This is an ongoing series to help inform staff and faculty about Alamo Institutes: The largest Institute at NVC by number of students and number of disciplines is the Science and Technology Institute. Students who are interested in areas like biology, computer science, engineering, and psychology will have many opportunities to explore the disciplines, as
It’s not uncommon for Northwest Vista College students to participate in service learning projects, but students from Jo Ann Gonzalez’s nutrition (BIOL 1322) class this semester took their project to a whole new level. Her class participated in a food collection fundraiser and collected 550. They were the only community college involved among universities that included
This is an ongoing series to help inform staff and faculty about Alamo Institutes: Students who have an interest in Health Sciences will find a team ready to help them with their academic goals. The Health and Biosciences Institute Team’s mission is to offer students quality academic and technical learning experiences that will prepare
The Northwest Vista College Public Relations Team has recently launched a new graduation campaign to encourage students to complete an associate degree or certificate at NVC. The “Vista Shares Your Vision” campaign was developed and launched in response to students’ feedback provided in the fall 2017 semester. Nearly 100 students voted on design layouts presented
A campus emergency can be a chaotic time for everyone with only seconds to react. The first priority of faculty and staff should be the safety and security of everyone at Northwest Vista College. Our campus has several layers of protection from the Department of Public Safety, Risk Management and our Crisis/Building Action Teams (CAT/BAT).
The March Bragging Breakfast meeting was hosted by the Northwest Vista College Humanities department, and gave the campus community a glimpse of the different programs that make up this area. Humanities Chair Charles Hinkley said the theme of his area is “One World.” They believe the 21st century liberal arts student is bilingual or multilingual,
Earlier this year, Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales of District 5, said in an interview that over 30 percent of all child abuse cases in Bexar Country are coming out of two zip codes in her district on the West Side. District 5 is going to get some much needed help soon with the graduation of 10
What’s a great way to get student feedback besides giving them pizza? Give them donuts and let them give quick answers in a come-and-go format. This setting allowed 64 students to provide their feedback to the NVC Strategic Planning Steering Team. The event was called “Donuts with the Deans” and deans Jennifer Comedy-Holmes, Patrick Fontenot
It’s hard for students to learn when their stomachs are growling. According to a recent study 2 in 3 community college students are food insecure; meaning they have a limited availability of nutritionally adequate food. With over 40 percent of Northwest Vista College students on Pell grants, NVC is hoping to address this issue by
Northwest Vista College was named No. 4 in the country among the Top 25 Community Colleges Granting the Most Associate Degrees to Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook (HO) Magazine, which will be published this month. San Antonio College ranked No. 8 on the Top 25 list; and Palo Alto College ranked No. 6 on Hispanic Outlook’s list
“A good time to work on your competencies is while you are in college. And these competencies include ‘soft’ skills’. “At the end of the day, everyone will look for a job. Employers want to know if you will fit with their team.” “In the interview process, we are looking for people who have a
Northwest Vista College recently held a Goals Achievement Summit on Feb. 15 to celebrate many areas that were successful in their Wildly Important Goals or WIGs. Different departments displayed their WIG boards and even one area dressed up in graduation gowns to represent their efforts. NVC President Dr. Ric Baser said one of the over
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