UHV crowns Homecoming king and queen

Cesar Gonzalez, left, and Sophia Solano, right, stand with UHV President Bob Glenn Saturday after they were crowned at Riverside Stadium as the university’s 2019 Homecoming king and queen. Solano, a senior from San Antonio, is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on fourth- to eighth-grade education. Gonzalez, a junior from Rosenberg, is studying to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration in both marketing and management.

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.