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Collecting Artifacts for Future NVC Multicultural Research Center

Northwest Vista College government faculty Rudy De La Cruz, Jr. conducted a tour of historical sites in Von Ormy, Texas on Wednesday, March 8 for representatives of the Rivard Report, a local online magazine, which will publish a series of stories on the early history of San Antonio. Rudy and his students have been researching the early

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Faculty Intervention Help High School Student Get to International Comp

Contributed by Richard T. Chamblin, Jr., B.S., M.S., D.C. Northwest Vista College Chair – Natural & Physical Sciences Howard Marquise (Chemistry and Water Resource Science) and J.L. Egremy (Biology) met with a local high school student that wanted to run his science fair project by some scientists before submitting his presentation. Howard and J.L. stayed late to

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New Support Specialist in Veterans Affairs

GailI Monsalvatge is a new student support specialist for Northwest Vista College’s Veterans Affairs department. She is responsible for providing a positive experience for students and prospective students, while assisting with the requirements necessary to utilize their VA benefits. Gail is a California native with over 30 years of work experience. Prior to moving to San Antonio, she worked in

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NVC Faculty Participate in Art Exhibit Honoring Mexican Women

Northwest Vista College faculty Deborah Keller Rihn and Mimi Duvall are a part of an annual exhibit at Centro Cultural Aztlan, titled “Las Mujeres de Aztlan y El Segundo de Febrero.” Centro annually celebrates this anniversary to ensure that the history of the Mexican-American people is not forgotten and this year, the exhibit will be focusing on

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NVC Web Design Class Nationally Recognized

Congrats to Northwest Vista College Digital Media Coordinator Viviane Marioneaux. Her IMED-Web Design II (2315) class is now nationally recognized and a certified course for meeting standards of Quality Matters standards. Quality Matters is a nationally-recognized program in which 1,300 colleges and universities throughout the world subscribe to the QM program and use the Higher Ed Rubric to

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IT Employee Employee of the Month

Congratulations to NVC IT’s Jose Olivares for receiving Employe of the Month, Here’s what his co-workers say anonymously: “The whole college knows that they can depend on him to fix any problem that they throw his way. He never turns down a job, even if it isn’t the request he’s there for.” “Jose is a

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New Project Facilitator at NVC

Congratulations to Janie Scott in the NVC President’s office. She has the new title of project facilitator at Northwest Vista College. Janie has worked at NVC for 16 years and will be working with Dr. Baser, the cabinet, and an advisory committee to prioritize projects. Right now her focus will be helping with the implementation of the

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NVC Math Faculty Work with National Math Center

Congratulations to Anna Harwin and Eddie Bishop of the Northwest Vista College’s Math department for their work with the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways. They are a part of a team that now consists of Alamo Colleges District’s Jo Carol Fabianke and Mary Helen Martinez that will work with 11 other two- and four-year institutions to

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NVC Employee President of Local Public Relations Chapter

Congratulations to Melissa Monroe-Young, APR, public information officer in NVC Public Relations. She was voted as the PRSA San Antonio Board President for the 2017 year. Under her direction, she will work with 20 board members to lead the chapter of about 200 members. The PRSA SA professional chapter is the only chapter locally for PR professionals. Annually it holds a

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Employee of the Month: Larry Trejo

Larry Trejo NVC IT Information System Specialist What his co-workers say anonymously: “He is dependable and can be relied on to get a job done.  He takes the initiative and goes an extra mile to help his customers get their issues resolved. He never hesitates to take on any challenge or difficult task. He can be

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Emerging Leaders from NVC

Sixteen Northwest Vista College employees were chosen to be a part of the inaugural class of Emerging Leaders, a program by Alamo Colleges Human Resources. Over the next six months, the group will learn principles that deal with inspiring trust, clarifying purpose, aligning systems and unleashing talent. The group will also tackle some NVC processes

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Board of Trustees Play the NVC Math Game

Heidi Hunt-Ruiz presented the Northwest Visa College Math Path game to the Alamo Colleges Board of Trustees on Dec 13. NVC’s Math Path advising model has been recognized as a state model by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, a national leader in Math Pathways Projects. NVC implemented the Math

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