NVC Workforce Donates Shirts to High School Students This past week, Workforce Education and Training donated college shirts to the Communities in Schools organization. Communities in Schools “does whatever it takes to help at-risk students stay in school and succeed in life”. Mary Brown of Communities in Schools, (in the picture) was thrilled to get
Charlie Young Charlie Young is the latest addition to the NVC Teaching with Technology department as an Academic Program Specialist. He earned a BA and MA in Convergent Media from the University of the Incarnate Word while serving as web editor for the student run newspaper, The Logos, and as a photographer for the Office of Communications
Math Orientation Helps Students The Title V Project Math Paths (PMP) Team offered a second successful MATH 1414 Orientation for fall 2017. This orientation was initiated by Anna Harwin (Math faculty), because of low success rates for STEM students enrolled in MATH 1414. The orientation was conducted from Aug. 22 through Aug. 23 and was
NVC faculty, staff and student volunteers plus representatives of GM Financial and Nationwide enthusiastically greeted students during the start of classes for the fall semester as part of Wildcat Days 2017. Although the welcome event was postponed one day because of weather concerns, volunteers adjusted their schedules, braved wind gusts and helped NVC students find
It’s never a dull for moment for our campus police. During the first week of classes, not only did they have to deal with the traffic and parking woes but also wild critters. Several baby squirrels had to fend for themselves because the momma squirrel was no where to be found. To keep these babies
On Saturday, Oct. 21 from 4 pm to 9 pm, Northwest Vista College will have an outdoor screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas, along with food trucks, a haunted house, a trick-or-treat area, a dance performance and games and activities for kids. The event is free and open to the public. The audience for the event
Analysa Castillo Welcome to Analysa Castillo, the new administrative assistant to the Dean for Arts and Science department at Northwest Vista College. Analysa attended NVC for the past two years and received an Associate of Arts in Teaching, EC-6, 4-8 this past May. She transferred to Texas A&M San Antonio for the fall of 2017
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
The new faculty luncheon was held on Wednesday, Aug. 23 to give an opportunity for faculty to meet Northwest Vista’s leadership team. This semester, NVC hired 13 full-time faculty and four full-time temporary faculty. They range in disciplines from Social Sciences, Math, Natural and Physical Science, and Workforce academic programs. Some of the faculty members shared some
Congratulations to Math faculty member Kelli Bradshaw for being honored at a WNBA Silver Stars game on Aug. 12. At halftime, Kelli was recognized at the teacher appreciation announcement at a Stars game at the AT&T Center. A former student nominated Kelli for the honor. The Stars played the Atlanta Dream that night and won!
While it’s only been about six months since Beverly Evans’ passing, her memory lives on through the Beverly Evans Memorial NVC Student Life Scholarship. At the annual Celebration of Giving luncheon for employee supporters of the NVC Cares …I Care Campaign, four of the first students to receive the scholarship shared their stories. In front of nine of Beverly’s
While Texas wasn’t in the path of the monumental solar eclipse over the U.S., Northwest Vista College brought out a little over 100 people to safely watch the occurrence. NVC faculty member Marc Keltner held a solar eclipse viewing party on Monday, Aug. 21 from 11:30 am to 2 pm. Well not really a party,
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