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Marketing Council Honors NVC with National Award

Northwest Vista College (NVC) has received a 2022 Gold Paragon Award from the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) at the council’s national conference in early April in Orlando, Florida. The Gold Paragon award for NVC’s Microsite/landing page celebrates the college’s marketing team for its work on “Dream Big; You Belong at Vista”

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April 2023 All College Meeting

Northwest Vista College Marketing & Strategic Communications hosted the April All College Meeting.  Topics on the agenda included:  Full year academic registration is now open.  Early voting at NVC from April 24 to May 2 in MLH 132. NVC Shortest Parade April 27 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Save the Date – NVC Presidential

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NVC Students Shine at Music Competition

What a beautiful day to celebrate NVC singers’ monumental victories from the South Texas Chapter of NATS Spring Auditions on April 1 at the Austin Community College Highland Campus in Austin. Eight singers from Northwest Vista College have competed against all other colleges and universities singers in our chapter. NVC was recognized with three finalists

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NVC Psychology Students Present at Prestigious Research Conference

The Northwest Vista College Psychology Department was well-represented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) early this month in Frisco, Texas. SWPA is the American Psychological Association’s affiliate for the Southwestern region of the United States. NVC Professor of Psychology Dr. Don Lucas along with seven NVC Psychology students: Michael DeLeon, Joseph Gorena, Julia

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Newly Revamped Orientation to Online Learning

The Teaching with Technology area of Northwest Vista College is happy to share with its newly revised, revamped, and improved Orientation to Online Learning – OLRN-0001. OLRN (“Oh-learn”) is a no-fee, no-credit, fully online orientation for students who are new to online courses. It generally takes about 1-2 hours to complete. OLRN is designed to

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Sojourner Truth Rededication Ceremony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_q_zvP6Vn0 To celebrate Women’s History month and the 20th Anniversary of the Northwest Vista College (NVC) Sojourner Truth Memorial, the college held a rededication ceremony on Mar. 29 in the Community Peace Garden adjacent to Manzanillo Hall. “Northwest Vista College established this memorial 20 years ago in an effort to honor the work of Sojourner

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Celebrating the Opening of the New Westside Education & Training Center

The Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees, Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores, and Northwest Vista College (NVC) celebrated the ribbon cutting of the new Westside Education and Training Center, also known as WETC on March 30 at 610 SW 41st St. The new building replaces the older building at the same site and will allow for greater community impact on

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Digitex: Serving Students from All Over Texas

What do students from Frank Phillips College in the Texas panhandle town of Borger, from Howard College in San Angelo, and from Lee College on the East Texas Gulf Coast all have in common? They are taking online courses from Northwest Vista College for credit, but they are not NVC or Alamo Colleges students. They

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Celebrating Dennis Gittinger’s 50 Years of Teaching

It’s not common that someone stays in their job for 50 years, but one NVC faculty member has achieved that milestone – Dennis Gittinger.  His golden anniversary was recently celebrated at the new Cedar Elm STEM Center with nearly 100 of his colleagues, friends and family. Alamo Colleges Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores and NVC Interim

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Healing Through Doll-Making

By Rose Rodriguez, MLS NVC Librarian Nothing in this world (Ain’t no valley low enough) Nothing in this world Can keep me from you, baby Just call my name I’ll be there in a hurry Just call my name I’ll be there Ain’t no mountain high enough Nothing can keep me, keep me from you Julienne

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CIMA Program Helps Students Pursue STEM Careers

For nearly 10 years, Northwest Vista College has been helping underrepresented students earn bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through its Ciencia, Ingeniería, y Matemáticas Aliados (CIMA) program. In February, Isabella Pangilinan, who attended NVC for three semesters, presented her project at the ENR (Emerging Researchers National) conference in Washington, DC. She

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