Employee Highlights

Employee Highlights

August Employee of the Month – Minerva Muniz

Minerva Muniz Administrative Assistant to the President- President’s Office What her peers say anonymously:  Although Minerva exemplifies each of the NVC Touchstones in an exemplary manner, the “Community” Touchstone is the most fitting for her. Minerva is the epitome of community, nurturing meaningful professional relationships and working constructively with colleagues at NVC, across the Alamo Colleges

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In Loving Memory: Lynne Dean

The Northwest Vista family has been saddened by the untimely passing of Lynne Dean, who passed away on Aug. 24 from complications related to cancer treatment. Since 2010, Lynne served as NVC’s director of Institutional Advancement, interacting with thousands of people including students, faculty, staff and community members. Lynne’s expertise in developing relationships resulted in

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Supporting the Environment

Northwest Vista College President Dr. Ric Baser speaks at the West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce in support of San Antonio’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan. To read more about it, go here. 

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Community Math

As part of the Community Math Project, summer enrichment programs are offered at community centers to strengthen math skills of children over their summer break. At Time Dollar Community Center’s summer garden project, elementary students experienced math as they planted, grew, measured, and enjoyed the fruits of their gardening labor! To learn about NVC’s Community Math

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New NVC Auditorium Manager

Northwest Vista College welcomes a new auditorium manager in the Palmetto Center for the Arts. Daniel Mitchell recently joined the NVC family after being at San Antonio College for six years. In 2009, he began at SAC as a part timer and went full time in 2012 as the assistant auditorium manager/assistant technical director. You

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Celebrating Years of Services

A little over 40 employees celebrated anniversary milestones with Alamo Colleges and Northwest Vista College. Five years of service: Alicia Baltazar, NVC Academic Affairs Ric Baser, NVC President Elizabeth Ceballos, NVC Student Advising Richard Crabb, NVC Science Tutoring & Advocacy Lab Jennifer Fox, NVC Psychology Michael Fuentez, DIS Department of Public Safety Timothy Hedgepeth, NVC

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New Student Life Programming Team

Have you met the NVC Student Life Institute Programming team? Thanks to the NVC Student Activity Fee, students have the opportunity for experiential learning through faculty-driven ideas on how to get students engaged outside of the classroom. The ideas come to life with the help of these four employees helping faculty coordinate and plan the events

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NVC Staff Senate

It’s been a busy month for Northwest Vista College’s Staff Senate. Earlier in July, NVC hosted the Alamo Colleges Executive Staff Senate for its annual retreat. Staff Senates from the five colleges and the district came together to discuss issues and hear from speakers, which included Molly Cox of SA2020, Alamo Colleges Chancellor Dr. Mike

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New NVC College Events Coordinator

Rey Cardenas is now Northwest Vista College’s new college events coordinator On July 1, Rey transitioned over from the NVC Fine & Performing Arts & Kinesiology department. In his former position, he served as the technical director/auditorium manager for over four years. Rey has over 21 years of event and live-performance management experience.  He will

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New Group of Emerging Leaders

Congratulations to the new group of graduates from Alamo Colleges Emerging Leaders Program that had their closing ceremony on June 25. The group went through a 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 their supervisors or the NVC executive

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Taking a Hospitality Approach to Helping Students

Erika Prosper Nirenberg is not only the First Lady of San Antonio, she’s also director of customer insights for H-E-B. She recently visited Northwest Vista College’s Student Success to have a conversation about how H-E-B switched from a customer service mentality to instead focus on hospitality. Nirenberg also spoke at the recent National Council for Marketing &

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Get to Know NVC’s Newest Vice President

Have you had a chance to meet Northwest Vista College’s newest Vice President of Academic Success Dr. Daniel T. Powell? NVC’s Public Relations team has made it a little easier for you with a Facebook video that live streamed on May 16. Lisa McDaniel of the NVC PR team asked Dr. Powell a series of

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