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Students Get Graduate Experience in NVC EcoLab Program

Three Northwest Vista College students completed another semester of undergraduate research at NVC’s Ecolab in Bandera in May. Students were supported by a Community Development grant from Microsoft. With additional trail cameras for wildlife counting and binoculars for migratory bird censuses, Grace Doss, Sheina McManus, and Amanda Martin were able to identify mammals and birds

NVC Students Travel to Costa Rica for Adventure Trip

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

Students Awarded NVC Geography and Environmental Scholarships

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

Universidad Veritas Environmental Architecture Professor Visit

Architect and Director of Costa Rica’s Universidad Veritas School of Architecture, Iván Delgado Salazar, visited the San Antonio area on a “three rivers” field tour of sites where he will bring students in August. Universidad Veritas is a partner with Northwest Vista College’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department in conjunction with the Alamo College District’s

NVC Environmental Course Gives Students Opportunity for Study Abroad

The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund has selected the Alamo Colleges District/Northwest Vista College and Costa Rica’s Universidad Veritas as one of 12 grant-winning teams to receive a $25,000 grant that will allow students to study abroad, virtually exchange cultural information, and analyze urban waterways. Dubbed the Geography and Environmental Studies Costa Rica Adventure Science Field

New Scholarships Available for Environmental Studies Students

The Geography and Environmental Studies Discipline at Northwest Vista College now has $33,000 in scholarships available to students with pre-majors in Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and Geography and Environmental Sustainability. These scholarships are a gift from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund – a grant NVC recently received (read more about it here). They are targeted

NVC Student Researcher Determines there are no Sasquatch on Campus

Over the summer NVC student Allie Sanchez used camera “traps”—motion-sensor cameras affixed to trees—to conduct an exploratory study of campus wildlife. Having been bitten by the “research bug” last year while studying, presenting, and publishing on students’ knowledge of climate change research alongside other NVC students, Allie embarked on a student-faculty, extracurricular study of her

Giving Students a Global Perspective

Dr. Scott Walker, professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, recently returned from a 16-day faculty development seminar that visited four cities in India. Through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), in partnership with the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Scott and 15 other minority-serving institute community college faculty members participated in lectures

NVC Faculty and Students Present at Annual Geography Meeting

Three Northwest Vista Geography and Environmental Sustainability students, along with NVC’s Dr. Scott Walker, presented at the 2018 Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers annual meeting from Oct. 3-6, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. “Established in 1949, SWAAG exists to further professional investigations in geography, to encourage the application of geographic

NVC Hosts National Conference

NVC’s Renewal and Reflection for Integrated Education Team hosted from Oct. 6-8, the “16th Annual Gathering of Those Active in the Work of the Center for Renewal & Wholeness in Higher Education,” otherwise known as the “Gathering.” The three-day conference, with 36 participants from around the country, focused on healing our divided world. Guest speakers included

Presenting Geography at Social Sciences Conferences

Scott Walker, ScEdD, Northwest Vista College Geography program coordinator, will present two accepted presentations at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research Conference in San Antonio on Oct. 31. Scott’s presentations are “Low-Cost Tech for Ethnographic Landscape Investigations with Community College Students” and “Visual Geography: Teaching Geography through Photography.”