Every student has a moment when they are on the giving or receiving end of a teacher’s kindness. The situation or circumstance may be totally different from the third-grade student’s story in my previous column. Your story might not have been in a small rural town or in the suburbs of a larg…
Victoria Police Chief Roberto Arredondo Jr. speaks at the Victoria College Law Enforcement Academy's graduation ceremony Wednesday night. Video: VC Law Enforcement Academy Commencement Address
Victoria College’s Museum of the Coastal Bend is honoring Black History Month by introducing the inspiring story of George McJunkin into the “13,000 Years” component of the permanent exhibits at the museum.
The University of Houston-Victoria recently announced that Jeff Blodgett, a marketing professor and leader in the campus community, has stepped into the role of interim dean of the College of Business.
The University of Houston-Victoria will feature a Houston-based soul singer-songwriter who will take the audience through history in the form of song and storytelling during a public event for Black History Month.
Victoria College has recognized the outstanding academic performance of 128 students by naming them to the fall 2022 dean’s list.
The University of Houston-Victoria has released the names of undergraduate students who made its fall 2022 president’s and deans’ lists.
Within the next several years, the University of Houston-Victoria will offer three new minors that will focus on interdisciplinary areas including race, gender and disability studies, as the result of a national endowment grant to the university.
Parking lots were full. Classrooms were packed to the brim, and students were socializing and studying at the two college student centers.
When Elaine Brown steps in as a recently elected Hays County Court-at-Law judge, she will be armed with a combined knowledge of law and counseling, as the result of her years practicing law and professional counseling.
After several weeks of studying, researching, practicing and perfecting their presentation, a group of graduate students rose to the top of the competition during the 30th University of Houston-Victoria College of Business Master of Business Administration Case Conference.
Whether it was students enrolling in community college for the first time or students returning after a few years, the students of Victoria College took advantage of the college's resources being made available at the event with the spring semester's noon Thursday registration deadline approaching.
Q: I heard UHV has a food pantry for students, and I would like to help. Could you tell me more about it?
Legislators are working with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to turn the Texas Commission on Community College Finance's recommendations into actual legislation.
For Serife Turan, receiving a scholarship that included membership into the Texas Association of School Psychologists meant access to a plethora of networking and educational opportunities.
The Victoria College Foundation recently awarded nearly $15,000 in grant funding to five Victoria College departments.
The University of Houston-Victoria received a $10,000 donation from two Victoria businesses after the university exceeded its goal of 300 donors during its seventh annual Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 29.
Zawadzki taught special education at UHV since the university opened in 1973 until his retirement in 2000, rising from an assistant professor to an associate professor and eventually a full professor.
Mother Teresa – a woman known for running hospices, soup kitchens and orphanages in India – has been credited as saying no child should be “unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody. I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to…
Students at the University of Houston-Victoria will have access to paid internships and nursing scholarships as part of a pair of grants from the Trull Foundation.
Middle and high school students of the Crossroads can continue to look forward to summer robotics camps and other computer science activities at the University of Houston-Victoria, as the result of a $30,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation.
Counselors are invited to learn more about the field and discuss relevant topics at the University of Houston-Victoria at Katy instructional site this spring and summer, as part of a partnership between the university and the Fort Bend Counseling Association.
Victoria College has released its spring 2023 Workforce & Continuing Education schedule.
Victoria's school district and the University of Houston-Victoria are working together to address issues facing both institutions by placing UHV education students in district classrooms.
Francisco Pecina, an audit supervisor at Cascos & Associates, told the board that the college's financial statements represent its financial position fairly, and said that position was "strong."
The college's Law Enforcement Academy is a five month program, culminating in the state licensing exam, which tests cadets based on the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement's standards.
Victoria College recognized 24 students during its 19th annual National Adult Education Honor Society Induction Ceremony on Oct. 14 at VC’s Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts.
For most of the fall semester, Iris Arriaga and her teammates spent hours creating strategies and analyzing various business components of a major company for the 31st University of Houston-Victoria Bachelor of Business Administration Case Conference on Nov. 19. Their hard work paid off that…
Art enthusiasts will have the opportunity this month to meet the authors of a new book celebrating the history and significance of the Rockport-Fulton art colony and meet the cover artist during a book-signing event hosted by the University of Houston-Victoria.
Mark Ward Sr., a University of Houston-Victoria professor of communication, encountered a “God problem” in his research on communication in religious settings. Should his research allow the possibility that God speaks? He explores the question in “God Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Commun…
The Victoria College Foundation recently awarded nearly $15,000 in grant funding to five Victoria College departments.
University of Houston-Victoria graduates and faculty members from the UHV College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and College of Natural & Applied Science are ready to walk the stage Saturday morning at UHV commencement ceremony. UHV hosted two ceremonies Saturday to celebrate fall…
University of Houston-Victoria students listen to a speech by UHV President Bob Glenn Nov. 28 during the UHV College of Education & Health Profession’s Student Teacher Induction Ceremony at UHV Katy. The education college hosted two ceremonies: one in Katy on Monday and one in Victoria o…
For University of Houston-Victoria education students, by the time they graduate from the university, they will begin their teaching career on a level comparable to a second-year teacher, as part of a new residency program that allows more time developing skills in a classroom environment.
Dysocheata Van is someone who is driven to do her best in everything she does. With her hard work ethic and love for learning, she was able to attain high grades and earn her place on honors lists and academic honor societies.
Q: I need to apply for admission for the spring semester. Do I still have time?
The University of Houston-Victoria spent the evening of Nov. 10 celebrating the achievements of the past year and thanking its supporters as part of the 2021-2022 UHV Annual Report event.
Throughout the tour, Para emphasized how humans who lived thousands of years ago are not actually that different from those of us alive today.
Q: Does UHV have a way to share information about the previous year with the public?
Business owners are invited to find out more about how to hire University of Houston-Victoria students for internships and other opportunities through a free webinar at the end of November.
The Victoria College Foundation recently awarded nearly $15,000 in grant funding to five Victoria College departments.
For Eunice Adu-Gyamfi, feeling at home is more than being at a certain location or place. The University of Houston-Victoria graduate student from Ghana has felt more at home at the university and in Victoria now that her sister, Josephine Adu-Gyamfi, has started her undergraduate journey at…
For Fatima Sanchez, art is a way to decompress and get away from school-related stress, and now it also is helping the University of Houston-Victoria graduate student pay for her education.
The recommended changes, which are expected to be taken up by the Texas Legislature after it returns in January, would tie the majority of funding to “measurable outcomes,” like degrees, certificates, dual credit course completions and transfers to four-year universities. They also recommend that the legislature increase funding for grants and financial aid efforts.
Area high school students and their families can discover opportunities to make college more affordable on Thursday when the University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria College and other GenTX-Victoria partners present GenTX Way to Pay Day.
Victoria College will offer a Core Curriculum: Introductory Craft Skills course from 6 to 10 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 3-Feb. 9 in Room 223 of the Industrial Training Center at VC’s Emerging Technology Complex.
When Harold “Sonny” White prepares his speech for the University of Houston-Victoria’s fall 2022 commencement ceremonies, he wants to share experiences that will both encourage students and give them effective tools for the future.
The Museum of the Coastal Bend will host an Atlatl Turkey Shoot on Thursday and Saturday.
Registration for Victoria College’s traditional spring 2023 classes – those that lead to a degree, certificate or university transfer – is now underway and will run through 5 p.m. Jan. 12.
Nixon-Smiley High School took first place in Victoria College’s 2022 Welding Rodeo on Nov. 4 at VC’s William Wood Building.
University of Houston-Victoria faculty, staff, students and community members will have the opportunity to learn more about the university’s international student population and their home countries during International Education Week, a weeklong celebration of cultures from around the world.
The exhibition includes works from students in the college's arts classes, as well as students in some Victoria middle schools.
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Patricia Zmeskal said:
I was sorry to read about Marshall today. He lived a long life. Sympathies to the family. Pat Zmeskal (my mother Lydia was married to Merle)
Mary Bowden said:
Alene, please accept our condolences. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. Mary and John Bowden.
David Thompson said:
Eddie, please accept our Condolences, Sympathies, and Prayers on the passing of Anna during this time of loss.
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Gloria Wallace said:
Condolences to your Family from The Wallace Family! I shall Pray for you ALL!
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