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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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UHV faculty member teaches elementary students about math, magic

Ricardo Teixeira, standing right, a UHV assistant professor of mathematics, shows fourth- and fifth-grade Dudley Elementary School students attending the school’s Sept. 20 Math and Magic Club how to do a card trick using mathematics to predict which card is pulled from the deck. Teixeira is spending the school year teaching the students about the mathematics used in magic tricks and helping them prepare for the University Interscholastic League mathematics competition in the spring.

The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region, offers courses leading to more than 65 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs and concentrations in the schools of Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education & Human Development, and Nursing. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus as well as teaching sites in Fort Bend and Harris counties, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. Since its founding in 1973, UHV has provided students with a quality university education from excellent faculty at an affordable price.