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Strategic Communications and Resource Development Report November 12, 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 October 15 – October 30, 2015 • Homepage visits (hits): 60,070 (compared to 55,391 visits for the same time period in 2014) • 28,629 users (compared to 27,034 for same time period in 2014) • 165,843 page views (compared to 179,279 for same time period in 2014) – Global site wide

number • 62.6% of users are return users, 37.4% new for this period in 2015 (compared to 67.2% return

user, 32.8% new for this period in 2014) Direct Mailings

• NVC Performing Arts Center: Music Napa Valley season (sent to all past ticket subscribers) • Spring Enrollment 2016 Postcards – 45,000 printed, 43,000 directly mailed to all residential

postal customers in Napa County o Postcard #1, delivered mid-October: general info about college’s degree and certificate

offerings, priority registration dates & financial aid Super Saturday reminder o Postcard #2, delivered fourth week of November (Thanksgiving): general enrollment –

“A Quality Education Starts Here”, Spring 2016 instruction start date, FastPath o Postcard #3, delivered first week of January: Bilingual, CTE focus --“Do You Need Job

Skills or Career Technical Education?” Printed Collateral

o Abridged Schedule of Classes (5,000 printed for community distribution throughout Napa County in late October and November)

Social Media • Multiple daily posts in NVC main Facebook and Instagram and Tweets/Re-Tweets on Twitter

o Facebook friends as of 11/10/15: 2,391 (up from 2,364 in October) o Average weekly Facebook “reach” of 3,000 for the last 30 days (average # of weekly

engagements: 250) o Twitter followers as of 11/10/15: 484 (up from 454 in October) o Instagram followers as of 11/10/15: 500 (from 476 in October) o Weekly E-mail promotions to “Friends of NVC” list via Constant Contact (4,300 active

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

o LinkedIn: 6,288 alumni as of 11/10/15 (up from 6,247 in October) o NVC Communicate: no messages sent in October 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 (delayed)

• New place-making flags along frontage road (NVC logo and BestColleges.com ranking): installed • Sandwich board signage on campus (Proud to be NVC! Recognized by BestColleges.com as # 1

Two-Year College in California): September-July

Napa Valley College Board of Trustees November 12, 2015, Regular Meeting Agenda Item 7.4 .

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Paid Advertising • Sonoma State Star (student newspaper): October & November (half page ad promoting

BestColleges.com rating & NVC for general education/transfer requirements)

• Pandora Radio: scripted audio announcements promoting NVC Spring 2016 enrollment and

recognition by BestColleges.com running week of November 23 through mid-January (2,569,853 impressions to approximately 142,358 of Pandora users ages 18-40 residing in Sonoma, Solano, and Napa counties)


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• Napa Valley Marketplace: 42,000 residential direct mail within Napa County November (full page spring enrollment promotion)

December: (full page ad)

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


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• Fil-Am Star: weekly for first three weeks of December (quarter page), total print run of 25,000 (6,500 of which are distributed to North Bay Filipino-American communities – Fairfield, Novato, American Canyon, Vacaville, San Pablo, Vallejo)

• 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: 1,000-3,000 views


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• Cinemark Napa (pre-show ads):; December 1-April (promoting spring 2016 & BestColleges.com recognition)

• 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)

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

• ESL classes at the Calistoga Farmworkers Housing Center (on site), July-November 2015 • NVUSD Nor-Cal Recruiters Summit, November 9 • Campus Tours & Visits

Visit/tour guide volunteers are NEEDED, contact Jolie SanClair in the NVC Welcome Center to volunteer

o Redwood Middle School AVID Program, 8:00am-3:00pm, November 30 o Napa County middle schools have begun to explore tours for spring 2016 (250+

students from each school) Redwood Middle School, March 1 Redwood Middle School, March 18

• American Canyon HS o Concurrent Enrollment Info Sessions for students

November 18 December 12 December 9

• NVC Financial Aid “Cyber Saturday,” computer lab assistance with FAFSA application completion, open to the general public, McCarthy Library Computer Lab (upstairs), 10am-1pm, January 30

• 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,

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o Calistoga High School (English & Spanish language presentations), 6pm-8pm, February 11

o John Finney High School, 6pm-8pm, Vallejo, February 18 • STEM Outreach (ongoing)

o Vintage HS 9am to 12pm, Mondays o American Cyn. HS 1pm to 4pm, Mondays o Valley Oak HS 8: 30am to 10am, Tuesdays o Vintage HS 10:30am to 2pm, Tuesdays o New Tech HS 9am to 10:30am, Wednesdays o Napa HS 10:30am to 2pm, Wednesdays o NVC Office Work 9am to 11am, Thursdays o Napa HS 11am to 3pm, Thursdays

• NVC Criminal Justice Program o Open House, NVC Track and Field, Ballfield, & Center 8:00am-4:00pm, June 18

Resource Development New and Upcoming Grant Opportunities & Awards

• No new grants to report

Fundraising Events • NVC Holiday Reception (donor appreciation & cultivation event by invitation only), Churchill

Manor (RSVP required), December 8 • Whole Foods “Shop & Support” Day (5% of day’s sales of North Napa store contributed to NVC

Viticulture & Winery Technology program): all day December 9, 2015 • NVC Viticulture & Winery Technology Post Harvest Networking Event @ the Napa General Store:

6-9pm, Saturday, December 12 ($15 per person, RSVP requested, but not required to [email protected])

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 (dine and donate at Don Perico’s 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) Donation received from Silverado Country Club

OIA Active District Auxiliary Services Direct Appeal Campaigns

o Wine Country Hospitality Symposium 2016 o NVC SBDC/BEC: Access to Capital (Sponsorship) o NVC SBDC/BEC: Youth Entrepreneurship Program/YEP Business Plan Competition (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 Tennis Court Improvements


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Napa Valley College Foundation • NVC Foundation Endowment

o Account balance as of September 30, 2015: $7,402,594 (please note: this figure includes both temporarily restricted and permanently restricted/formally endowed funds)

• Annual Membership Campaign (October-December) for Friends of NVC Foundation (Unrestricted) Support

o Targeted campaign goal: $28,000 ($10,000 received to date in 2015 campaign) • 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 Demos Art Sale& Reception, Visual Arts Center Gallery (3700 Building), show will run Nov. 30-Dec. 4 and conclude with reception and sale of works produced in the classroom as demonstrations by professors Fain Hancock (drawings) and Rhue Bruggeman (ceramics) in support of an NVC Visual Arts Department Scholarship for NVC art students, 4-6pm on December 3

• NVC STARS/Award Spring Online Scholarship Application Period opens, https://napavalley.starsscholarshipsonline.com/STARS, December 7 (closes at midnight on February 2, 2016)

• NVC Holiday Reception (joint NVC DAS & NVCF donor appreciation & cultivation event by invitation only), Churchill Manor (RSVP required), December 8

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

• NVC Storm Softball Alumnae Game (NV Register) • Run for Renfrow (NV Register) • Interview with Paul Gospodarczyk (Paul Franson blog) • Lessons Learned from Umpqua Shooting – Ken Arnold (NV Register) • NVC Human vs. Zombies Club & Zombies in Hell Improv at NVC (NV Register) - forthcoming • NVC Student Tonie Scroggin: NVC Women in STEM & NVC Robotics Club (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, regular & ongoing) • NV Register Faces & Places (ongoing) • 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 4,300 active contacts (average open rate of 27%)


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Off Campus Community Involvement & General Community Outreach

• 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) • 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-1:30pm, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, Fall

2015 • Napa OCD Support Group Meeting, Free, Drop-in, New members welcome,

www.napaocdgroup.com, 800 Building, Room 830, First Saturday of the month 10:00am-11:15am; Third Wednesday of the month 7:00pm-8:15pm

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

Song” Roberto Gonzalez & the Keith Saunders Jazz Trio, NVC PAC Main Theater, ticketed event, 7:30pm, November 8


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• NVC Social Sciences Department presents guest speaker Jessica Lynn, NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm-6:30pm, November 9

• 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 College Police Director Ken Arnold, Brown Bag Talk – Umpqua College Shooting, McCarthy

Library Community Room, 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 • Scholarship Information Workshop (organized by NVC Phi Theta Kappa), open to all students,

McCarthy Library Community Room, 12:30pm-3:00pm, 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 • NV Film Festival Education Program Campus Visit by poet and documentary film A Place to Stand

subject, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Puente class and Humanities class, NVC Studio Theater, November 12

• NVC UMOJA INDABA, Class Activity-Cultural Cuisine, McCarthy Library Community Room, 9:30am-12:30pm, 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 “Improv Zombies from Hell,” Studio Theater, 8:00pm for the Friday and

Saturday performances, 2:00pm for the Sunday performances, November 13-15, and 20-22 • Girls on the Run Napa Valley 5k, NVC Track & Campus, 7:00am-11:30am, November 14


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• Napa County Environmental Education Committee presents the film “Just Eat It”, ticketed event, NVC Little Theater, 7:00pm, November 16

• 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

• American Canyon Family Resource Center, resources information, 9:00am-12:00pm, McCarthy Library Plaza, 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 • Golden Gate University Representative visit at NVC, Transfer Center (Appointments), 11:00am-

1:00pm, Sign up by visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707-256-7333, November 17

• Sacramento State University Representative visit at NVC, Transfer Center, 10:00am-12:00pm (Drop-ins) and 12:30pm-2:30pm (Appointments), Sign up by visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707-256-7333, November 18

• 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

• UC Davis Representative visit at NVC, Transfer Center, 10:00am-2:30pm (Appointments only), Sign up by visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707-256-7333, November 19

• UC Santa Cruz Representative visit at NVC, Transfer Center, 10:00am-1:30pm (Appointments Only), Sign up by visiting Career/Transfer Center in the 1300 building or call 707-256-7333, November 19

• Grand Canyon University Representative visit at NVC, Table in the McCarthy Library Plaza, 10:00am-1:00pm (Drop-ins), November 19

• 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 • 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 Blood Drive, Bloodmobile, www.bloodheroes.com Sponsor code: NVC or call the Student Health Center to make an appointment (707) 256-7780, McCarthy Library Plaza, 9:30am-1:30pm, November 24

• NVC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Meeting, Room 1806, 12:30pm, November 24

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


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• NVC Visual Arts Demo$ Art Sale Exhibition, Building 3700 Lobby Gallery, November 30-December 3 (sales of artwork only on December 3)

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 UMOJA INDABA Class Activity-Cultural Cuisine, McCarthy Library Community Room, 9:30am-12:30pm, December 3

• NVC Visual Arts Department Demo$ Art Sale and Closing Reception, Free, refreshments served, original drawings and ceramics for sale ($20-$50), proceeds benefit NVC art student scholarships, 3700 Building Lobby Gallery, 4:00pm-6:00pm, December 3

• 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 • NVC STARS/Award Spring Online Scholarship Application Period opens,

https://napavalley.starsscholarshipsonline.com/STARS, 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) • Chamber Music in Napa Valley –Takacs String Quartet, Napa Valley College Performing Arts

Center, 7:30pm, December 8 • NVC UMOJA KWANZAA Celebration: NVC Student Activity Center, 6:00pm-8:00pm, December

10 • 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 • NVC, Networking Women and Equality Support, McCarthy Library Community Room, 4:00pm-

8:00pm, December 11 • SBDC/BEC YEP (Youth Entrepreneurship Program) Business Plan Competition, McCarthy Library

Community Room, December 12


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• NVC Viticulture’s Winery Technology (VWT) Post-Harvesting Networking Event, $15 per person (includes appetizers and wine tastings), Napa General Store, 6:00pm-9:00pm, December 12

• NVC Orchestra, “Fall Fantasies,” NVC PAC Main Theater, 3:00pm, December 13 • NVC, Office of Student Services, Planning Board Retreat for NAFSA Conference in March 2016,

9:30am-2:30pm, 1700 Building McCarthy Library Community Room, December 16

2016 January

• NVC’s Upper Valley Campus in St. Helena Trips and Tours Informational Meeting, Room 838, 2:00pm-4:00pm, January 6

• NVC Criminal Justice Training Center, Family Orientation, NVC Little Theater in the 1200 Building, 8:00am-1:00pm, January 9

• 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 STARS/Award Spring Online Scholarship Assistance in NVC Writing Center, January 25-29 • NVC Cyber Saturday, Financial Aid Workshop, open to the public, McCarthy LLRC, 10:00am to

1:00pm, January 30 February

• NVC STARS/Award Spring Online Scholarship Application period CLOSES at midnight, https://napavalley.starsscholarshipsonline.com/STARS, February 2

• 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 International Education Study Abroad Program: Spanish in Spain Summer 2016,

http://www.napavalley.edu/Academics/StudyAbroad/Pages/welcome.aspx , program registration deadline, February 22

• 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

• “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

• 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 Criminal Justice Training Center, Family Orientation, NVC Little Theater in the 1200

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• 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

• NVC VWT Mayfair (early May, date to be determined) • NVCF/NVC McPherson Awards Reception (early May, date to be determined) • 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

event: www.eventbrite.com, 2:00pm and 6:00pm, May 8 • NVC Annual Student Art Show, Building 3700 Lobby Gallery, May 9-20 • 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

June • NVC Police Academy Graduation, Main Gymnasium, 7:00am-1:00pm, June 11 • NVC Criminal Justice Program Open House, NVC Track and Field, Ballfield, & Center, 8:00am-

4:00pm, June 18 July

• NVC Criminal Justice Training Center, Family Orientation, NVC Little Theater in the 1200 Building, 8:00am-1:00pm, July 9

September • NVC Police Academy Graduation, Main Gymnasium, 7:00am-1:00pm, September 10

October • NVC Criminal Justice Training Center, Adult Corrections Graduation, NVC Little Theater in the

1200 Building, 12:00pm-4:00pm, October 21 December 2016 • NVC Police Academy Graduation, Main Gymnasium, 7:00am-1:00pm, December 10 Additional Upcoming Calendar Dates of Note at Napa Valley College For more detailed information, please visit www.napavalley.edu

November 2015 • 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


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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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