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Strategic Communications and Resource Development Report October 8, 2015 Prepared by Lissa Gibbs, Director of NVC Office of Institutional Advancement, with input from NVC Facilities and members of the NVC Outreach Committee, chaired by Oscar DeHaro This report describes communication and program activities currently being conducted or planned related to prioritized areas of institutional public and media relations related to: Enrollment, Engagement, and Resource Development. Enrollment Website

• NVC Web Use Data September 15 – September 30, 2015 • Homepage visits (hits): 59,763 (compared to 56, 455 visits for the same time period in 2014)

o 27889 users (compared to 27991 for same time period in 2014) o 164,990 page views (compared to 180,501for same time period in 2014) – Global site

wide number o 62.7% of users are return users, 37.3% new for this period in 2015 (compared to 67.6%

return user, 32.4% new for this period in 2014) Direct Mailings

• 2015-16 NVC Performing Arts o Season Guide -- 6,000 printed, 4,000 directly mailed to past ticket buyers

• 2016 Spring Enrollment/BestColleges.com • Postcard – 45,000 to be printed, 43,000 directly mailed to all residential postal customers in

Napa County (mid-October, priority registration dates & financial aid Super Saturday reminder) Printed Collateral

o 2015-16 Napa Valley College Catalog o Abridged Schedule of Classes (5,000 to be printed for community distribution in late

October) o NVC-at-a-Glance Discs (2,000 printed for community outreach & enrollment recruitment

events such as college and career fairs) Social Media

• Multiple daily posts in NVC main Facebook and Instagram and Tweets/Re-Tweets on Twitter o Facebook friends as of 10/5/15: 2,364 (up from 2,340 in September) o Average weekly Facebook “reach” of 12,000 for the last 30 days (average # of weekly

engagements: 580) o Twitter followers as of 10/5/15: 454 (up from 428 in September) o Instagram followers as of 10/5/15: 476 (from 436 in September) o Weekly E-mail promotions to “Friends of NVC” list via Constant Contact (4,500 active

contacts): Enrollment reminders, “Upcoming Events at NVC”(monthly distribution), special event notices, and announcements

o LinkedIn: 6,247 alumni as of 10/5/15 (up from 6,245 in September) o NVC Communicate messages in September to all enrolled and previously enrolled (from

spring 2015) students (10,000+): Fall 2015 late-start class list o Communications Management messages re:

Spring 2016 Priority Registration Date Reminders Signage & Flags

• Banner to be hung from PAC exterior: BestColleges.com ranking (looks like pennant): late-September- July (awaiting completion)

• New place-making flags along frontage road (NVC logo and BestColleges.com ranking): late-September-July

• Sandwich board signage on campus (Proud to be NVC! Recognized by BestColleges.com as # 1 Two-Year College in California): September-July

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Paid Advertising

• Sonoma Press Democrat’s Hispanic Heritage Monthly Special Insert, plus digital: September (weeklong print & digital readership: 306,613, plus inclusion in Sonoma County This Week, circulation of 126,603 non-subscriber households in Sonoma County)

• Sonoma State Star (student newspaper): October (half page ad promoting BestColleges.com rating & NVC for general education/transfer requirements)


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• Napa Valley Marketplace: 42,000 residential direct mail within Napa County October (full page ad for PAC Season)

November (full page spring enrollment promotion)

Additional NV Marketplace ads: December & January (full page for spring enrollment & BestColleges.com recognition)


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• Napa Valley Life Magazine November/December (1/3 page ad)

• Facebook (sponsored posts): multiple weekly ongoing “boosted posts”(BestColleges.com, spring priority registration dates, individual department course offerings & student success stories), boosted reach: 7,000-64,000 views

• Cinemark Napa (pre-show ads): running in September (promoting fall late-start enrollment);

mid-October (promoting spring 2016 enrollment & BestColleges.com); December 1-April (promoting spring 2016 & summer enrollment)

• VINE Buses (super tails): year-round (promoting enrollment in general) installed and visible

along routes to/from Sonoma, to/from Fairfield, and up/down Highway 29 (American Canyon to Calistoga); artwork will change in October to highlight BestColleges.com #1 Ranking

Campus Visits & Direct Student Outreach (including off-campus)

• ESL classes at the Calistoga Farmworkers Housing Center (on site), July-November 2015 • Campus Tours

o Napa High School, October 15 o NVC & Napa County middle schools have begun to explore tours for spring (250+

students from each school) • State Farm Insurance Employee Benefit Fairs

o Rohnert Park on 9/23/2015 o Vacaville on 10/1/2015

• Fairfield Suisun Unified School District-College Fair (at Armijo High School), October 6 • Napa Valley Unified School District College Fair, October 7 • Vacaville Unified School District College Fair, October 8 • FORCE-Foster Youth Conference, NVC Financial Aid Office, McCarthy Library Community

Room and Student Activities Center, 8:00am-3:00pm, October 10 • NVC Financial Aid “Cyber Saturday,” computer lab assistance with FAFSA application

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• NVC Financial Aid “Super Saturday” (underwritten by Travis Credit Union), open to the general public: FREE tax return completion assistance, FAFSA completion assistance, Dream Act application completion assistance, presentations in Spanish & English, McCarthy LLRC, 10am-2pm, February 27

• NVC Financial Aid “It’s Not Too Late” Workshop, open to the public, FAFSA and general financial aid assistance for 2016-2017, McCarthy LLRC, 10am-1pm, April 23

• “Cash for College” Workshops 2016 o Mare Island Technology (MIT) Academy, 6:30-8:30pm, Vallejo, January 7 o Justin Siena High School, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Napa, January 12 o New Tech High School, 6pm-8pm, Napa, January 14 o St. Helena High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm,

January 20 o St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, 7pm-9pm, Vallejo, January 21 o Mount Cavalry Baptist Church, 9:30am-12:30pm, Fairfield, January 23 o Jesse Bethel High School, 6pm-8pm, Vallejo, January 25 o American Canyon High School, 6pm-8pm, January 26 o Benicia High School, 6:30pm-8:30pm, January 27 o Rodriguez High School, 6pm-8pm, Fairfield, January 28 o Napa High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm, February

2 o Valley Oak High School, (English & Spanish language presentations), 6:30pm-

8:30pm, Napa, February 3 o Vintage High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm,

February 4 o Vallejo High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm,

February 10 o Calistoga High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm,

February 11 o John Finney High School, 6pm-8pm, Vallejo, February 18

• STEM Outreach o Regular STEM outreach presence at Napa County high schools is starting up again

now that school is back in session (details forthcoming) Engagement Please note: all distributed NVC media releases are available online in the “Newsroom” at www.napavalley.edu under “About NVC” Traditional Media Outreach & Coverage

• Award of HSI Grant to NVC (NV Register, Hispanic News Online, North Bay Business Journal) • NVC Spanish Professor Maria Villagomez as Consultant to “Nina’s World” TV Show (NV Register) • NVC Students Awarded US Dept. of Transportation Eisenhower Research Fellowships (NV

Register) • NASA STEM Grant Awarded to NVC (NV Register & North Bay Business Journal) • NVC Theater Arts Professor Jennifer King Writes from European Sabbatical (NV Register) • NVC Human vs. Zombies Club & Zombies in Hell Improv at NVC (NV Register) - forthcoming • NVC Women in STEM & NVC Robotics Club (NV Register) – forthcoming • Interviews with Paul Gospodarczyk (Wines & Vines, NV Register) – forthcoming • Coverage of NVC Performing Arts Public Programs (NV Register, seasonal) • SBDC Weekly Column by Mary Cervantes (NV Register) • Coverage of NVC Storm Athletic Teams (NV Register, weekly) • Napa Valley College Now (Napa Broadcasting.com, ongoing) • NV Register Faces & Places (ongoing)


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• Media release postings on Napa Patch and other online self-post news outlets Social Media

• Multiple daily posts, including “Faces of NVC” and “Faces of New NVC Faculty” o Facebook o Instagram o Tweets/Re-Tweets on Twitter

• Monthly e-mail(s) to Constant Contact “Friends of NVC” o 4,500 active contacts (average open rate of 30%)

Off Campus Community Involvement & General Community Outreach

• NVC Industry Viticulture & Winery Tech Meet & Greet with Paul Gospodarczyk, hope & grace wines Tasting Room, 6540 Washington St., Yountville, Public Welcome, FREE tastings, RSVP to [email protected] requested, 5-7pm, September 24

• Presentation with NV Support Services to Napa Noon Rotary, October 14 • Napa Chamber of Commerce 26th Annual Napa Valley Business Expo, Napa Valley Expo

Chardonnay Hall, 4:30pm-7:30pm, October 29 • California Student Aid Commission & Travis Credit Union “Dreamin’ of College?”(informational

session on college financial aid and Cal Grants for North Bay high school students), Cal Maritime Academy, 9am-12pm, November 20

• Institutional Representation at monthly meetings of NV Vine Trail Board • Institutional representation of regular NapaLearns Board meetings • Weekly Napa Rotary meetings (Napa Noon & Napa Sunrise)

Meetings, Events, & Community Activities (on campus) Ongoing, Fall 2015 • Napa Valley Handball and Racquetball, Every Thursday, 5:30-8:30pm, and Saturday, 8:00am-

11:30am (Entire Semester) • Ballet Folklorico with Lilia Navarro, Room 601A, every Saturday from August 1-October 31, 2015,

9:00am-12:00pm • Napa Parks and Recreation Adult Softball League, Softball Field, 6:00-10:30pm, Tuesday, Thursday,

and Friday, September 14-November 8 • Justin Siena High School Water Polo, NVC Pool • Napa Valley Swim Team, NVC Pool • Napa Valley Masters Water Polo, NVC Pool • NVC Robotics Club Open Every Friday, Room 1836, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Fall 2015 • NVC Discovery Club Meetings, Chem Lab (Room 1844), 12:30pm to 1:30pm, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays,

Fall 2015

October • County Board of Supervisors Leadership Training session, October 1 • NVC Men’s Soccer vs. Contra Costa College, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 2 • NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. Yuba College, NVC Gymnasium, 6:00 PM, October 2 • Redwood Empire Baseball League Game, NVC Baseball Fields, 9:00am-5:00pm, October 3 • NVC Performing Arts Masters Series: Brian Simpson, Percussion, Loretta Silvagni Recital Hall,

ticketed event, 3pm, October 4 • Puente Program Ropes Course, Lawn Area in front of Life Sciences Building, 9:00am-12:00pm,

October 4 • Redwood Empire Baseball League Game, NVC Baseball Fields, 9:00am-5:00pm, October 4


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• Team Building, Department of State Hospitals-Napa, McCarthy Library, Community Room, 8:00am to 1:00pm, October 7

• Joint INDABA with Puente Program, NVC Community Room, 9:30am to 12:15pm, October 8 • EOPS Financial Literacy Workshop, Room 830, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, October 8 • NVC Phi Theta Kappa Meeting, 800 Building Room 838, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, October 8 • Regular Meeting of the NVC Board of Trustees, 5:30pm, October 8 • NVC Writing Center Poetry Reading, McCarthy Library Community Room, 6:00pm-9:00pm,

October 8 • Puente Mentor Training (Mentors Only), McCarthy Library Community Room, 6:00pm-8:00pm,

October 8 • NVC/UC Berkeley Community College Engineering Day, 9:00am to 3:00pm, October 9 • NVC Women’s Soccer vs. Los Medanos College, NVC Soccer Field, 2:00 PM, October 9 • NVC Men’s Soccer vs. Merritt College, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 9 • Educational Workshop, Pacific Educational Services, Inc., Room 2210, 8:30am-3:30pm, October

10 • Napa County Library, 11:00am to 2:00pm, The Plaza (outdoors), October 13 • AAUN, Sexual Assault Awareness, Outside in Front of Library, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, October 13 • NVC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Meeting, Room 1806, 12:30pm, October

13 • Retirement Seminar, Zachary Taylor LLC, McCarthy Library Community Room, 5:30pm to

7:30pm, October 13 and 14 • University of California, IPM, Pesticide Safety Education Program, to deliver fieldworker

pesticide safety information to industry, Upper Valley Campus, St. Helena, Rooms 9A and 9B, 7:00am to 5:pm, October 14

• NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 1: “Early Professional Development” Webinar Session, Room 1807, 4:00pm to 5:30pm, October 14

• NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. Los Medanos College, NVC Gymnasium, 6:00 PM October 14 • Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Proctor State Exam, Room 1632, 6:00pm-10:00pm, October 15 • NVC Faculty Art Show, Building 3700 Lobby Gallery, October 15-30, Opening Reception on

October 22 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm • NVC Women’s Soccer vs. Folsom Lake College, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 16 • NVC Performing Arts Musical: “Some Enchanted Evening- The Songs of Rodgers &

Hammerstein,” NVC PAC Main Theater, Ticketed Event, October 16-25 • Napa Youth Optimist Basketball registration (for 2015-16 season): www.napaoyb.com, NVC

Gym, 6:00pm to 8:00pm on October 13 and 10:00am to 12:00pm on October 17 • Retirement Seminar, Zachary Taylor LLC, McCarthy Library Community Room, 8:30am to

10:30am, October 17 • American Association of University Women-NVC (AAUW-NVC) presents “The Mask You Live In”

film event, NVC Library Community Room, Room 1731, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, October 20 • NVC Women’s Soccer vs. Mendocino College, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 20 • NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. College of Marin, NVC Gymnasium, 6:00 PM, October 21 • UC Application Workshop, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by visiting

Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, October 21 • Napa Emergency Women’s Services, Outreach/Prevention Event, NVC Little Theater, 5:30pm to

8:30pm, October 21 • NVC Faculty Art Show Opening Reception, Building 3700 Lobby Gallery, 4:00pm to 6:00pm,

October 22 • Xito Institute at NVC, 2-Day Educational and Cultural Training, Office of Student Services,

McCarthy Library Community Room, 8:00am-5:00pm, October 22-23 • NVC Robotics Club, Official Club Meeting, Room 1836, 10:00am to 2:00pm, October 23 • NVC Women’s Soccer vs. College of Marin, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 23


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• Napa County Food Day 2015, locally sourced food mini-fair (including free samples), informational panel, and free documentary film screening of Ingredients, NVC Little Theater, 4:00pm to 7:00pm, October 24

• Running Relay Exchange Point, Ragnar Relay Napa Valley, Parking Lot, 2:00am-1:00pm, October 24

• NVC Economic Workforce Development , Bi-Monthly Gathering of NCCPA Partners, NVC McCarthy Library Community Room 1731, 9:00am to 2:00pm, October 26

• NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 2: “Focused Professional Development”, Webinar Session, Room 1807, 4:00pm to 5:30pm, October 26

• HrZ Dart Tag Event, Rooms 930 and 930A, 11:00am-4:00pm , October 26-29 • NVC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Meeting, Room 1806, 12:30pm, October

27 • Info Session: Sonoma State University B.A. in Liberal Studies Program at NVC, NVC Transfer

Center, Room 1335, 4-6pm, October 27 • UC Personal Statement Presentation, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by

visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, October 28 • Puente Noche de Familia, McCarthy Library Community Room, 6:00pm-8:00pm, October 29 • EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs Advisory Committee Meeting, McCarthy Library Community Room,

3:00pm-5:00pm, October 29 • Napa Valley Cooking School Class of 2015 Commencement, Upper Valley Campus (St. Helena),

October 30 • NVC Men’s Soccer vs. Mendocino College, NVC Soccer Field, 4:00 PM, October 30 • NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. Contra Costa College, NVC Gymnasium, 6pm, October 30

November • Upper Valley Family Center & NVC Dia de los Muertos Celebration, Upper Valley Campus,

November 1 • NVC Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) club

meeting, Room 1807, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, November 2 • NVC Women’s Soccer vs. Contra Costa College, NVC Soccer Field, 3:00 PM, November 3 • CSU Application Workshop, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by visiting

Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, November 4 • Napa Valley Give!Guide 2015 Campaign Kick-Off Reception, Paul Ash Lobby, November 4 • “Napa Reads” Feature Author, Dr. Francisco Jimenez, in person with Taking Hold, the fourth

book in a series of fictionalized memoirs documenting Dr. Jimenez’s life in the U.S. as a Mexican immigrant, time and location TBA, November 4

• NVC Performing Arts Masters Series: Roberto Gonzalez & Keith Saunders Jazz Trio, “Frank Sinatra and the Art of the Saloon Song”, PAC Main Hall, ticketed event, 7:30pm, November 4

• Napa Valley College Police, Escalation Workshop, 10:00am to 12:00pm, 1700 Building Room 1731, November 5

• UC Application Workshop, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, November 5

• NVC Women in STEM Empowerment Meeting, MESA (underneath 1800 building), 12:30pm to 1:20pm, November 5

• NVC Men’s Soccer vs. College of Marin, NVC Soccer Field, 3:00 PM, November 6 • NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. Alameda College, NVC Gymnasium, 6:00 PM, November 6 • Educational Workshop, Pacific Educational Services, Inc., Room 2210, 8:30am-3:30pm,

November 7 • NVC Performing Arts Masters Series: “One for My Baby: Frank Sinatra and the Art of the Saloon

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• NVC Men’s Soccer vs. Folsom Lake College, NVC Soccer Field, 3:00 PM, November 10 • NVC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Meeting, Room 1806, 12:30pm,

November 10 • NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 1: “Early Professional Development “ Webinar Session, Room 1807,

4:00pm to 5:30pm, November 11 • UC Personal Statement Presentation, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by

visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, November 12 • Regular Meeting of the NVC Board of Trustees, 5:30pm, November 12 • Puente Professional Night, McCarthy Library Community Room, 6:00pm-8:00pm, November 12 • Napa Valley Film Festival @ Napa Valley College, NVC PAC will be screening venue for 2015

festival with specially discounted day-of RUSH tickets of $10 per show for NVC students, faculty, and staff, 10% discount on Festival Passes as well November 12-15

o Democracy in the Driver’s Seat, 10:00am, November 12 o Home, 10:00am, November 12 o Obituaries, 10:00am, November 12 o Peacock Killer, 10:00am, November 12 o Best Man Wins, 10:00am, November 12 o The Mess, 10:00am, November 12 o City of Gold, 1:30pm, November 12 o Honeyglue, 5:00pm, November 12 o Astraea, 8:30pm, November 12 o Place to Stand, 9:30am, November 13, Poet Jimmy Santiago Baca IN PERSON o The Uncondemned, 1:00pm, November 13 o Outliving Emily, 5:00pm, November 13 o It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, 8:30pm, November 13 o The Little Firemen, 10:00am, November 14 o 120 Days, 1:30pm, November 14 o In the Clouds, 5:00pm, November 14 o Wrong Number, 5:00pm, November14 o Sin Frontera, 5:00pm, November 14 o Tether, 5:00pm, November 14 o Panama Canal Stories, 8:30pm, November 14 o Life Under Siege, 9:30am, November 15 o Finding Noah, 1:00pm, November 15

• NVC Women’s Soccer vs. Yuba College, NVC Soccer Field, 1:00 PM, November 13 • NVC Men’s Soccer vs. Yuba College, NVC Soccer Field, 3:00PM, November 13 • NVC Performing Arts “Zombies from Hell,” Studio Theater, November 13-15 & 20-22 • Girls on the Run Napa Valley 5k, NVC Track & Campus, 7:00am-11:30am, November 14 • Reservations for Napa Valley Cooking School Winter Restaurant, (which runs from December 1st

to December 16th) begins at 9:00am, by calling (707) 967-2903, Cost is $30 per person, November 17

• NVC Women’s Volleyball vs. Laney College, NVC Gymnasium, 6:00 PM, November 17 • UC Application Workshop, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by visiting

Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, November 17 • Napa Valley College Foundation Quarterly Meeting, McCarthy Library Community Room,

4:00pm-6:00pm, November 18 • CSU Application Workshop, Career/Transfer Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Sign up by visiting

Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707.256-7333, November 18 • Chamber Music in Napa Valley – Jupiter String Quartet, Napa Valley College Performing Arts

Center, 7:30pm, November 19 • PhotoEye @ NVC, Robin Lasser, Free Lecture, NVC Boardroom, 6:00pm, November 19


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• NVC Robotics Club, Official Club Meeting, Room 1836, 10:00am to 2:00pm, November 20 • NVC Performing Arts “Zombies from Hell,” Studio Theater, November 20-22 • Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Proctor State Exam, Room 1632, 8:00am-12:00pm, November 21 • Run for Renfrow! Fundraising Fun Run/Walk organized by the NVC Student Veterans

Organization benefiting the NVC Foundation Patti Renfrow Memorial Scholarship Endowment, starts at NVC Track, $10 registration fee, kids under 13 FREE, payable at run/walk check-in, for more info contact Maricel Ignacio, [email protected], 9am-Noon, Saturday, November 21

• NVC Chorale, “Pequeña Misa de Jazz” by Bob Chilcott, NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, November 22

• NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 1: “Early Professional Development” Webinar Session, Room 1807, 4:00pm to 5:30pm, November 23

• NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 2: “Focused Professional Development”, Webinar Session, Room 1807, 4:00pm to 5:30pm, November 30

December • Info Session: Sonoma State University B.A. in Liberal Studies Program at NVC, NVC Transfer

Center, Room 1335, 4-6pm, December 1 • Napa Valley Cooking School Winter Restaurant (Tuesday-Friday at 12:00), December 1-16,

Reservations can be made beginning at 9:00am on November 17th by calling (707) 967 2903, Cost is $30 per person

• NVC MESA, DeepTok Track 1: “Early Professional Development” Webinar Session, Room 1807, 4:00pm to 5:30pm, December 2

• Holiday Party, NVC Classified Senate, McCarthy Library Community Room, 2:00pm-7:00pm, December 2

• NVC Women in STEM Empowerment Meeting, MESA (underneath 1800 building), 12:30pm to 1:20pm, December 3

• Puente Mentor/Mentee/ Family Holiday Celebration, Student Activities Center, 5:00pm-8:00pm, December 3

• NVC Visual Arts Department Scholarship Auction & Reception (in collaboration with NVC Foundation), Visual Arts Center Gallery (3700 Bldg.), 4-6pm

• NVC Writing Center Contest Call for Entries due at 11:00am, any questions please call the Writing Center at 256-7640, December 4

• Educational Workshop, Pacific Educational Services, Inc., Room 2210, 8:30am-3:30pm, December 5

• E & M Presents “Popovich Comedy Pet Theater,” NVC Performing Arts Center, ticketed event: www.eventbrite.com, 11:00am and 2:00pm, December 5

• NVC Vocal Program Voice Recital, NVC PAC Main Theater, 8:00pm, December 5 • North Bay Wind Ensemble, “WhirlWinds,” NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, December 6 • NVC Vocal Program Voice Recital, NVC PAC Main Theater, 8:00pm, December 5 • North Bay Wind Ensemble, “WhirlWinds,” NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, December 6 • NVC Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) club

meeting, Room 1807, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, December 7 • Info Session: Sonoma State University B.A. in Liberal Studies Program at NVC, NVC Transfer

Center, Room 1335, 4-6pm, December 8 • NVC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Meeting, Room 1806, 12:30pm,

December 8 (Potluck) • NVC Donor Holiday Reception (by invitation only), December 8 • Chamber Music in Napa Valley –Takacs String Quartet, Napa Valley College Performing Arts

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• Regular Meeting of the NVC Board of Trustees, 5:30pm, December 10 • NVC Jazz Ensemble “Stormwatch,” “Stocking Full of Swing,” NVC PAC Main Theater, December

11 • SBDC/BEC YEP (Youth Entrepreneurship Program) Business Plan Competition, McCarthy Library

Community Room, December 12 • NVC Orchestra, “Fall Fantasies,” NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, December 13 • NVC KWANZAA Celebration: NVC Student Activity Center, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, December 15

January 2016

• E & M Presents “Sing-A Long FROZEN,” NVC Performing Arts Center, ticketed event: www.eventbrite.com, 2:00pm, January 16

• Napa Valley College Spring Flex Day, All classrooms, Performing Arts Center, and Community Room, 7:00am to 5:00pm, January 19

• NVC Cyber Saturday, Financial Aid Workshop, open to the public, McCarthy LLRC, 10:00am to 1:00pm, January 30

February 2016

• Adult Corrections Graduation, NVC College Criminal Justice Training Center, Little Theater, 12:00pm-4:00pm, February 13

• Napa Valley College Foundation Quarterly Meeting, McCarthy Library Community Room, 4:00pm-6:00pm, February 17

• PhotoEye @ NVC, Lewis DeSoto, Free Lecture, Location TBA, 6:00pm, February 18 • NVC Performing Arts Masters Series: Joe Galambos, Guitar, Loretta C. Silvagni Recital Hall,

ticketed event, 3pm, February 21 • NVC “Super Saturday” Financial Aid Workshops (in Spanish & English), FAFSA completion and tax

return completion assistance, Dream Act application assistance, open to the public, McCarthy LLRC (Library) Building 1700, 10:00am to 2:00pm, February 27

March 2016

• “Guys and Dolls” musical by Frank Loesser, NVC PAC Main Theater, March 4-20 • Wine Country Hospitality Symposium, advance registration required, Upper Valley Campus,

March 22 April 2016

• NVC Performing Arts Masters Series: Roberto Gonzalez & Keith Saunders Jazz Trio, “Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and the Cotton Club”, PAC Main Hall, ticketed event, 7:30pm, April 3

• COPE Family Center Event, NVC PAC, April 6 • Shakespeare Napa Valley Touring Production “Pericles,” April 8-16 • NVC Chorale “Lord Nelson Mass” by Franz Joseph Haydn, NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, April

17 • PhotoEye @ NVC, Geir & Kate Jorhahl, Free Lecture, Location TBA, 6:00pm, April 21 • NVC Financial Aid “It’s Not Too Late” Workshop, open to the public, FAFSA and general financial

aid assistance for 2016-2017, McCarthy LLRC, 10am-1pm, April 23 • NVC Wind Ensemble Concert, Timbres and Textures, NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, April 24

May 2016

• NVC Music, Voice Recital, NVC PAC Main Theater, 8:00pm, May 7 • E & M Presents “Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience,” NVC Performing Arts Center, ticketed

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• NVC Music, Spring Guitar Ensemble Concert, Loretta C. Silvagni Recital Hall), 7:00pm, May 12 • NVC Annual Student Art Show Opening Reception, Building 3700 Lobby Gallery, 4:00 pm to

6:00pm, May 12 • NVC Jazz Band, Cool Jazz, NVC PAC Main Theater, 8:00pm, May 13 • • NVC Orchestra Concert, Symphonic Evolution, NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, May 15 • Napa Valley College Foundation Quarterly Meeting, McCarthy Library Community Room,

4:00pm-6:00pm, May 18 • NVC Scholarship Ceremony, NVC PAC, 6:00pm, May 26 • Commencement on the Green 2016, 6:00pm, May 27 • Memorial Day, Campus Closed, May 30

Resource Development New and Upcoming Grant Opportunities & Awards

o US Department of Education Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant AWARDED $2.652 million, distributed over a five year period, in support of increasing

institutional capacity to serve all students and specifically Hispanic students, including Dual Language courses and increased student support services

o NASA STEM Education Grant AWARDED $250,000 grant to support of curriculum development in the STEM fields,

Sonoma State University is fiscal lead for this multi-year grant with NVC’s Erin Quealy as NVC PI

Current Student Club Fundraising Activities (on and off campus) • Current club campaigns (donations received by DAS):

o AAUW (for outreach to young women studying in the STEM fields) o Psych Tech Cohort (for commencement related expenses) o Puente Club (for special projects and field trips) o Student Vets (working with and through NVC Foundation): “Run for Renfrow” in support

of NVCF Patty Renfrow Memorial Scholarship Endowment, Nov. 21, NVC Track, advance registration through EventBrite

o Napa Valley College Tennis Club (for physical improvements to the tennis courts) Identified as community beneficiary of 2015 Silverado D1 Men's Invitational

Tennis Tournament at Silverado Country Club (anticipated donation of $3,000), September 10-13

OIA Active District Auxiliary Services Direct Appeal Campaigns

o Wine Country Hospitality Symposium 2016 o NVC SBDC/BEC: Access to Capital (Sponsorship) o Storm Athletic Teams NOTE: 2015 NVC Storm Classic Golf Fun Day at Chardonnay Golf Club on

September 25 has been postponed, new date pending o NVC Performing Arts Programs o Viticulture and Winery Tech o Shakespeare NV (direct appeal letter anticipated for late April 2016) o NV Writers’ Conference o NVC SBDC/BEC YEP Program o NVC Tennis Court Improvements

Napa Valley College Foundation

• NVC Foundation Endowment o Account balance as of August 31, 2015: $7,578,204 (please note: this figure includes

both temporarily restricted and permanently restricted/formally endowed funds)


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• Significant Recent Non-Endowed Scholarship Support Received o Soliday Family ($3,000 in support of increasing annual scholarship award from family’s

existing memorial scholarship endowment) o NV Grapegrowers Farmworkers Educational Fund ($10,000 for second year of $20,000

scholarship for NVC transfer student now attending UC Davis in Viticulture, Enology, and Fermentation)

• Scholarship Fundraising Events o Run for Renfrow! Fundraising Fun Run/Walk organized by the NVC Student Veterans

Organization benefiting the NVC Foundation Patti Renfrow Memorial Scholarship Endowment, starts at NVC Track, $10 registration fee, kids under 13 FREE, payable at run/walk check-in, for more info contact Maricel Ignacio, [email protected], 9am-Noon, Saturday, November 21

o NVC Visual Arts Department Silent Auction & Reception, Visual Arts Center Gallery (3700 Building), show will run Nov. 30-Dec. 4 and conclude with reception and sale of works in support of an NVC Visual Arts Department Scholarship for NVC Art Student from 4-6pm on December 3

Additional Upcoming Calendar Dates of Note at Napa Valley College For more detailed information, please visit www.napavalley.edu

October 2015 • Priority Registration, Priority A (45 to 100 units), October 27 • Priority Registration, Priority O, October 20

November 2015

• Priority Registration, Priority B (30 to 44.9 units), November 3 • Priority Registration, Priority C (15 to 29.9 units), November 10 • Veteran’s Day, Campus Closed, November 11 • Priority Registration, Priority D (0 to 14.9 units), November 17 • Priority Registration, Priority E (New Students-Completed SSSP), November 24 • Thanksgiving Recess, Campus Closed, November 26-27

December 2015

• Priority Registration, Priority F (Returning Students), December 1 • Priority Registration, Priority G (Walk-in and High School Students), December 8 • Fall Recess, Campus Closed, December 21-January 1

January 2016

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Campus Closed, January 18 • First Day of Classes Spring 2016, January 20

February 2016

• Washington’s Day, Campus Closed, February 15

May 2016 • Memorial Day, Campus Closed, May 30


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