At Northwest Vista College, opportunities are available for all students. Northwest Vista not only offers education at a low rate, they offer nothing but the best teachers. Northwest Vista offers quality education regardless of any social class. Compared to other colleges such as public, in state schools, the annual tuition is almost $8,000. When compare [...]
3rd in a series of posts. To see 2nd post, click here. Two weeks before the Fall 2013 priority registration became available, I was obsessively looking at all the different classes I could take that would cover my basics and my electives. About a week before registering, I contacted my academic advisor (my instructor) and [...]
2nd Part in a Series. To see first post, click here. I had a slow start with my degree completion plan. At the time, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life. Since I had some experience in the medical field, I thought I should study something along those lines. So in the [...]
Northwest Vista Cross Country teams competed in their first race of the semester on Sept. 19, 2014. The women and men competed in the UTSA Ricardo Romero 5k race. The women were led by Karla Cortez with a time of 24:00 min, placing 45th overall in the Non Div I ranking. Cortez was followed by [...]
The NVC Student Government Association meets every other Tuesday at 5 pm in Juniper Hall, room 106F. The next meeting is tomorrow, Sept. 23. Meetings are tentatively scheduled for: Sept. 23 Oct. 7 Oct. 21 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 Here’s the new Northwest Vista College Student Government Association officers for Fall 2014- Spring 2015: President: Rachel Harlin; rharlin@student.alamo.edu Vice [...]
When I first started attending Northwest Vista College as a student, my main goal was to get through my workload and making money. Isn’t that every student’s goal? I thought to myself, how am I going to manage a job and a full school load. I had friends who worked and went to school, [...]
In 2010, I was hired as a case manager for a local home health agency. I had no medical experience, but I knew medical terminology. I had a caseload of 70+ Medicare patients with a variety of medical needs. In 2011 and 2012, Medicare regulations changed which affected the home health agencies nationwide. Unfortunately, [...]
The Wildcat Mentor program is a great experience that benefits all students, no matter what semester they are in. Whether you are a mentor or part of a mentor group, you will surely gain valuable knowledge that will follow you through your college years. This is my first semester being a part of the [...]
It is said that most people will go through seven careers in one lifetime Although this number of careers may not be accurate, I can say that I have had about three careers so far. In all of those endeavors, I have needed to acquire new skills and knowledge for each job. Northwest Vista has been [...]
During a regular week at NVC there are numerous events taking place. They range from fundraisers to rock climbing; performances to leadership seminars; bowling to club meetings; and basketball games to foosball tournaments. One event that was going on for the past two weeks was a play called Conejo de Campos. It was a [...]