From: Randall Garza, Ph.D.Interim Director of Advising Adriana Alcala (advisor) reached out to our NVC Advocacy Center to discuss what they were running low on and what students need. Backpacks was the answer and Adriana started a backpack drive in our office. We collected a total of 79 backpacks and have delivered them to the
Russ Frohardt, interim vice president for Academic Success at Northwest Vista College, recently shared his insights on enhancing student retention and success through innovative scheduling strategies for Ad Astra, a company many colleges and universities use to create course schedules. In the video, he discusses how NVC uses Ad Astra analytics, is working to secure
From Sara Trim, Grant Writer strim4@alamo.edu 210.486.4741 I am thrilled to be working in College Grants Development as a grant writer for Northwest Vista College. It is an honor to be able to collaborate with Judy Camargo (NVC Director of Grants) on research and grant applications and I look forward to working with NVC faculty
Dr. George Gittinger, associate professor of Philosophy, has accepted the appointment to serve as interim dean for Performance Excellence. This new team will report to the President’s Office and will include MarCom, Grants, Community Collaborations, and Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness. Christina Brown is transitioning from her role as director of advising in Student Success to
Northwest Vista College welcomes Marika Dabney, its new human resources partner. She previously worked for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Santikos Entertainment. Marika has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Texas A&M University-San Antonio and a Master of Science in Human Resources Development from the University of Texas at Tyler. Marika’s office at Vista
Our Northwest Vista College Staff Senators recently gathered at the beautiful Botanical Gardens for their annual retreat. It was a day filled with vibrant discussions, team-building activities, and lots of purple pride!They celebrated their amazing Staff Senators with well-deserved awards for their dedication and hard work. Congratulations to all the award recipients! They are excited to
Recently, NVC’s Dr. Qiaoying (Joy) Zhou, Kari McKay and Mallory Plummer attended the InstructureCon conference in Las Vegas. Sparked in 2008 by two enterprising grad students, Instructure is the home of Canvas LMS (Learning Management System) and the Instructure Learning Platform that benefits millions of students and teachers worldwide, every single day. InstructureCon gave attendees
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
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
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.
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