The University of Houston-Victoria, along with other University of Houston System schools, recently has joined a partnership with the Amazon Career Choice Program to help Amazon employees complete a higher education degree.
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Victoria College will offer prospective and current students an opportunity to start or finalize their preparations for the upcoming fall 2022 semester with a Super Saturday event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Student Services Building on VC’s Main Campus.
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A University of Houston-Victoria student branch of an international technological society recently hosted its inaugural international conference, bringing participants from a dozen countries together to discuss artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Armando Chávez-Rivera, a University of Houston-Victoria associate professor of Spanish, recently received an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.
The Victoria Generals are offering a Free Ticket Night – compliments of Victoria College – on Thursday for the team’s Texas Collegiate League baseball game against the Seguin River Monsters at Riverside Stadium.
Recently, a University of Houston-Victoria staff member was nominated to be a board member on the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region III.
The University of Houston-Victoria has awarded 514 degrees to undergraduate and graduate students who completed their coursework during the spring semester.
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Victoria College's board of trustees prepared for the process of adopting the 2022 college tax rate next month in their meeting on Monday.
The University of Houston-Victoria has released the names of undergraduate students who made its spring 2022 President’s and Deans’ lists.
The Fall 2022 schedule will include over 60 classes including a trip to Spoetzl Brewery, weekly pickleball and mah-jongg open play, painting classes, Texas Master Naturalist series, monthly lunch meet ups, and much more.
VC’s Physical Therapist Assistant Program leads to a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree. Successful completion of the program enables graduates to take the National Physical Therapist Assistant Licensing Examination.
Mariah Massengill, a UHV alumna who recently received her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, will begin in August as a student in the Asian Theatre doctoral program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She will soon join the internationally recognized program for the study and practice of Asian performance.
Q: Do I still have time to apply for admission for the fall semester?
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Most students who attend the University of Houston-Victoria don’t end up with a bachelor's degree, but they do end up with debt. It’s a problem the school is working on improving, the university's administration says.
Victoria College’s Associate Degree Nursing Program honored 27 spring 2022 graduates during a Pinning Ceremony on May 12 at Victoria College’s Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts.
Victoria College’s Museum of the Coastal Bend will host “KIDStory Saturdays” in July and August.
Q: I enjoyed the previous exhibits that were in the UHV Library, including the Black History Month collection of historical photos and the student art exhibit in April. When will the next exhibit be available?
A University of Houston-Victoria faculty member and UHV students are helping to conduct research on technologies including artificial intelligence for the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of a $300,000 federal contract awarded to the faculty member and other national laboratories.
In the fall, University of Houston-Victoria students will have access to a range of new business concentrations and graduate certificates in areas that will enable graduates to pursue careers in area industries.
Once again, the readers of the Katy Times have named the University of Houston-Victoria the best college to attend in the Katy area.
Amy Mundy, Victoria College executive director of advancement and the VC Foundation, was elected to serve on the Texas Association of Community College Foundations (TACCF) Board of Directors at the organization’s annual conference.
Isa Alstrom and Brody Guajardo worked together Tuesday to build a robot and create a program that will allow the robot to detect colors using sensors during the University of Houston-Victoria’s High School Robotics Summer Camp. The 15-year-old St. Joseph High School students are entering the…
Victoria College has recognized the outstanding academic performance of 107 students by naming them to the spring 2022 dean’s list.
Campers will be taught fundamental skills and advanced-level technical training to further develop and challenge their skills.
A University of Houston-Victoria administrator and an alumna have been named to the Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list out of hundreds of nominations of business professionals and community leaders from the Houston area, the publication recently announced.
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New students filtered into UHV's University Commons building and were met by a group of enthusiastic orientation leaders, the upperclassmen students who help their younger classmates get acclimated to their new environment.
The Summer Memories: A Historical Exhibit, will be on the third floor of the UHV Library from July 5-Aug. 26.
The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university woul…
The students listed on the President’s Honor Roll at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville are undergraduates who have achieved a 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize the following student…
McNeese State University conferred degrees on 756 graduates during the 158 th commencement ceremonies May 13 in Burton Coliseum.
Bethany College, in Lindsborg, Kansas, has named 213 students to the Academic Dean’s Honor Roll for spring 2022. Students must be enrolled full-time with a semester grade point average of at least 3.50, to qualify. To qualify for the academic honor, students must be enrolled full-time and ea…
Midwestern State University recognized 1,040 honor students for the Spring 2022 semester. The President’s Honor Roll included 426 students, the Provost’s Honor Roll included 284 students and the Dean’s Honor Roll included 330 students.
A local student graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, in Spring 2022.
The following area students received degrees during the 2022 Spring semester at Sam Houston State University.
Toward the end of 2021, Morgen Glenn sent out applications for several summer fellowships and internships and hoped for the best.
Members of the University of Houston-Victoria Rotaract Club and Victoria East High School Interact Club pose with school supply kits made for elementary students and teachers.
Q: Last year, my son attended a summer camp at UHV where he learned about robotics and programming. Will there be more camps this year?
Victoria College’s Board of Trustees recently honored three longtime faculty members with the title of professor emeritus. Chris Kallus, Mary Mayes and Marty Stockbauer retired at the end of the spring semester and were recognized at VC’s Commencement Ceremonies on May 14.
As a student teacher this past semester who excelled in the classroom, Lacey Robins was honored for her outstanding fieldwork during her placement as a student teacher working to enter the teaching profession.
Victoria-area residents can get free tickets to the June 20 Victoria Generals collegiate league baseball game sponsored by the University of Houston-Victoria.
For many in the field of technology and computer science, the future doesn’t exist without artificial intelligence. That was the topic of discussion and interest at the AI & the Future of Houston Conference in April, where professionals and science educators, including University of Hous…
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Victoria College's Board of Trustees met Wednesday afternoon to review the college's finances and a preliminary version of the upcoming budget.
Pam and Bob Hill have created the Marty Stockbauer Endowment through the Victoria College Foundation to benefit VC students seeking an Associate of Applied Science degree in network engineering technology and cloud computing. The endowment was named in honor of Bob Hill’s sister and long-tim…
Thirteen students recently graduated from Victoria College’s Emergency Medical Services Program with a paramedic certificate.
Victoria College will offer a ceramics class for beginners on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 7 to July 28 at VC’s Main Campus.
Newly inducted members of Nu Gamma Nu, the University of Houston-Victoria’s chapter of the Beta Beta Beta national biology honor society, pose for a photograph April 19 during the annual induction ceremony. Requirements for invitation to membership include being an undergraduate biology stud…
For a winning group of University of Houston-Victoria Master of Business Administration students, a semester-long business analysis has proven to be more than just a group project. The four-person group left the 29th UHV College of Business Master of Business Administration Case Conference f…
Mark Ward Sr., an associate professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria, was named the 2022 Outstanding Scholar in Communication Theory by the Southern States Communication Association.
Members and friends of the Latino community celebrated Cinco de Mayo this month with a silent auction to raise money for a new scholarship fund.
Yonghui Wang builds bridges through bilingual instruction — a talent recently recognized by the middle school office of the Houston Independent School District, which named her Bilingual Teacher of the Year.
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