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Students win college scholarships in Hispanic Heritage Month Art Contest
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Three Victoria Independent School District students show off their artwork that received recognition Wednesday night at the annual Hispanic Heritage Month Art Contest Reception at the University of Houston-Victoria. First-place winner Alexis Lopez, left, a ninth-grader at Memorial High School, won four years of college, including two years at UHV and two years at The Victoria College, for his artwork “Mis Recuerdos.” Sydney Trevino, center, a seventh-grader at Howell Middle School, won second place and a $1,000 scholarship to UHV or VC for “El Charrito.” Benjamin Fogal, right, also a Howell seventh-grader, won a $500 scholarship to either UHV or VC for “En Paseo.” The scholarships for the second- and third-place winners were donated by the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Minority Business Council. The 91 pieces of artwork submitted to the contest will be on display during regular business hours in the UHV University Center, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St., during Hispanic Heritage Month through Oct. 15.
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The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend
region, is an upper-level institution that offers approximately 50 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs
and concentrations in the schools of Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education & Human
Development, and Nursing. Legislation signed into law on June 19, 2009, will allow UHV to admit underclassmen
in the fall of 2010, pending approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. UHV also offers
face-to-face classes at two University of Houston teaching centers in Fort Bend County, in addition to its home
campus in Victoria, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. Since its founding in 1973, UHV has
provided students with a quality university education from world-class faculty at an exceptional value. |
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