President’s Message

President's Message

NVC President’s Message: Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month was officially established by the U.S. congress in 1987, after receiving a petition from the National Women’s History Project – a group that spearheaded the effort to recognize and celebrate the varied contributions women have made to a vast number of fields throughout American history. This year’s theme is Celebrating Women Who

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NVC President’s Message: Black History Month and Upcoming Events

Celebrating Black History Month is important to Northwest Vista College. The individual and collective contributions of African Americans continue to shape our country’s progress. Every industry has been impacted by Black activists, scientists, physicians, educators, musicians, performers, athletes and ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things to bring joy, healing and compassion into our lives. Their work

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NVC President’s Message: Reaching Our Highest Potential

Big welcome colleagues, friends and community partners to 2023! As we celebrate the excitement of new beginnings, I enthusiastically look forward to reaching our highest potential!  With strategic thinking and focused energy, I envision by fall 2023 we will exceed our pre-pandemic enrollment levels and become Alamo’s largest college as well as celebrating the arrival

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President’s Message: Let Goodness Guide Us

One year ago, our community and the world were mostly-quarantined and living with the reality of COVID-19 and its vicious tentacles firmly wrapped around us. Our recovery is still in full swing and as we near the end of 2022, and look ahead to 2023, let’s take a collective deep breath of renewal, hope, and

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President’s Message: Gratitude Makes Us Joyful

“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful” – David Steindl-Rast  NVC is exceeding our spring 2023 enrollment in comparison to the same day of registration last year. A few might think it is far too soon to celebrate, however, most would agree that it is a great time

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President’s Message: Events for Belonging

Belonging was the focus of our college’s Employee Development Day (EDD) held on October 28, 2022.   Our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Vanessa Sansone, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, shared her insights on being a Hispanic Serving Institution with a focus on education

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President’s Message – Strategic Enrollment

Strategic Enrollment Management Update “Seasons is a wise metaphor for the movement of life, I think. It suggests that life is neither a battlefield nor a game of chance but something infinitely richer, more promising, more real.” Parker Palmer As I feel the cool wind of fall and the sun give way to the moon,

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NVC’s Debi Gaitan Named Interim President

Dear NVC family, The Northwest Vista College (NVC) presidential search committee of cross-college representatives and external partners have been working diligently to review qualified candidates to serve as the third president of NVC, and we look forward to engaging with you in the process over the next few months. The search process that began in early

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Continuing to Intentionally Serve Our Community

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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Help Students Build Confidence Through Writing

This space is for contributions from the NVC Leadership Team. By Kate Fisher, NVC academic program coordinator, and NVC Tutor Heather Lidowski (representing Dean Patrick Fontenot of NVC Academic Services As we start the new semester, one of the best ways we can improve student success is to encourage our students to practice writing. We have

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Our Journey Continues

When I joined Northwest Vista College in 2014, I knew that I reached the pinnacle of my career. Being part of this exceptional and caring team of faculty and staff is a rare privilege, and it’s one of the main reasons I’m not leaving NVC. After 41 years in higher education, I know it’s time

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DEI, ESL and the Community College Role

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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