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Music, Pharmacy and Psychology Students Making Waves

Congrats to Northwest Vista College students for going above and beyond. NVC Music students win regional competitions, our Pharmacy students stand above the rest; and our Psychology students do grad-level research. Go Wildcats! To read about them go here.

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Return to Campus Update from District and NVC

NVC Return Highlights – Maymester/Summer 2021 As the risk level for the virus decreases and vaccination availability has increased, NVC can gradually open the campus. The Return to Campus timeline is subject to change, depending on coronavirus changes in our area. Return to Learning Student & Family Guide ► MASK and SOCIAL DISTANCING 6-foot Protocols Will Be Enforced ► Health Screenings will be Conducted

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NVC Brings Experts Remotely in Student Leadership Conference

Northwest Vista College’s 2021 Virtual Student Leadership Conference in March helped about 146 attendees connect with experts and gain advice on how to improve personal, career and leadership success. Eleven local, national, and international speakers were chosen by a student committee that organized the event along with staff and faculty. NVC’s Director of Student Life Marie

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It’s Time to Volunteer for NVC Cruise-Thru Commencement

IT’S TIME TO PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT NVC GRADUATES! VOLUNTEER AT THE NVC CRUISE-THRU COMMENCEMENT On Friday, May 7 at 7 pm, Northwest Vista College will host a Spring Commencement at the Dub Farris Athletic Complex parking lot. In order to keep our students, faculty, and staff safe during this time, the ceremony will be a “NVC

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NVC Goes Outdoors to Meet with Students

For the first time in little over a year, NVC Vista Central: Welcome and Admissions Center engaged with students face-to-face at Stevens High School. Following all safety protocols, Vista Central Enrollment coaches held a “farmers market” style recruitment event outside on April 7 to help students with their admissions and enrollment process. Valerie Acosta Vasquez,

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NVC Volunteers Help Support Pop-Up Food Market

Northwest Vista College has continued to support students, employees and the community by partnering with the San Antonio Food Bank to host Pop-Up Markets to help mitigate food insecurity locally. The first one at NVC was on April 1. In true Wildcat spirit, numerous volunteer and various NVC departments collaborated to make the event a

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NVC Gets First Texas Microsoft Datacenter Academy

Northwest Vista College in collaboration with Microsoft, will develop a Microsoft Datacenter Academy, the only one in Texas and one of only seven in the U.S. The Microsoft Datacenter Academy at Northwest Vista College will begin welcoming students in spring 2022 and will be located in Pecan Hall. “This partnership gives students top-of the-line equipment

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NVC Hosts Annual Competition for Community College Composers

Northwest Vista College hosted its annual Jack Stone Award for New Music on March 23 – the only national music competition dedicated solely to music composition for community college students. The competition was created in 2010 by music faculty Dr. Beth May who was teaching at Northwest Vista College at the time. Both the competition

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Return to Campus Update: Slowly Moving Forward

The Return to Campus Task Force will begin creating plans for May, summer and fall as we monitor local conditions and prepare to move forward at NVC. Current plans drafted with tentative start dates: • May 2021: Plan for Level 4 up to 10% capacity –  May 3, 2021 • Summer 2021: Plan for Level 3 up to

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NVC Dual Credit Sees Increase of Students

Contributed by Julie Boerm Dual Credit Director of High School Programs Dual Credit enrollment at Northwest Vista College has slowly been increasing over the years. More and more high school students are taking advantage of the program because it helps them get started with their college education and finish a degree program sooner than expected.

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New Building Names

Thank you for helping NVC select names for the STEM building and the future renovated Cypress Campus Center. The new STEM building will be called Cedar Elm STEM Center and the Cypress Campus Center will be renamed as Cypress Cultural Center. Survey results are below. STEM Building: 42.7% – Cedar Elm STEM Center 25.4% – Cedar Elm

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Digital Badges Help Students Show Skills Beyond Resume

Contributed by Rolando Sánchez Economics Faculty Recently, Economics faculty Rolando Sánchez joined the efforts of Alamo Colleges Online of offering digital badges certification across all five campuses. According to the District’s Course+ Badge Initiative, faculty from all disciplines were encouraged to sign up for the training in order to become certified as Badge Specialists, which are faculty

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