A&M-Victoria Homecoming festivities in full swing
Top: Students strike a pose with jaX the Jaguar during Monday's Homecoming Kickoff event on the Health & Wellness Center lawn at Texas A&M University-Victoria. The event officially kicked off the university's first fall Homecoming. The event featured vendors, yard games, performances and introductions of the athletic teams and members of the Homecoming Court.
Bottom: Homecoming queen candidate Leah Ayala talks to a student at her booth during the Homecoming Court Meet & Greet event on Oct. 20 inside University Center. Candidates for Homecoming King and Queen are: Brianna Sturm, Jackson Purcell, Kadence Hernandez, Leah Ayala, Noah Perez and Ryan Ashton. Candidates for Homecoming Prince and Princess are: Chilna Alcine, Kyle Bias, Marlette Sandoval and McKenzie Hones. Voting began on Tuesday, Oct. 20, following the meet and greet event, and will end on midnight, Thursday, Oct. 22. The link to vote can be found in the campus email, and winners will be announced and crowned on Saturday.
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.