholarship and took photographs with the Tailar Kai Matthews Memorial Scholarship plaque—in which their names are engraved, in the psychology wing of Live Oak Hall. In addition to their certificates and engravings, on April 23rd, Kari and Henry were each awarded $250 for
A variety of media came out to cover Northwest Vista College’s eclipse event on April 8. The event, which was sponsored by Boeing, included a garden of telescopes, scientists, college professors, college students, elementary and middle schools, food trucks, music, other entertainment, and the Scobee Education Center and Planetarium. Here are the media clips: Fox29
Congratulations to Jill Sprowls for earning the Wildcat Spirit Award. Jill is the NVC director of College Services. She received the honor from Jennifer Alvizo of the NVC Student Accessibility Services team.
Northwest Vista College’s Dr. Homer Guevara, Jr. was recently appointed to NISD Board of Trustees. The NISD Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Homer Guevara, Jr. as the trustee for Single-Member District 2 to replace outgoing Trustee Gerald Lopez. Dr. Guevara is currently a professor of Economics and Government at Northwest Vista College. He has
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