By Dr. Ric Baser President, Northwest Vista College It was a beautiful day yesterday on our NVC campus. I enjoyed spending time with our NVC family and introducing folks to the sport of disc golf. NVC’s Staff Senate coordinated the event and collaborated with Kraken Chains Disc Golf Shop to provide training. Our players included
Students enrolled in Northwest Vista College (NVC) Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, can now apply for Carl D. Perkins Grant Child Care Program funds. This could be a game changer for the average 1 in 4 students who are attending college and also raising kids. Part- or full-time students who are working toward an
Texas Public Radio and Telemundo recently featured Northwest Vista College’s new early high school partnership with Boerne Independent School District. See the clips below. Radio clip from Texas Public Radio (click play at bottom of white screen) Telemundo
Three NVC Librarians Lead Sessions for Employee Development Day Librarian Amanda Gorrell joined with Personal Counselor Adriana Cantu in presenting “Move Over Cozy Books—Here Come Cozy Video Games!” They discussed how video games, especially non-violent ones, can contribute to mental wellness by helping people de-stress and relax. They shared examples of games and invited participants
Wildcat Spirit Award – Felix Salinas This award goes to a person who is always doing the best that they can for our students and for our college, and always has their best interest at heart. Everyone always looks to this person to ensure that they can get the help that they need. They always
Klarissa Rizo (What her peers say anonymously) Klarissa Rizo is always on top of all the different tasks that need to be completed within the department. This year has been an exceedingly difficult scheduling year with a lot of changes, and she has taken on the challenge and made it seem easy. Klarissa conducts her
From Dr. Lisa McGoldrick Director of Community Collaborations There are more than 16,246 living alumni of Northwest Vista College in multiple countries around the world. Join this powerful network as a NVC Wildcats Alumni member and reconnect with the place you once called home. It’s the next best thing to being here! Since 1995, NVC
Northwest Vista College recently received an $88,000 award from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund to give students the opportunity to earn competitive hourly stipends for environmental field work in the spring 2022 semester. This unique program, dubbed Microsoft Community College Undergraduate Research Experience or Microsoft CCURE, will provide students with research experience that will help them
Before heading to the winter break, Northwest Vista College Marketing & Strategic Communications team held a T-shirt giveaway on Dec. 9. Prior to the pandemic, the NVC MSC team had T-shirts created recognizing NVC’s 25th anniversary. The goal of the Dec. 9 event was to get the shirts in employee and faculty hands to wear
Boerne ISD and Northwest Vista College are partnering to establish an Early College High School for cybersecurity careers. Boerne ISD’s Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Academy is a time- and money-saving dual enrollment program with Northwest Vista College (NVC) and Boerne Independent School District focusing on cybersecurity. This is the first early
The last virtual Bragging Breakfast of the year was hosted by NVC Staff Senate. Check out all the cat pictures! Agenda: Welcome remarks NVC Staff Senate year in review Virtual silent auction NVC Wildcats Alumni project Bragging moments Bragging Breakfast Power Point Zoom Recording
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
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