Most faculty and staff only get to see the academic and admissions side of students. They often don’t get to see the other side of students that define them – family life, income or the lack thereof, food security or insecurity. From a fall 2019 Financial Wellness Survey by Trellis Research, here are some eye-opening
Working in higher education, we sometimes take for granted that we can recognize a scholarly source (ex. journal articles) versus something that is non-scholarly (ex. magazine article) when we see it. Incoming students, however, may have a harder time. Some have not had a chance to use a scholarly source, like a peer-reviewed journal article,
Congratulations to the new group of employees for the Alamo Colleges Emerging Leaders Program that started in January 2020. The group will go through five-and-a-half month leadership development program founded on Franklin Covey’s process-focused content: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results. The NVC employees were selected by the NVC executive team in order to prepare
Northwest Vista College Art faculty William Keith will give a gallery talk on Saturday, March 28 at noon at the Bandera County Library at 515 Main St. in Bandera, Texas. His artwork is currently on display at the library through March 31. During his presentation, he will explain the meaning of his work and the techniques
Rose Rodriguez, Dawna Upshaw and Veronica Luna of Northwest Vista College recently presented “Zines as a Pedagogical Tool and an Exemplar of Faculty-Librarian Collaboration” at the Palo Alto College Faculty Symposium: Celebrating Scholarship and Teaching on Feb. 28. A zine (zeen), short for “fanzine” or “magazine” is an independently published booklet and is created with the methods of
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
Vista Chat Host Lisa McDaniel interviews Northwest College Vice President Debi Gaitan.
Tim Hedgepeth – Directed the production of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, currently playing at the Public Theater’s Russell Hill Rogers Theater. He’s also starring in “Admissions” in the Public Theater’s Cellar Theater, opening this weekend. Michelle Pietri – With her husband, Bill McCrary, co-directed and choreographed a very successful production of “The
Did you know that on the first day of classes in 1998, there was a massive city-wide flood and just a handful of employees had to strip away the mud so students could get into the building.
The spring 4DX Summit continued the ’90s theme that Northwest Vista College is celebrating all year long to honor its 25th year anniversary. The college opened in 1995 and had its first graduating class in 1998. NVC has grown from just 20 graduates and could reach 3,231 awards (associate degrees and certificates) given to students
Northwest Vista College’s Community Math project is moving full steam ahead! Since the program began in 2018 thanks to a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, NVC recently added another community center on San Antonio’s West Side to ultimately improve the math rates of elementary students. The purpose of Community Math is two fold – help
For the February Bragging Breakfast, Northwest Vista College’s Academic Success department hosted a 1995 theme – the year the college was created. Employees dug deep in their closets to get their best ’90s themed clothes and oversized jackets. NVC President Dr. Ric Baser started the meeting sharing some goals for the college which includes: Spring
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