UHV faculty, alumna present at regional education conferences

Barba Patton, right, a UHV associate professor of education, and Brittainny Harwell, a UHV alumna who graduated in May, recently presented at the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching in San Antonio. Their workshop, “Motivation Multiplication,” was attended by more than 150 educators. Patton also attended a conference at the same location that was organized by the Association of the Mathematics Teacher Educators of Texas. She gave two presentations – a historical timeline of math problems titled “A Walk in Time” co-authored by Lymeda Singleton, an instructor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, and “Preparing Teacher Candidates for the Classroom: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Test.” Patton attended the association’s business sessions and serves on its executive board as the editor of the newsletter.

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.