The Northwest Vista College faculty-student mentoring program consists of a partnership between faculty (the mentors) and students (the mentees). The purpose of mentoring is to provide students with greater individual attention to enable students to fulfill their potential as students, professionals, and community members. Mentors can help students transition to college, find needed resources, meet
Contributed by Julie Boerm Dual Credit Director of High School Programs Dual Credit enrollment at Northwest Vista College has slowly been increasing over the years. More and more high school students are taking advantage of the program because it helps them get started with their college education and finish a degree program sooner than expected.
Thank you for helping NVC select names for the STEM building and the future renovated Cypress Campus Center. The new STEM building will be called Cedar Elm STEM Center and the Cypress Campus Center will be renamed as Cypress Cultural Center. Survey results are below. STEM Building: 42.7% – Cedar Elm STEM Center 25.4% – Cedar Elm
Contributed by Rolando Sánchez Economics Faculty Recently, Economics faculty Rolando Sánchez joined the efforts of Alamo Colleges Online of offering digital badges certification across all five campuses. According to the District’s Course+ Badge Initiative, faculty from all disciplines were encouraged to sign up for the training in order to become certified as Badge Specialists, which are faculty
In every team and department at Northwest Vista College, there are always great stories to tell that show faculty and staff going above and beyond. While it’s hard to capture every story, we hope to periodically share in this space some of the major accomplishments or projects that are taking place. Members of the executive
Silvia Moreno, who earned a Community Health Worker certificate and is a double AAS graduate from Northwest Vista College, was recently interviewed by Channel 4 to highlight her journey from immigrant to completing her BA at UTSA. You can view the story here.
For elementary grade-school students, one of the major barriers to future success is not having a solid math foundation. As kids progress in grades, their opportunities to lucrative STEM-related careers diminish if they don’t know basic math facts. For the last three years, Northwest Vista College’s Community Math team has been tutoring parents at West Side community
When San Antonio residents are in desperate need, the city can count on alumni from Northwest Vista College’s Community Health Worker program to roll up their sleeves and find a solution. They did just that for families impacted by the winter storm. They raised $1,075 to go to 10 families or 40 individuals. Most of
Contributed by NVC Library’s Linda Reeves NVC Librarians do more than select, purchase, catalog and read books; they also write them. Our librarians contributed two chapters to a new book, The Library Outreach Cookbook, published by the Association of College & Research Libraries. Each chapter focuses on a particular program or strategy to help libraries
From Corporal Jill Sprowls to NVC Vice President of College Services Erin Sherman This month marks the one year anniversary of the first call concerning Covid-19 on our campus. We have come a long way from that date. It has been in large part to the guidance and leadership of this person. They have never
What his peers say anonymously: NVC is recognized for putting students first, trying new ideas and collaborative spirit. Michael represents all three. Michael’s knowledge has been instrumental in securing library resources access for our students. As soon as we went remote, he worked together with the library staff to make all the necessary changes to
What her peers say anonymously: Nakotah is an exemplary staff member who embraces the NVC culture with great joy, making sure that the job is done and done well. She always has a smile on her face, and is willing to help far and above her specific job duties including helping other departments in times
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