Northwest Vista College and the San Antonio Peace Center celebrated the 18th Annual Blessing of the Peacemakers on Jan. 29. This event honors the 2023 San Antonio Peace Laureates and founders of the San Antonio Peace Center: Rosalyn Falcón Collier, Ann E. Helmke and Susan Ives. The Blessing of the Peacemakers is a multi-faith ceremony
Nearly 30 Northwest Vista College faculty and staff participated in LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) interactive workshop in suicide first aid on Jan. 9-10. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is
Northwest Vista College will host the 18th Annual Blessing of the Peacemakers on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. at the Palmetto Center for the Arts Theater. The 2023 San Antonio Peace Laureates are the founders of the San Antonio Peace Center: Rosalyn Falcón Collier, Ann E. Helmke and Susan Ives. The
Nearly 25 faculty, staff and students from Northwest Vista College participated in the MLK March on Jan. 16. Each college of the Alamo Colleges District were encouraged to bring their groups to show a united front at the march, which is the largest MLK march in the United Sates. Estimated attendance is about 400,000. Participants
Northwest Vista College kicked off its first All-College Meeting with NVC College Services hosting on Jan. 20. Student Enrollment Headcount Spring 2023 Continuing – 9,909 increase by 142 Dual Credit – 3,362 increase by 210 FTIC – 560 decrease by 5 Other – 1,144 Total to date: 14,975 Solidarity, Racial Healing, & Narrative Change Dr.
The Northwest Vista College Staff Senate hosted the December All College Meeting. Here’s the Power Point. On the agenda was: Student enrollment Staff Senate priorities Faculty Senate scholarship New employees Wildcat celebrations
In 2023, you may see the Northwest Vista College esports student club “Vista Gamers” playing competitively. Since the start of the semester, the new student club has seen a large influx of students joining. At the first Open Play event earlier in the semester, over 60 students attended. The National Association of Collegiate Esports, or
The fall 2022 STEAM Blast at Northwest Vista College was held Nov 8 and 9 and was supported through the Student Life Student Activities Fund. NVC has interdisciplinary interactive sessions on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). Many sessions are focused on creation and crafting in support of our STEAM Makerspace in MLH-214 (partially
Five Northwest Vista College students were awarded scholarships of $2,100 each for two semesters through funding from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund. Luz Araguz Chavira, Clarissa Guillen, Amanda Martin, Sheina McManus, and Madeline Ovideo were the scholarship recipients. Luz is a first-generation student in her sophomore year. Her pre-major is Environmental Science and she plans
As part of the FUERTE project (Fostering Undergraduate Education, Retention, and Transfer Environments) at St. Mary’s University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong (Florida International University), and Dr. Meagan Kendall (University of Texas at El Paso) facilitated a workshop Nov 17 and 18 at St. Mary’s University. The following faculty/staff members from Northwest Vista College participated in
As part of Northwest Vista College’s new online security series, we’d like to give you an early gift – 12 Security Tips for Christmas. However, hackers have made it difficult for us to do so! We got distracted with holiday shopping and were lax in our attention to cybersecurity tips. This gave hackers an opportunity
Scholarships Awarded for Costa Rica Trip Four students from across the Alamo Colleges District were awarded scholarships for next summer’s NVC Adventure Science Field Study School in Costa Rica. The scholarship was generously gifted to Northwest Vista College from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund. It continues support for the initial field school partnership in 2022
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