Wildcats in the Workplace: Stephanie Arreloa

Stephanie Arreloa, Vista Class of 2014, completed her associate degree in Game Development – Production before graduating from Texas A&M – San Antonio. She says her degree from NVC fulfilled a love for gaming and helped motivate her toward a career and additional certifications. While at Vista, Stephanie served as President for the Women in… Read More

CALL FOR CHOREOGRAPHY: NVC ALUMNI CHOREOGRAPHER

CALL FOR CHOREOGRAPHY: NVC ALUMNI CHOREOGRAPHER DANCE PROGRAM at NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE Applications Accepted: November 1st – November 25th, 2019 Notifications sent: December 2nd, 2019 Who can apply: Alumni of the NVC Dance Program – dance studies must have been completed prior to the year 2015. What we’re looking for: The Northwest Vista College Dance… Read More

Alumna leads NEA mural project on campus

San Antonio-based visual artist Adriana Garcia earned a Multimedia Specialist Certificate from Northwest Vista College in 2001. Her path to Vista came after she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. During her senior year at CMU, Adriana said she discovered interest in graphic design and video production. Returning to her native… Read More

Job Opportunities for Northwest Vista Alumni at GM Financial

GM Financial is inviting alumni of Northwest Vista College to apply for full-time employment opportunities. ·       Located near SeaWorld and Northwest Vista. ·       Training is 3 weeks M-F 8am-5pm. ·       This position pays $15.50/hour plus a quarterly bonus. ·       The start date for this role is May 20th. If this sounds like something you’re interested… Read More

First Guest Alumni Dance Choreographer Named

Northwest Vista College alumna, Arica Basil, AA’14, has been selected as the first guest NVC Alumni Dance Choreographer. In this role, Arica will collaborate with NVC students from the Repertory Dance Ensemble to create original choreography to be performed at Vista Dances on May 4 at 8:00pm in the Palmetto Theater. Arica’s journey in dance… Read More

Former NVC Student Named Miss Texas USA 2019

Former NVC student, Alayah Benavidez, was recently crowned Miss Texas USA for 2019. Now a student at the University of Texas-San Antonio, Alayah is an O’Connor High School grad. Alayah has credited Northwest Vista College with helping in furthering her education debt free. She has previously held the titles of Miss San Antonio Texas Teen… Read More

HalloVista 2018 at NVC – Nov 3

Come and enjoy a free movie, Hocus Pocus, by the lake at Northwest Vista College. Activities start out with trick-or-treating for the kids, bounce houses, arts and crafts, a haunted house for older kids and a costume kids for adults and kids. At sundown the movie will show and stay afterwards to watch fireworks over… Read More

NVC Grad Competes at International CrossFit Games

On most days of the week, you can find Northwest Vista College graduate Giovanni “Gio” Contreras coaching classes at LoneStar CrossFit in San Antonio – motivating students to get through a tough workout, do a few more pushups, keep their back straight when doing squats or giving advice about nutrition. Between coaching, finishing up his… Read More

NVC Alumna Gives Inspirational Speech at 2018 Commencement Ceremony

This past May, Jessica Perotte, Class of 2010, was invited to be guest speaker at the 2018 Northwest Vista College Commencement Ceremony. She delivered a power message of encouragement to the Class of 2018. You can watch her speech and the entire ceremony below. 850 Northwest Vista College graduates participated in the 2018 Commencement ceremony… Read More

NVC Alumnus Helps Open First Student-Run Medical Clinic

The Rio Grande Valley of deep south Texas is considered by many reporting agencies to be among the most uninsured regions in the nation. Recently, NVC Alumnus, Julien Mahler, Class of 2012, along with a cohort of fellow medical students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, spearheaded efforts to open… Read More