President’s Message

President's Message

Paving the Way for Progress and Prosperity for Our Community

Cesar Chavez said that “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” We can accelerate pathways to higher education for our students and community through successful and

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Staying Engaged With Our Community

    Northwest Vista College is committed to community engagement, evident in our current strategic plan, and the outcomes we create for our students. I’m grateful that we continue to focus our efforts on developing community-wide partnerships to improve access to education and the quality of life in San Antonio and its surrounding communities.  Over the past

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NVC Offers New and Amazing Opportunity for Students

Our beautiful and vibrant community of San Antonio has been recently ranked as the third poorest among the nation’s ten most populated cities, according to American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau and reported by Texas Public Radio. Poverty exists in many San Antonio zip codes, including 78251. These statistics are a reminder that

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Our Journey Toward Becoming a Hispanic-Thriving Institution

As we approach Hispanic Heritage Month, which will kick off nationwide on Friday, September 15, I would like to share what this month means to me and to our Northwest Vista College (NVC) family. NVC is federally designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), defined in Title V of the Higher Education Act as an institution of

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Starting Strong

Dear Colleagues, Northwest Vista College is buzzing with excitement this morning as we welcome our students, faculty, and staff to the new academic year. Sgt. Jill Sprowls said the first student arrived on campus at 5:30 a.m., an hour before our first courses of the day. Thirty minutes later, the parking lot in front of

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Thank You NVC Faculty, Staff and Students

Northwest Vista College’s hospitality is one of the many unique treasures of this community. I am humbled by the outpouring of support I have received from NVC students, faculty, and staff. These first two weeks as NVC President will be forever etched in my memory as our students and colleagues have shared their stories, swapped

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Immense Pride for What we Achieved Together

Dear Northwest Vista College Community, As my time as the Interim President of this respected institution ends, I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude and appreciation for your unwavering commitment and dedication to the advancement of higher education. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve alongside such an

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President’s Message: Celebrate NVC Graduates’ Achievements

Twenty-six years ago, Northwest Vista College held its first Commencement ceremony with 20 students. This year, NVC will hold its 26th Commencement with nearly 900 students participating in the celebration. That does not include all the students that are earning their degrees or certificates in the fall, spring and summer semester. By the end of the

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Let’s Shine NVC’s Wildcat Spirit

Dear NVC Faculty and Staff, Our first week of May will be busy with NVC Presidential Finalists Forums. I look forward to meeting each of the finalists and getting to know them. The NVC spirit permeates every aspect of what we do for our students, our community and each other, and I can’t wait for

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NVC President’s Message: Commencement and Presidential Candidate Forums

NVC’s first commencement ceremony was held in May 1998 and we had 20 graduates. On May 15, 2023 we will be celebrating our 26th graduating class at 7 pm at the Freeman Coliseum. Hundreds of graduates and thousands of supporters will be in attendance. It will be a wonderful celebration for our students, their families, and

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NVC President’s Message: Enrollment Trending Up

Over the last several weeks, I have been asked many times about the status of our student enrollment. So, for this La reVista message I thought it would be helpful to share the favorable enrollment trends that Vista is experiencing once again. As a reminder, our enrollment was up 618 students from Fall 2021 to

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