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4DX Summit Highlights Helping Students Persist

The spring 4DX Summit continued the ’90s theme that Northwest Vista College is celebrating all year long to honor its 25th year anniversary. The college opened in 1995 and had its first graduating class in 1998. NVC has grown from just 20 graduates and could reach 3,231 awards (associate degrees and certificates) given to students

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NVC’s Community Math Program Expands on the West Side

Northwest Vista College’s Community Math project is moving full steam ahead! Since the program began in 2018 thanks to a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, NVC recently added another community center on San Antonio’s West Side to ultimately improve the math rates of elementary students. The purpose of Community Math is two fold – help

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February Bragging Breakfast Brings Back the 90s

For the February Bragging Breakfast, Northwest Vista College’s Academic Success department hosted a 1995 theme – the year the college was created. Employees dug deep in their closets to get their best ’90s themed clothes and oversized jackets. NVC President Dr. Ric Baser started the meeting sharing some goals for the college which includes: Spring

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Northwest Vista College Takes the Lead in Saving Lives

Northwest Vista College not only educates students, but it helps to saves lives in San Antonio. Since 2016, through blood drives on campus, 3,775 donors helped to save 11,325 lives, according to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center. In 2019, NVC had its biggest year and 1,288 students, employees and faculty donated blood –

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Faculty, Staff and Students Earn Mental Health Certification

The Northwest Vista College Mental Health Initiative Committee and NVC Psychology Assistant Professor Jennifer Fox brought together faculty, staff and students for a development session from The Center for Health Care Services Foundation of San Antonio to earn certification in Mental Health First Aid. “We are passionate about mental health and believe that faculty and

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January Bragging Breakfast Highlights 25-Year Anniversary

The first Bragging Breakfast of 2020, hosted by NVC College Services, started with NVC President Dr. Baser recognizing the college’s 25-year anniversary. To commemorate the milestone year, advertising on and off the campus will feature the 25-year NVC emblem, and special commencement medallions will be given to faculty, staff and graduates for the commencement ceremony.

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LAMP Program Providing Much Needed Support for STEM Students

When the call went out to Northwest Vista College students to describe the program that has impacted them the most, NVC student Analissa Riojas said: “I would have to say that the most impactful program at NVC is the Learning Assistant Math Paths (LAMP) program. Growing up, I really struggled with math so having a

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December Bragging Breakfast Features Nightmare Before Christmas Theme

Nightmare Before Christmas was the theme for this year’s final Bragging Breakfast held on Friday the 13th and hosted by Northwest Vista College Staff Senate. Staff Senate President Pam De La Garza discussed their upcoming events—Cowboy Breakfast on Feb. 7, Spurs Night on March 20, and a Spring Social in the spring semester. Pam also said

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Students Contribute More Than Half a Million Dollars of Volunteer Work

This past year, 3,852 Northwest Vista College students contributed a whopping 29,024 volunteer hours to the San Antonio Community. The worth of these numbers is $728,502 as calculated by the Independent Sector . The Independent Sector publishes statistics and information for nonprofit organizations to measure volunteerism and has estimated the national earned value for volunteerism

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Work Study Students Essential to College Operations

As work study students prepare to stop employment on Dec. 13, the upcoming spring semester is a good reminder how important these students are to the operations of the college. Many full-time employees across the college once started as work study students. As of Nov. 5. Northwest Vista College through the Federal Work Study program

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