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Get Ready for Employee Development Day Oct. 29

Registration Now Open for This Year’s Employee Development Day! Discovering Your Path To Well-Being This Employee Development Day, we’ll be offering diverse and holistic well-being opportunities for all employees to enjoy! Employee Development Day 2021 Date: Friday, October 29 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Register for Keynote and Sessions Below! Stretching + Flexibility with Daniel Johnson – Sponsored by

October 22, 2021 No Comments

October Virtual Bragging Breakfast

If you missed October’s virtual Bragging Breakfast, hosted by Northwest Vista College Faculty Senate, here’s the Power Point and recording below. On the agenda this month included an NVC Faculty Senate Update, faculty brags and NVC Staff Senate updates. Also the Employee of the Month and Wildcat Spirit Awards were given out. Power Point Recording

October 8, 2021 No Comments

$5 Million From U.S. Department of ED to Skyrocket STEM at Northwest Vista College

STEM programs at Northwest Vista College (NVC) are prepared to skyrocket learning in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields and help students rebound from the pandemic with a little over $5 million in federal grants awarded to the college recently. As many as 40 students per semester will be able to participate in research

October 8, 2021 No Comments

Virtual Psychology Day Coming Oct. 26

What do I know about sexual behavior? Where can I learn more information about mental disorders? How do my senses work? Why do people do the things they do? Psychology offers potential answers to all of these questions and more. Psychology, the scientific study of behaviors and mental processes, studies a wide range of behaviors,

October 7, 2021 No Comments

Helping MAS Students with Scholarships

Northwest Vista College has many scholarships to donate to but one that took center stage on Sept. 24 is the one for the Mexican American Studies or MAS program. It was recently highlighted as part of the annual Employee Giving Back Campaign. And there’s a lot happening in the MAS field right now. UTSA was

September 27, 2021 No Comments

Helping STEM Students Get to St. Mary’s University

Northwest Vista College will partner under St. Mary’s University on a grant project funded by the National Science Foundation to increase the transfer and retention rates of Hispanic students majoring in STEM fields. The NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program grant awarded to St. Mary’s will help implement Project FUERTE: Fostering Undergraduate Education, Retention and

September 24, 2021 1 Comment

Grant Helps Students Bounce Back with Tutoring

Now more than ever as students bounce back from remote learning, they will need tutoring and mentoring to help get them back up to speed and keep them motivated. In 2018, Northwest Vista College’s English and INRW team received a $200,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to help students take advantage of

September 24, 2021 No Comments

NVC Continues To Rank High on Niche and BestColleges.com

Northwest Vista College (NVC) was recently ranked the No. 1 community college in San Antonio, No. 2 in Texas and 34 in the nation by Niche.com for 2022 Best Colleges, a national search and data tool that helps millions of students and families find schools, colleges and universities. Niche uses academic, financial and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with

September 24, 2021 No Comments

Celebrating Deb Morgan with a Reflection Station

The Northwest Vista College community came together the morning of Sept. 10 to a special in-person outdoor event to pay tribute to Dr. Deb Morgan, who was an integral part of NVC’s early development. She passed away in 2018. The event was to raise funds for a Deb Morgan Reflection Station. This will be

September 10, 2021 No Comments

More Hours for COVID-19 Testing on Campus

We’ve expanded the COVID-19 testing times at NVC with more hours and new times! These new hours are effective Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Monday: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: 1:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Mountain Laurel Hall (MLH) Room 101B Weekly testing

September 10, 2021 No Comments

September Bragging Breakfast

The Northwest Vista College’s President’s Office hosted the September Bragging Breakfast, the first of the academic year. A special tribute was given to honor 9-11. Other agenda items included an enrollment update, welcoming new employees, celebrations, Vet 2 Vet and more. To see the Power Point, go here. To view the video, go here.

September 10, 2021 No Comments

Food Trucks Now on Campus

Turkey legs, baked potatoes, noodle bowls and smoothies will be just some of the items you can eat and drink at new food trucks on campus. Wicked Panda, and Walker Smokehouse will be parked in the area noted in the map along the side of Texas Ash Parking Garage. Wicked Panda features Asian cuisine and Walker Smokehouse

August 30, 2021 No Comments