Employee Highlights

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Natalia Treviño of the English department. Her essay, “Lockdown Love and Panic” was recently included in the book titled, “Global Pandemic Crisis: A series of Literary Essays on Quarantine.” The book’s forward is by UTSA Professor Steven Kellman. According to Amazon, it says, “This collection of essays by reputable scholars

This summer Jonathan Cavazos completed his master’s degree in Library and Information Science from The University of North Texas. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Texas State University. He has worked as a Library Assistant at Northwest Vista College for a little over a year and also works as a teaching assistant in

Rey Cardenas NVC Events Coordinator What his peers say anonymously Rey has jumped feet first into the challenges faced throughout the department when preparing and supporting our students and employees for remote learning and operations. He  transitioned into a direct support role and helped to develop processes that allow for safe, no-contact handouts of equipment.  Rey has worked through the process to be on

Congratulations to Melinda Zepeda of Northwest Vista College’s English department. She has been been named a Haiti Teacher Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year. Sponsored by The UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American & Caribbean Studies, the Haiti Teacher Fellows Program is a fund, year-long fellowship for high school and community college teachers doing the 2020-2021

NVC’s Psi Beta chapter earned their second Chapter Excellence Award from the Psi Beta National office.   Eligibility for this award requires meeting or exceeding four standards of excellence:  Leadership, Scholarship, Community Service, and Research. NVC’s Psi Beta Chapter and our sister organization, NVC’s Psychology Club, are extremely active organizations on campus.  Within the last academic year, we

Vice President for Student Success Debi Gaitan has been nominated for the Texas Association of Community Colleges’ 2020 Carl M. Cheesie Nelson Administrative Leadership Award. This esteemed award recognizes administrators with outstanding leadership qualities who have made a significant impact on higher education. To learn more about the award, visit https://tacc.org/tacc/carl-m-cheesie-nelson-award   

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College’s Marketing & Strategic Communications team for recently receiving an El Bronce Award of Merit for its NVC Employee Facebook page from the San Antonio chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Every year, the local PRSA chapter recognizes PR professionals and campaigns from across the city at its annual

Congratulations to three Northwest Vista College employees for recently graduating from the Alamo Colleges Leadership Academy for Success, also known as ALAS. The NVC employees are: Laura Quintanilla, academic program specialist – NVC Academic Support Services Rita Perez, coordinator of occupational programs – Computer Sciences & Technology Steven Rocha, NVC Enrollment coach coordinator ALAS is

Several Northwest Vista College faculty and staff are participating in a new citywide online training hosted by The San Antonio Compassionate Institute to help give educators new skills to process challenging new life lessons while leveraging and navigating to a new, better normal. According to the Compassionate Institute, “Our world has changed. Pandemic disruption has