Jaguars lend a hand to clean up Victoria community

Texas A&M University-Victoria students Velma Amendzrovi, left, Kadence Hernandez, right and Tah'Tieanna McLean, bottom, pose for a picture during the Jags Join In event on Sept. 20 in Victoria. The event was in partnership with Keep Victoria Beautiful’s annual Fall Sweep cleanup. A total of seven A&M-Victoria students and two staff members participated in the annual cleanup to help clean up trash and litter along the highways and in the Victoria community. At the end of the day, representatives from A&M-Victoria filled nine trash bags with litter and debris.

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.