Dennis Gittinger Endowed Scholarship for Math

(All College Scholarships and Program Funds, Code 400036)

This scholarship is for students with potential to excel in math and was created by our amazing instructor Dennis Gittinger, who continues to serve students every day at Northwest Vista College.

From La reVista Articles:

Dennis started his career at a local middle school but soon found his way to the Alamo Colleges and eventually landed at Northwest Vista College.

Despite having some fancy titles with NVC along the way, Dennis has always considered himself a math teacher at heart.

He had been with the St. Philip’s Math Department for 25-and-a-half years when he was invited by the chancellor at that time to be an academic cluster leader at NVC. At first he declined the offer because he liked teaching at St. Philip’s and was having fun, but he soon realized the opportunity in helping a college get started.

Dennis said a lot has changed in the 50+ years he’s been teaching.

It’s not common that someone stays in their job for 50 years, but one NVC faculty member has achieved that milestone – Dennis Gittinger.

His golden anniversary was recently celebrated at the new Cedar Elm STEM Center with nearly 100 of his colleagues, friends and family. Alamo Colleges Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores and NVC Interim President Debi Gaitan also was present for the occasion to wish him congratulations.

Even more special, his former student travelled from Houston to give a speech at the event - read more by clicking below:

Dennis Gittinger Celebrates 50 Years - La reVista Article