Awards + Accolades + Honors + Laurels Alamo Colleges Leadership Academy for Success (ALAS)
Six NVC staffers completed the district’s 2008-2009 leadership program. The NVC participants were Kenneth Franklin, Sharon Dresser, Virginia Leggett, Viviane Marioneaux, Susan Escobar and Ann Marie Mungia.
Arthur P. Fidler Research Grant
NVC Community Development intern Maryellen T. Mills was awarded the Arthur P. Fidler Research Grant to support her dissertation project. The grant was awarded from the National Resource Center for First Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina.
Artist of the Month
Drama instructor Mellissa Marlowe was selected March Artist of the Month from the San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs. She was recently the cochair of the Luminaria theater committee, a two-day multi-arts festival in San Antonio.
CPS Board
Homer Guevara, Ph.D, was nominated to the CPS Energy Board of Trustees. The economics professor will represent the utility’s southwest quadrant on the five-member panel setting policy for the area’s natural gas and electric systems.
Frito Lay Grant
Northwest Vista College has received a $15,250-grant award from Frito-Lay to conduct a research project under the direction of Thomas Pressly, Ph.D., engineering faculty and principle investigator for the project. The research study will analyze the breakdown of compostable bags in the South Texas environment. This is the first corporate entity to give NVC such an award.
Geography Award
Scott Walker, NVC geography program coordinator, was the recipient of the Best Article Teaching award at the Elementary Level for 2008 by the National Council for Geographic Education. The journal article was titled, “Early Instruction in Geography: An Exploration in the Ecology of Kindergarten and FirstGrade Geography.”
Greater Texas Foundation
The Greater Texas Foundation gave a $25,000 grant to the college for the 2009 Community College Scholarship program. This funding will help support the 21st Century Scholarship for Young Men, a program implemented to help increase the retention of male students in college.
Jazz Queen
NVC assistant professor of Music Katharine “Katchie” Cartwright, Ph.D., was selected as the 2009 “Jazz Queen” by the Musicians’ Society of San Antonio. She was recognized on April 16 on KRTU 91.7 FM, Trinity University’s jazz radio station.
Leadership Lab
The following individuals were selected to participate in the NVC Leadership Lab for the 2008-09 academic year: James Searles, Lucy Gauna, Leslie Moore, Kori Schneider, Melissa Monroe-Young, Tim Molina, Minerva Muniz, Gary Bowling, Gary Walderman, Deborah Trevino, Virginia Baker, Anthony Quintanilla, John Carnes, Vinnie Bradford, Julie Pace, Deanna Villarreal, Glo Jimenez, Gloria Lopez, Linda Reeves, Jennifer Comedy-Holmes and Bernie Zertuche.
Live Oak Hall Recognized
Northwest Vista College Live Oak Hall Academic Center, designed by O’Neil, Conrad and Oppelt, was recognized by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in five areas: Process of Planning, Design, Education Appropriateness, Innovation, and Sustainability.