The NVC library has partnered with Student Success to create the NVC Library Family Study Room. Designed for NVC students with young children, it offers a quiet, private area for students to study while caring for their children. The family-friendly space is housed in the library, on the 1st floor of the Redbud Learning Center
NVC Information and Communication Technologies (IT) is completing a campus project through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) that allows for better remote or hybrid student and instructor access. The plan comprises new projectors on campus that include high-quality projection, updated control panels, in-ceiling microphones and speakers, as well as follow-me cameras. “These new
The Northwest Vista College Plus+STEM cohort students and High School Bridge students visited The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design on Friday June 23, 2023. In addition, several of the Plus+STEM students are also members of the TATE consortium agreement between NVC/Alamo Colleges and UTSA. Joanna Martinez
By NVC Faculty, Dr. Don Lucas With 35,000 psychological scientists, academics, clinicians, researchers, educators, administrators, and students representing 80 countries, the Association for Psychological Science (APS) is the leading international organization advancing scientific psychology. APS meets every year in late spring, bringing together 4000+ scientists to share, present, and discuss the latest research in the
Northwest Vista College is helping many of its employees see American history up close. For the first time in the college’s history, it sponsored a six-day trip with 30 faculty and staff to the Deep South. Along with the collaboration of the San Antonio Peace Center, from June 7 to June 12, thirty faculty and
By NVC Faculty Scott Walker Nine students enrolled in Physical Anthropology and Environmental Science wrapped up a 16-day adventure at three research stations in Costa Rica in early June. Students practiced field research techniques in bird surveying, hawksbill sea turtle capture, water sampling, mangrove forest analysis and valuation, primate observation, primate habitat analysis, ethogram development
Northwest Vista College students are not just sitting in an idle classroom, they are making reading fun for elementary students. And, getting kids to read is becoming a national crisis. “Per the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), there has been a significant decline in reading skills during the last three years due to the pandemic—only about
Two Northwest Vista College (NVC) students are participating in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program (NCAS) Mission 3. This experiential learning opportunity includes a 10-day virtual program followed by five days onsite at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. According to Dr. Martha Trevino of the Alamo Colleges District Office of Workplace Learning,
Northwest Vista College celebrated the 26th commencement ceremony on May 15, 2023, with nearly 900 students crossing the stage to receive their degrees and certificates of completion. When the Graduation team completes the verification process of student degree plans this summer, it’s anticipated that more than 2,000 degrees and certificates will be awarded for the
Northwest Vista College announces the selection of Dr. Amy Bosley, an innovative higher education administrator with extensive teaching experience and advanced communication, human resources and business expertise. She will lead NVC as it embarks on a new five-year strategic plan and the Excelencia in Education framework. NVC is also nearing its 30-year anniversary of creating
Two recent Northwest Vista College students have found success through grant opportunities available at the college and faculty who go above and beyond to help students. Read about NVC student Megan Davis who got to study dolphins in the Caribbean through NVC’s FUERTE grant with St. Mary’s University. Read about NVC student and veteran DeMarcus
Northwest Vista College leaders from across the college attended a college-specific Strategic Planning Retreat on May 5 to address Vista’s priorities for the next five years as a Hispanic-thriving institution. Dr. Vanessa Sansone, assistant professor at UTSA, was the guest facilitator for the one-day event. She shared her research, Bexar County demographic data and engaged college
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