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NVC Innovation Grant: Removing Barriers to the Enrollment Process

By NVC Director of Community Collaborations Abreetta Bonner The NVC Innovation Grant provides Northwest Vista College employees an opportunity to showcase innovative instruction and/or student co-curricular support that positively impacts student learning, persistence and/or completion. All NVC employees have an opportunity to submit a project proposal that supports Strategic Priorities and Goals in the College

August 23, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Students Have Opportunity for Free Childcare

In an innovative new project, Northwest Vista College will launch free childcare for kids ages 5-13 in the evenings and weekends this fall semester. For many students who are also parents, paying for both college and childcare is tough. It’s not uncommon to forgo a higher education and instead work and pay for childcare. NVC

July 30, 2024 No Comments

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Students Create High-Tech Prize Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWIIJBmriBY By NVC’s Dr. Thomas Pressly Bringing the spin to mathematics! Twelve whizz students, backed by NVC’s PLUS+STEM Department of Education Grant, created a stunning prize wheel as part of a service-learning project. The NVC Math Department and support labs (JH-308 Math Advocacy and JH-316 Math Tutoring) plans to use the wheel at college events

July 24, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Librarians and Southwest Research Partner to Help Future Scientists

During the summer season, Northwest Vista College librarians helped the community through outreach in science education with its partner Southwest Research Institute. SWRI invites San Antonio area high school seniors to participate in its YES program. The SWRI engineers and scientists’ mentor the students as they do research and select a project to perform during

July 24, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Students Experience Pura Vida Studying In Costa Rica

By Jessica Heppard, MSc.Northwest Vista College Biology Instructor Pura vida literally means “pure life,” but represents the Costa Rican motto of living in the moment and enjoying life. Four Northwest Vista College students lived and breathed pura vida during a 14-day study abroad program through the Alamo Colleges International Programs Office. Students completed two

July 24, 2024 No Comments

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NVC and YMCA Create Partnership

Recently, the Alamo Colleges District and YMCA of Greater San Antonio announced the start of a strategic partnership to help close the gap between achieving a higher education and removing barriers to childcare access faced by student parents and working families. While new YMCA on-campus day camp options have begun this summer across the Alamo Colleges,

June 27, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Finalist for Aspen Award

The Aspen Institute named Northwest Vista College as a finalist for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence on June 11. The $1 million award is the nation’s signature recognition of strong performance among community colleges. The institutions selected for this honor stand out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high

June 26, 2024 No Comments

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NVC One of 20 Community Colleges Being Considered for $1 Million National Prize

The Aspen Institute named Northwest Vista College as a semifinalist for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The $1 million award is the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among community colleges. The institutions selected for this honor stand out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high and

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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AlamoU Launched by NVC and Sister Colleges

The Alamo Colleges District is pleased to announce AlamoU Bachelor’s Programs across all of its five colleges: San Antonio College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip’s College, Northwest Vista College, and an upcoming degree program at Northeast Lakeview College. AlamoU Bachelor’s Programs is a strategic response to the burgeoning demands of various industries, particularly in nursing,

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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Inaugural Winners of the Tailar Kai Matthews Memorial Scholarship

On May 8th, Kari Renschler and Henry Reyes were awarded certificates of scholarship and took photographs with the Tailar Kai Matthews Memorial Scholarship plaque—in which their names are engraved, in the psychology wing of Live Oak Hall. In addition to their certificates and engravings, on April 23rd, Kari and Henry were each awarded $250 for

May 13, 2024 No Comments

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NVC Distinguished Graduate: Mark Sanchez

Mark Sanchez’s journey after leaving the Army in 2022 epitomizes resilience and determination in the face of uncertainty. As a medic during the challenging times of COVID, he experienced firsthand the demanding and taxing nature of military service. Despite his dedication to helping others, Mark realized that his time in the military had reached its

May 9, 2024 No Comments