College is a life changer. It’s a time where you figure yourself out, pursue your dreams, and make friends along the way. It can teach you more than what’s in the book, and it teaches you the life skills that you need to succeed. Two years ago I took general classes, and simply got [...]
Have you ever tried to balance school and work? What sort of sacrifices have you had to make? Here is my story… I go to school part time, usually three classes a semester, year round. I live with my husband, who also goes to school. We have to work full time to pay for school [...]
Being a working student is one of the best choices I could have ever made. When I first went back to school it was a challenge to balance the two workloads but in time I became a master of multi-tasking. I changed the way I looked at homework. Now, not only am I learning [...]
If you have ever taken a class during the day you know that Vista has a huge problem. It is one that was supposed to be fixed by the parking garage, but wasn’t. There are still students parking off campus and trudging all the way to their class, only to leave school during the [...]
NVC Aluma, Arantxa Loizaga, recently held an exclusive one-on-one interview with 2016 presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her campaign stop in San Antonio to launch ‘Latinos for Hillary.’ The interview, aired nationally on the Univision Network on Oct. 18, and covered issues such as female equality in America, [...]
Jonathan Mendoza, Jose Vazquez, and Jorge Vazquez Campero – all from Northwest Vista College – have been selected to travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center this spring to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS). Jonathan, Jose and Jorge all have been selected as one of 160 community college students from across [...]
College can seem like a daunting place, but preparing yourself for it is half the battle. Here’s a video created by Digital Video & Cinema Production students to help students prepare for the road ahead. They asked NVC students “What would you tell your 8th grade self,” and “What would you tell your 8th [...]
The mission of the NVC Male Success Initiative program is to encourage leadership, character, and brotherhood among the male students at NVC. The program focuses on several key character traits to include integrity, discipline, humility, confidence, respect and self-control. It is believed that instilling these traits and building on them makes a strong [...]
NVC’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, Beta Lambda Upsilon, prides itself on providing opportunities for members to gain a competitive edge when transferring to universities or applying for jobs. PTK recognizes academic achievement, leadership, service and campus engagement and has been serving students for over 90 years; today there are over 2.5 million members. This academic year, Northwest Vista [...]
Juan Rosas knows what it takes to make it. He knows what he is up against and he knows how to arm himself with the best possible weapon to fight what confronts him. What confronts him is failure. Society and statistics say that Juan, as a man of color in college, will fail. Men [...]
