A&M-Victoria president connects with students, local leaders
Top: Christian Hardigree, Texas A&M University-Victoria president, talks to a group of students on Nov. 4 near University South. Hardigree started her first day as the university's president on Tuesday. Besides meeting students on campus, Hardigree spent the morning meeting Sheila Collazo, Victoria Independent School District superintendent, and Jennifer Kent, president of Victoria College.
Bottom: The Texas A&M University-Victoria executive committee welcomes Christian Hardigree Tuesday as she begins a new chapter on her first day on campus. Pictured left to right are: Beverly Shuford, vice president for administration and finance; Jay Lambert, vice president for Student Affairs; Joann Olson, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, A&M-Victoria President Christian Hardigree; Amber Countis, vice president for advancement and external relations; and Jennifer Ortiz Garza, interim vice president for enrollment management.
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.