From Erica Arcos of NVC Natural & Physical Sciences: Bestowing the Wildcat Spirit Award to Jeanette Robles, NVC Academic Lab technician. “I would like to thank Dustin Smyth, Geology Faculty, for awarding me the Wildcat Spirit Award in May or better yet the whole summer. Willie and I had fun this summer working 10-hour shifts
Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority in efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced today that Northwest Vista College (NVC) President Dr. Amy Bosley has chosen to be part of Presidents for Latino Student Success network. This important national network is comprised of college and university presidents and chancellors who commit to
Congratulations to Gabe Vidaurri who is now a full-time academic program specialist in the Math Lab in Juniper Hall. Previously he was part-time academic program specialist in the Math Advocacy Center. Gabe has worked in various roles in the math department from tutor, to adjunct instructor, to math advisor over the years. His educational background includes
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.
The Northwest Vista College Academic Success team hosted a terrific Faculty Development Day on Aug. 19 and brought together full time, adjunct, and dual credit faculty for a day of learning, information and sharing. Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program and author of “The Light We Give,” provided
Italian Blood Congrats to NVC faculty, Denise Tolan. She will have her memoir out Oct 11 titled “Italian Blood: A Memoir.” In addition to her memoir, Denise has recently retired from Northwest Vista working full time, but will return as an adjunct. Denise’s work has been included in places such as the Penn Review, Atlas and
In the Picture: Ryan Kirby – English Sarah Roberts – Arts Alicia Reyes-Barrientes – Government Shannon Sahabi – Geology Blake Jones – English Erica Montanye – Psychology Michelle Mangold – Math April Poissant – English Andre Felton – Biology Jon Paul Goggin – English Samantha Raymond – English Brian Stuhl – Information Security Analysist Caroline
Northwest Vista College Vice President for Student Success Debi Gaitan was accepted into the highly competitive Harvard University Graduate Institute for Educational Management (IEM). She also recieved financial sponsorship to attend from Alamo Colleges Chancellor Mike Flores. IEM is an eight-day/96-clock hour comprehensive and engaging learning program that is preceeded by 40 hours of prep-work.
Northwest Vista College employees Mallory Plummer (adjunct faculty, Student Development) and Maribel Montiel (personal counselor, Student Advocacy) recently graduated from the five day LivingWorks ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). The workshop from July 10-14 was in Denver, Colorado and focused on Training for Trainers, also known as the T4T program. Suicide is both
In partnership with Excelencia in Education and the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), Northwest Vista College is participating in the pilot project Community Colleges Transforming by Engaging Latino Students. This project will help cohort participants to identify priorities and strategies that accelerate Latino student success; and we will develop and implement data-informed action
New Employee: Roxanne Penaloza NVC Natural & Physical Sciences I’ve been in higher education for the past 10 years. I’m excited to be part of the NVC community especially working alongside the Plus+STEM team. I was previously employed at District’s Financial Aid office, being at NVC has been such a huge transition! I look forward
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
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