Employee Highlights

Bianca Vasquez Certified Academic Advisor Northwest Vista College Bianca Vasquez has served as a certified academic advisor with Northwest Vista College for five years. As an advisor, she guides and mentors students from entry to completion towards achieving their academic and career goals. Along with her fellow advisors, she has worked collaboratively with various Academic

Lisa McDaniel Strategic Communications Coordinator NVC Marketing & Strategic Communication What her peers say anonymously:  Lisa exemplifies many touchstones including creativity, synergy and joy. This year and last year, Lisa excelled at openness because no matter what has been presented to her, she has met the challenge and flourished as a result of it. In

Necola Glaze Enrollment Coach at Vista Central The Business Office nominated Necola Glaze, enrollment coach at Vista Central for her exceptional work on the Fresh Start program. Necola and the Business Office have become great partners by learning and helping each other through this new program. We have greatly appreciated her friendly demeanor and have

IT Department NVC “The NVC IT Team is amazing while providing ongoing support remotely! The team has kept safety a priority while providing no-contact delivery of technology equipment. Thank you for your dedication and continuing to utilize creative solutions to serve our students and employees!” English and INRW Tutoring NVC “Caroline Kuyumcuoglu and her team

Like most of the academic chairs across Northwest Vista College, Joy Qiaoying, chair of Northwest Vista College’s Math and Engineering department, has seen her area go above and beyond to transition to an online environment. She said “kudos goes out to our lab supervisors, grant leaders, and coordinators who work tirelessly to find alternative solutions

These terms apply to all full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty for use during any period of time in which a continuity of instruction plan would be in place: Asynchronous Communication Relay of information with a time lag. Discussion forums and email are two examples of how asynchronous communication is employed in remote learning. Remote Learning

Congratulations to the new group of employees for the Alamo Colleges Emerging Leaders Program that started in January 2020. The group will go through five-and-a-half month leadership development program founded on Franklin Covey’s process-focused content: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results. The NVC employees were selected by the NVC executive team in order to prepare

Northwest Vista College Art faculty William Keith will give a gallery talk on Saturday, March 28 at noon at the Bandera County Library at 515 Main St. in Bandera, Texas. His artwork is currently on display at the library through March 31. During his presentation, he will explain the meaning of his work and the techniques

Rose Rodriguez, Dawna Upshaw and Veronica Luna of Northwest Vista College recently presented “Zines as a Pedagogical Tool and an Exemplar of Faculty-Librarian Collaboration” at the Palo Alto College Faculty Symposium: Celebrating Scholarship and Teaching on Feb. 28. A zine (zeen), short for “fanzine” or “magazine” is an independently published booklet and is created with the methods of