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Former Football Star Rodney Webster Provides Academic and Athletic Support for NVC
Before he became a star tailback at 5-foot-10, 185 pounds for Boise State, twice running for over 1,000 yards and earning All-Big Sky Conference honors during the 1981 and 1983 seasons, Rodney Webster had to figure out a way to get his academics in order and to also find a way to get more playing time.
Meet 2020 Valedictorians London Legree and Huzaifa Kamran Khawaja
NVC’s Valedictorian Selection Committee selected London Legree and Huzaifa Kamran Khawaja as the 2020 valedictorians. Since Napa Valley College was unable to host a traditional commencement ceremony this year, we videotaped their speeches and shared them on our website.
Generation Z – Creative Thinkers and Doers
Seniors at American Canyon High School rocked the virtual stage as they competed in the Youth Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition in early June 2020.
Huzaifa Kamran Khawaja
Twenty-two-year-old Huzaifa Kamran Khawaja has been in the United States for less than three years but has made quite a mark in a short time. In 2017, his father, a retired Pakistani Air Force logistics officer and his mother, a homemaker, immigrated with the family from Pakistan, when Huzaifa was in the midst of completing his A-levels, roughly equivalent to a college-prep high school in the United States.
COVID Adds Twist to 2020 STEMposium
Even as COVID-19 and the stay-at-home orders necessitated great changes this spring, including closing the campus and canceling or postponing of classes and events, NVC students and staff continued to innovate and learn.