Wildcat Spirit Award Given by NVC Faculty Brian Stout – Previous Wildcat Spirit Award The people receiving this month’s spirit award had a tremendous impact on my family. My daughter arrived at NVC in 2018 Her first semester, we wanted to put her in a course that would spark a passion within her. We suggested she take Jennifer
Karina Ramirez Administrative Services Specialist, NVC Humanities Karina through her service has demonstrated respect for all by going beyond expectations to secure results for faculty, staff and students requiring assistance. If she does not have the answer herself, she will seek someone who does. Many students, staff members and faculty’s day have been saved thanks
Wildcat Spirit Award by Qiaoying “Joy” Zhou, PhD I was honored to receive the Wildcat Spirit Award in November. It is extremely hard to choose one nominee to pass along the award. Over the past 15+ years, I have had the privilege to work with so many extraordinary colleagues and friends at NVC. I am curious
What his peers say anonymously Paul Hernandez NVC Certified Advisor Vista Central Welcome and Admissions Center Paul embodies students first as he is the first one in the office every day and earlier on event days to ensure that he is prepared to assist students and team members. He also works with each student and
Opening the door to tough topics was the goal of a new faculty-led film series this past November for Native American Heritage Month. Coordinated by NVC History faculty Stefania Wasniewski, the audience viewed the 1992 documentary “Incident at Oglala.” The film covers the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation and is narrated
Valerie Ortiz, a Dual Credit Spanish student at Communication Arts High School, recently was one of the winners selected for the 2022 NVC Calaveras Literarias Contest. She won a $25 Amazon gift card from World Languages, and a gift bag with a t-shirt, a mug, and other goodies from the NVC Dual Credit office. Valerie’s
Dr. Claudia Verdin, professor of Math at Northwest Vista College, joined three of her students to present at a STEM conference this past October in Puerto Rico. CIMA is an undergraduate research program held every summer for 10 weeks. Claudia is the co-principal investigator for the L-SAMP CIMA NSF grant. These students were accepted to present
American Bar Association At the American Bar Association Judicial Division United States Supreme Court Swearing in Ceremony on Oct. 4, Dr. Kimberly Beza became officially licensed to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court. She is NVC’s discipline coordinator and assistant professor of Economics. NVC Faculty Senate Scholarship NVC Student Kaylan Mussey recently received an
Dr. Janie Scott and Dr. Yolanda Reyes Guevara are recent awardees of the Alamo College District Participatory Budget process. Below is the description of their program: ¡Adelante Mujeres! – NVC This program is designed to guide Latina students in their pursuit of completion, transfer and continued academic success, and to provide a space for Latina
Congratulations to Dr. Qiaoying (Joy) Zhou, NVC’s Math and Engineering Department chair, for receiving November’s Wildcat Spirit Award. Northwest Vista College’s Laura Lawrence wrote: “This person has always been extraordinarily helpful to me – the first to respond to a request for information, the first to volunteer in any way – as well as having a
The Northwest Vista College Student Advocacy & Resource Center spread a little joy at their FEAST-giving event. They were able to serve 90 families at the Nov. 17 food giveaway to help them prepare for the holidays. Not only was the staff from Facilities and DPS greeting and lending a hand, but over 30 volunteers
Northwest Visa College Librarian Angela “Bilbe,” Bilbe was delighted to take part in the first annual Information Literacy Night at Carlos Coon Elementary School, a few miles from the college. NVC Math instructor Wes Anderson, whose wife, Sandy, is a Reading Specialist at Coon as well as an adjunct Education instructor at NVC, invited Bilbe
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