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College Readiness and Success Models Grant

Congratulations to Caroline Kuyumcuoglu, who oversees Northwest Vista College’s Supplemental Instruction for INRW. She was recently awarded a 2023 College Readiness and Success Models grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the amount of $100,000. Caroline is leading the grant, serving as project director, with Dr. June Pedraza serving as the co-project director.

September 10, 2023 No Comments

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Welcoming Faculty Back for Convocation

The Northwest Vista College Academic Success team hosted a terrific Faculty Development Day on Aug. 19 and brought together full time, adjunct, and dual credit faculty for a day of learning, information and sharing. Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program and author of “The Light We Give,” provided

August 28, 2023 No Comments

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NVC Faculty Busy Publishing/Writing

Italian Blood Congrats to NVC faculty, Denise Tolan. She will have her memoir out Oct 11 titled “Italian Blood: A Memoir.” In addition to her memoir, Denise has recently retired from Northwest Vista working full time, but will return as an adjunct. Denise’s work has been included in places such as the Penn Review, Atlas and

August 28, 2023 No Comments

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Welcome New Faculty

In the Picture: Ryan Kirby – English Sarah Roberts – Arts Alicia Reyes-Barrientes – Government Shannon Sahabi – Geology Blake Jones – English Erica Montanye – Psychology Michelle Mangold – Math April Poissant – English Andre Felton – Biology Jon Paul Goggin – English Samantha Raymond – English Brian Stuhl – Information Security Analysist Caroline

August 28, 2023 No Comments

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VP Debi Gaitan Accepted to Harvard Graduate Institute

Northwest Vista College Vice President for Student Success Debi Gaitan was accepted into the highly competitive Harvard University Graduate Institute for Educational Management (IEM). She also recieved financial sponsorship to attend from Alamo Colleges Chancellor Mike Flores. IEM is an eight-day/96-clock hour comprehensive and engaging learning program that is preceeded by 40 hours of prep-work.

July 26, 2023 No Comments

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ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training for Trainers (T4T)

Northwest Vista College employees Mallory Plummer (adjunct faculty, Student Development) and Maribel Montiel (personal counselor, Student Advocacy) recently graduated from the five day LivingWorks ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). The workshop from July 10-14 was in Denver, Colorado and focused on Training for Trainers, also known as the T4T program. Suicide is both

July 25, 2023 No Comments

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Excelencia in Education

In partnership with Excelencia in Education and the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), Northwest Vista College is participating in the pilot project Community Colleges Transforming by Engaging Latino Students. This project will help cohort participants to identify priorities and strategies that accelerate Latino student success; and we will develop and implement data-informed action

July 24, 2023 No Comments

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NVC Welcomes Roxanne Penaloza

New Employee: Roxanne Penaloza NVC Natural & Physical Sciences I’ve been in higher education for the past 10 years. I’m excited to be part of the NVC community especially working alongside the Plus+STEM team. I was previously employed at District’s Financial Aid office, being at NVC has been such a huge transition! I look forward

July 20, 2023 No Comments

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NVC English Faculty Awarded MI-BRIDGE Grant

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College English faculty member, Melinda Zepeda. She was awarded $2,500 from Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center Minority Institutions Building Resources to Ignite Development and Growth in Education (MI-BRIDGE) Curriculum Development Grant. To be considered for this award, faculty must meet certain eligibility requirements to include teaching at an MCI

June 28, 2023 No Comments

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New NVC Director of Community Collaborations

Congratulations to Abreetta Bonner on her new position as the director of Community Collaborations in the Office of the President. Starting May 1, Abreetta took on her new role, building and nurturing NVC’s business and community partnerships, leading the planning, coordination and implementation of fundraising and scholarship programs, mentorship programs and other collaborative initiatives with NVC’s business

May 9, 2023 No Comments

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Congrats to Dr. Montemayor and Dr. Martinez

Dr. Steven Montemayor has recently been selected as interim dean for Academic Success. He will oversee dual credit, continuing education, the library, tutoring, and other academic support services. Steven will serve in this role until the end of the Fall 2023 semester until which time a permanent dean is anticipated. Additionally, NVC welcomes Dr. Paul

May 8, 2023 No Comments

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Emeritus Status Granted to Four NVC Faculty

Congratulations to four Northwest Vista College faculty who made significant impacts to students, processes and the overall college. They will be honored with “emeritus” (retired) status recognition at the May Alamo Colleges Board Meeting on May 9. Julie Pace Anthony Coppin Kurt Elliott Glady Malave (Gladys passed away in 2020)

May 5, 2023 No Comments