UHV business school brings distinguished speaker to Sugar Land

Ron Ledbetter, second from left, spoke Monday in Sugar Land as part of the University of Houston-Victoria School of Business Administration’s Willis Group Distinguished Speaker Series. Ledbetter is vice president of Subsea Systems for Houston-based INTECSEA. Pictured with Ledbetter are, from left, Farhang Niroomand, dean of the UHV School of Business Administration; Dick Phillips, associate vice chancellor of UH Sugar Land and the UH System at Cinco Ranch; and Jeffrey Cass, UHV provost and vice president for academic affairs. Ledbetter talked about undersea oil exploration, research and production.

The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 80 academic programs in the schools of Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; and Education, Health Professions & Human Development. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as an instructional site in Katy, Texas, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. UHV supports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Opportunities for All initiative to increase awareness about state colleges and universities and the important role they have in providing a high-quality and accessible education to an increasingly diverse student population, as well as contributing to regional and state economic development.