Recently, Northwest Vista’s Pat Fontenot and Julie Boerm took the Dual Credit program on the road to help about 140 elementary students, teachers and counselors learn about the program.
They used current events and/or things students see now like YouTubing, hacking, or the Minecraft game and aligned them with some of the programs NVC offers. They also explained how high school graduation requirements align with Dual Credit and core requirements. Pat, who is an NVC academic dean, and Julie, who is the NVC Dual Credit director of High School Programs, said the 4th and 5th graders were “super engaged.”
Julie added, “It was really neat seeing these young kids light up with questions about college programs, parent college experiences and in general other questions that made me smile and realize this is what I love about my job!”
