At the Dec. 9 Bragging Breakfast, several Northwest Vista College employees were recognized for their achievements and contributions. Elsa O’Campo, Education discipline coordinator, completed her Ph.D program in Leadership Studies from OLLU. Mary Ramirez, DPS officer, completed her MBA from Texas A&M University – SA, and she was selected the December Alamo Colleges Employee of
Congratulations Beverly Evans of the President’s office for recently receiving the Alamo Colleges Human Resources Service Partner Award. Beverly was given the award because whenever HR calls her for whatever reason, she always assists them to help schedule rooms, answer their questions, directs them to the appropriate person. Beverly said, “I was so excited to get the award
Congratulations to two Northwest Vista College employees who are being recognized today at the Alamo Colleges Leadership Academy for Success or ALAS holiday celebration at Palo Alto College. ALAS takes participants through a nine-month journey of developing new mindsets to lead the whole person and identify ways to unleash the full creative potential of people. Dr.
Christine Crowley (pictured right) has been re-elected president of the Friends of the Arts at Northwest Vista College (FANs) board of directors. Other elected officers include Mimi Duvall, vice president; Eliot Lee, secretary; and Bryan Chase, past president. The board also nominated and elected the following new board members: Diana Kersey, Jack Robbins, Dr. Jacqueline
On Monday, Nov. 14, Northwest Vista College Math faculty, Professor Heidi Hunt-Ruiz, presented the “Math Path Game” to the Presidents and Vice Chancellors team at the district office. Everybody from the chancellor to college presidents enjoyed learning the game. As part of NVC’s Project Math Paths, the Math Path Game is designed to introduce our math
Northwest Vista College faculty member, Diana Kersey and her colleague, Kambri Hernandez, took part in Luminaria on Nov. 11 at The Carver Community Cultural Center. They presented “Create. Collapse. Create.” It’s a performance work inspired by the perseverance, struggles, and successes of loved ones who live with a mental health disorder. The performance involves working glowing
Christina Brown, director of Advising, and Gary Bowling, director of Student Success recently presented at the 23rd Annual National Students in Transition Conference in New Orleans. The conference was sponsored by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina. The title of their presentation was Strategies for
Northwest Vista College welcomes Lisa McGoldrick as the new executive assistant to NVC President Dr. Ric Baser. Lisa will be responsible for facilitating the daily operations of the President’s Office, including serving as a liaison between the President’s Office and the campus community, coordinating special events, meetings and conferences, planning, implementing and assessing the college’s strategic plan and budget. She
Congratulations to three faculty members – Heidi Hunt-Ruiz, Eddie Bishop, and Dr. Anna Harwin – of NVC’s Math & Engineering Department. Their proposal, “Project Math Paths: More Graduates & Better Success!” has been selected to be included as a 50-minute session at the 41st Annual Conference of the National Association for Developmental Education in Oklahoma City in
Melinda Zepeda, associate professor of English, presented at the Two-Year College English Association – Southwest Chapter. Her presentation titled, “Students Teach the Teacher: Why I Write with My Students” focused on her personal pedagogical decisions to write with students in order to help students critically analyze their own identity formation.
Congratulations to NVC Humanities faculty member Daniel Padgett. His paper, titled “Scientific Depravity and Ontological Commitment” was accepted for presentation at the 2017 American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific meeting in Seattle. APA conferences tend to be generally very competitive in terms of having a paper accepted for presentation. This paper considers two questions. First, what are the
NVC’s Renewal and Reflection for Integrated Education Team hosted from Oct. 6-8, the “16th Annual Gathering of Those Active in the Work of the Center for Renewal & Wholeness in Higher Education,” otherwise known as the “Gathering.” The three-day conference, with 36 participants from around the country, focused on healing our divided world. Guest speakers included
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