Presidential sole finalist visits A&M-Victoria

Christian Hardigree, the sole finalist for Texas A&M-Victoria president, second from right, stands for a photo with faculty and staff members from the College of Education & Health Professions during a meet and greet on Oct. 3 inside University South. Hardigree is a higher-education leader and attorney with a track record of institutional growth and innovation. Currently, she serves as regional chancellor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. Her leadership experience includes serving as the founding dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University of Denver and as the founding director of the Michael A. Leven School of Culinary Sustainability & Hospitality at Kennesaw State University. She holds a juris doctor from Mercer University, along with a bachelor of science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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.