Future UHV student visits university for first time

Marcus Clayton had never seen the University of Houston-Victoria before he came to freshman orientation for the university’s FIRST 200 on June 23, but once he got on campus, he was pleased.

Marcus Clayton

“I really like it,” he said.

The recent graduate of Northshore High School in Houston plans on staying busy in the fall at UHV by working toward his goal of eventually becoming a mechanical engineer.

“I am looking forward to seeing how it is at college,” he said. “I’ll be focusing on being successful.”

Clayton was involved with both basketball and track at Northshore.

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.