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
Northwest Vista’s Cathy Gonzalez of the Recruitment team recently attended a college-wide vendor exhibit at the Summer Institute on July 14. The theme for this year’s Summer Institute was the “The Future of San Antonio (College & Career Readiness)”, and all of the vendors were San Antonio-area universities and colleges. The Summer Institute is an annual event
The July Northwest Vista College Business Council meeting was held at GM Financial, the newest member organization that joined the Council this year. Thirty-four members and guests of the NVC Business Council were treated to breakfast in the firm’s dining area and enjoyed tours of the new company offices at 3302 N. Ellison. Vice President
Dr. Ric Baser is serving as this year’s chair of the Alamo Colleges Employees Giving Back Campaign coordinated by the Alamo Colleges Foundation. The campaign begins Aug. 21 and runs through Oct. 16. This year’s campaign will utilize a new upgraded online giving portal that employees can access by computer and mobile phones. Donors can
On Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 28 and 29, Northwest Vista College will welcome students for the fall semester as part of Wildcat Days. Volunteers located in stations across the campus will give students a smile, help them find their classes and provide maps, planners, pens and much more. This year, Wildcat Days’ will have six
Three media outlets covered a health workshop on July 20 in which Northwest Vista Community Health and Texas Wears Condoms partnered to host a morning workshop to educate people on the rising rates of STDs in Bexar County. KENS-5 story: http://www.kens5.com/news/health/mariachis-coffee-and-condoms-at-northwest-vista-college/458295688 Univision segment: http://www.univision.com/san-antonio/kwex/realizan-evento-para-informar-sobre-enfermedades-de-transmision-sexual-en-texas-video Texas Public Radio: Segment aired on July 21. No link is available yet.
The new Northwest Vista College logo and the NVC department logos are available on the NVC Alamo Share site under Office of Community and Public Relations. The official NVC logo is available in JPG format for use on your college computer as individual downloads in the standard version, and two stacked versions, or as ZIP
Melinda Zepeda, who serves as associate professor of English at Northwest Vista College, recently had her short fiction piece titled “Getting Educated” published in the anthology, “¡Basta! 100+ Latinas Against Gender Violence,” a project supported by the Latino Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. National Public Radio featured the anthology in a 2015
Recently the San Antonio Express-News covered NVC’s Math Paths project with faculty Anna Harwin, Heidi Hunt and Bailey Rodriguez. Also there two stories in the local media regarding Northwest Vista College working with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Von Ormy and Alamo Press for a Texas Cultural Heritage Project. San Antonio Express-News Math Paths: http://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/Board-game-used-in-push-to-reduce-dropout-rate-11250385.php?cmpid=gsa-mysa-result Texas
Investing in innovation is common practice in the for-profit sector, particularly among technology companies. For community colleges, however, self-funding in innovation is a lot more difficult to achieve. Community college faculty and staff have to compete for scarce federal, corporate and individual donor support. That is precisely why Northwest Vista College has taken the lead
Five winning proposals were recently selected by a Northwest Vista College committee for the 2017-2018 Foundation Innovation Grants for NVC. This is the second year the Alamo Colleges Foundation is providing $10,000 to NVC in support of the Faculty/Staff Innovation Grants program. The Faculty/Staff Innovation Grant Program encourages faculty and staff to provide new and
This summer marks the first time in Northwest Vista College history that a class is being taught at 6 a.m. When it’s still dark outside, students are heading to Gary Bowling’s History class for an upbeat lecture and coffee. Typically NVC offers classes at 6:30 am for those early-bird students, but this is the first
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