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Northwest Vista College held a town hall meeting for employees on May 1 to address many questions faculty and staff have in regards to working remotely and COVID-19. NVC leadership answered questions that were sent in ahead of time as well as answering questions during the live meeting. Here are some of the questions emailed

With the huge amount of time we are all spending in Zoom these days, wouldn’t it be nice to have a beautiful background (instead of a messy kitchen or less than inspiring living room)? The Northwest Vista College Library can help you do this! The library has an online image database called Artstor that makes

Northwest Vista College Vice President of Academic Success Daniel Powell shared updates and information for faculty. To view the webinar presented Friday, April 24, go here.   Agenda: Facilities and Access Preparation and Anticipation Technology Questions Asked Included: When it is safe to return to campus, what accommodations will be made for those of us

Alamo Colleges District HR is offering Lunch & Learn sessions through Zoom to help employees navigate different remote workplace issues. Topics include Accepting Change: Transition to the Remote Workplace; Are You Staying Connected; and Engaged, and Remote Work and Self-Care. These sessions encourage faculty and staff to join in on conversations, improve lines of communication,

In less than two years’ time, Northwest Vista College has added its second field school for students to do graduate-level research. Most community college students have to wait until they are juniors or seniors at four-year colleges before they can get their hands-on real-world experience. This second field school, also known as the NVC EcoLab,

Northwest Vista College’s monthly Bragging Breakfast looked different this month. Instead of cancelling the get togethers, NVC in its “can-do” spirit chose to take the meeting virtual using YouTube and Zoom. NVC President Dr. Ric Baser shared how proud he is of all the NVC heroes on campus that stayed on the front lines or

The life of a college student can be busy especially if they are working and going to college part time – even during a pandemic. For Jerrel Williams, busy is his middle name! This US Army veteran not only attends Northwest Vista College, but is a husband, a dad to two elementary-school age children, and

Alamo Colleges District has a variety of information compiled in one place on its website – Employee Resources – to ease the transition of working remotely. There’s up-to-date messages on the page to help keep faculty and staff in the know on how Covid-19 is impacting all the colleges. Here are some quick highlights on the

NVC Library Employee Resources The library will continue to serve employees by providing online access to the digital collections/databases, online learning resources, and one-on-one remote assistance. You can access these resources from the NVC Library homepage at https://www.alamo.edu/nvc/academics/library/ or by clicking the links below. Chat or Zoom with us Need help accessing a resource, ordering

Most faculty and staff only get to see the academic and admissions side of students. They often don’t get to see the other side of students that define them – family life, income or the lack thereof, food security or insecurity. From a fall 2019 Financial Wellness Survey by Trellis Research, here are some eye-opening

Working in higher education, we sometimes take for granted that we can recognize a scholarly source (ex. journal articles) versus something that is non-scholarly (ex. magazine article) when we see it. Incoming students, however, may have a harder time. Some have not had a chance to use a scholarly source, like a peer-reviewed journal article,