A&M-Victoria honors lives lost during 9/11

Emiliano Ramirez, a freshman pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics, left, and Jim Nelson, Texas A&M University-Victoria interim president, right, work together along with others to plant American flags on the university's lawn on Sept. 11. Faculty, staff and students gathered to plant 300 flags on the lawn to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001.

Texas A&M University-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 50 academic programs in the colleges of Business, Education & Health Professions, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, and Natural & Applied Science. A&M-Victoria provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as online classes that students can take from anywhere. The university 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.