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NVC Staff Senate Retreat at the Botanical Gardens!

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

July 26, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Employees Attend InstructureCon

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

July 24, 2024 No Comments

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Congrats to Yolanda Reyes-Guevara

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

June 26, 2024 No Comments

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Congrats to Doreen Abrams – New Director of Career Services

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

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Educational/Social Sciences Received Presidential Volunteering Award

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

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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English Professor Natalia Treviño is TIL Inductee

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

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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Congrats to Jill Sprowls – Wildcat Spirit Award

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.

May 12, 2024 No Comments

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NVC’s Homer Guevara Appointed to NISD Board of Trustees

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

May 11, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Dual Credit Happenings

The Northwest Vista College Dual Credit program is proving strong in the NISD community. Here are some recent happenings from the program: Holmes High School NISD Holmes High School Dual Credit teacher for Cybersecurity courses was proud of her dual credit students that just earned their certifications and proudly sent photos. Dual Credit Training The

May 11, 2024 No Comments

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Thanking our Administrative Professionals

Thank you to our Amazing Administrative Professionals for doing the heavy lifting to make our college Great! We couldn’t do it without YOU ALL. They were recently celebrated on April 24 for Administration Professional’s Day. Giron, Emerald Sanchez, Graciela Rizo, Klarissa Guevara, Nancy Terburg, Nakotah Alderete, Agda Ramirez, Karina Soto, Katherine Arcos, Erica

April 28, 2024 No Comments

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NVC’s Russ Frohardt Featured on Academic Dean Podcast

Northwest College Dean Dr. Russell Frohardt was recently a guest on the bi-weekly podcast “Academic Dean.” Russ shared his views on higher education. “Academic Dean,” connects with passionate college leaders who share their stories and viewpoints of higher education, especially lessons learned along the way. The show is hosted by Dr. Dave Gurchiek, a former

April 28, 2024 No Comments

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Broadening Curriculum with International Travel

Northwest Vista College Biology instructor Jessica Heppard received an opportunity last year to travel to India thanks to CAORC or the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. This program offers faculty from community colleges and minority-serving institutions to immerse in roundtable discussions, specialist-led site visits, and cultural excursions. CAORC says there is a global perspective

April 27, 2024 No Comments