Community health workers are needed more than ever in the community. They are working on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. Also known as promotoras, they have been critical in helping the city with contract tracing, staffing testing sites, and helping the city operate its 311 information number. Their expertise are making more
Northwest Vista College will open one building for voting as requested by Bexar County. This opening is for a limited purpose mandated by election code statue. The early voting Texas Primary Runoff Election will take place from Monday, June 29, 2020 until Friday, July 10, 2020 in Mountain Laurel Hall. The hours for early voting are
Misinformation? Disinformation? Whatever happened to credible information? The need to find, evaluate, and synthesize information has never been so important, both for academic work and everyday life. We need to develop our students into ethical, competent consumers and creators of information. The Information Literacy Academy, which is part of Northwest Vista’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP),
The May Bragging Breakfast was hosted by Student Success. The agenda is below. If you missed the meeting, click below or go to this link. President’s Update Student Success Update College Services Update Academic Success Update Wildcat Spirit Award March Employee of the Month May Employee of the Month May Touchstone: Creativity “We think beyond
Northwest Vista College has established a Return Home Task Force, co-chaired by Garvin Dansby and Erin Sherman, that is developing a phased-in approach to resuming instruction, support, and operations on site. The task force is comprised of individuals representing Risk Management, College Services (Information and Communication Technologies, Finance and Purchasing, and Resource Management), Alamo Colleges
A big shout out goes to the Northwest Vista College C.A.T.S Commencement team for coordinating and pulling off the virtual celebration on May 14 instead of an in-person graduation ceremony. Dr. Lisa McGoldrick of the NVC President’s Office who chaired the C.A.T.S. (Celebrating All The Students) team, said: “Team, pat yourselves on the back. I
In lieu of the in-person graduation commencement, Northwest Vista College honored graduates with virtual messages, thank you’s and displayed student names in a series of videos that were unveiled May 14. As of May 22, over 6,525 views are spread across three videos that are currently on NVC’s YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/NVC3535 3,700 views: Spring
Here’s a compilation of new resources and tools that Alamo Colleges recently started to help employees navigate working remotely. COVID-19 Family Helping Families Emergency Relief Fund To support Alamo Colleges family through this crisis, the Alamo Colleges District established a COVID-19 Family Helping Families Emergency Relief Fund to provide emergency funds for employees who are
Eligible students should have already received one-time payments of $300 from the CARES Act to assist them with expenses due to the coronavirus. The decision was made May 13 by Alamo Colleges leadership. Students who receive this funding may still apply for emergency financial assistance. If students were denied CARES Act Emergency Funding, please contact
Most people would agree that collaboration is desirable. However, the recent collaboration between Northwest Vista College’s Math and Science departments has shown us that teamwork is not only ideal but it is critical to overall student success. Additionally, early collaboration enabled NVC to be better poised to support students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration
Recently, several teams from Northwest Vista College collaborated to answer a variety of concerns from faculty and staff to help them navigate working and teaching during a pandemic. They addressed questions, such as: How can we best support our students? What are the resources available at NVC? What information is helpful to share with students
Within the last month, Alamo Colleges has introduced several initiatives to help students cope with COVID-19 and how to keep learning during a pandemic. First announced, the Keep Learning plan encompasses four different initiatives, and each have different eligibility for students to qualify. Soon after, Alamo Colleges rolled out the Student Emergency Aid. The district
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