Rey Cardenas is now Northwest Vista College’s new college events coordinator On July 1, Rey transitioned over from the NVC Fine & Performing Arts & Kinesiology department. In his former position, he served as the technical director/auditorium manager for over four years. Rey has over 21 years of event and live-performance management experience. He will
By History Faculty Member Sarah Ball This past May, eight students and two faculty (Sarah Ball and Neil Lewis) members set out for the inaugural Northwest Vista College Study Stateside trip. Students earned six course credit hours in History 1302 and Humanities 2319 as we toured the U.S., directly engaging in the cultural public history
The popular show “Shark Tank” has a simple premise: find a solution to a problem and if you can make money off of it, you may find yourself leaving the show with an investor. This premise opened the eyes of Northwest Vista College students who put their Shark Tank skills to use last semester. The
When the spring semester started, a goal was created to increase enrollment by 2%. But at NVC, Student Success is taking on a “can-do spirit” and trying to reach for a 5% target. To help visually see that goal, Student Success Advisor Trischa Morales created posters to showcase the team’s daily achievements in meeting enrollment
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
A select group of high school graduates this summer are getting a unique opportunity to participate in Alamo Colleges new AlamoBRIDGE program, which gives them a jump start on their college career. Northwest Vista College kicked off this pilot program with 20 students on June 24. The program is for students who placed below college-level math
A few media outlets gave publicity to Northwest Vista College’s mural project that focuses on access to education. The massive mural, which will be hung in the Cypress Campus Center, later this summer was funded from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Notable West Side artist and former NVC student Adriana M.J.
Congratulations to the new group of graduates from Alamo Colleges Emerging Leaders Program that had their closing ceremony on June 25. The group went through a 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 their supervisors or the NVC executive
Alan Alexis Galvez is the new part-time student service specialist and home school liaison for the Dual Credit Office at Northwest Vista College. Alan is thrilled to be working for the Alamo Colleges where he first began his college education. He has since transferred to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to pursue
Erika Prosper Nirenberg is not only the First Lady of San Antonio, she’s also director of customer insights for H-E-B. She recently visited Northwest Vista College’s Student Success to have a conversation about how H-E-B switched from a customer service mentality to instead focus on hospitality. Nirenberg also spoke at the recent National Council for Marketing &
This week, I learned that the West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is presenting five local leaders with Legacy Awards, one of which is the Educator of the Year. I am humbled that this recognition is being bestowed upon me as I consider each one of Northwest Vista College faculty and staff to be the
Have you had a chance to meet Northwest Vista College’s newest Vice President of Academic Success Dr. Daniel T. Powell? NVC’s Public Relations team has made it a little easier for you with a Facebook video that live streamed on May 16. Lisa McDaniel of the NVC PR team asked Dr. Powell a series of
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