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Students win scholarships by sharing their spirit

A group of 10 University of Houston-Victoria students received the second set of $1,000 scholarships in October from the university’s 50th Anniversary Scholarship.
A group of 10 University of Houston-Victoria students received the second set of $1,000 scholarships in October from the university’s 50th Anniversary Scholarship. This set of winners applied for the scholarship by submitting a photo or short video showing their UHV school spirit. More than 90 students submitted media for the scholarship, and the winners were chosen at random from the group. The winners are: Nahom Sweet of Stafford, Tumaini Muraya of Cross Roads, Oluwatomisin Fasina of Lagos, Brayton Cardwell of Houston, Rauan Toriyev of Houston, Abdullah Anjum of Richmond, Lesli Guzman of Edna, Alize Arevalo of Waco, Judith Ballines of New Braunfels and Laura Fuentes Garcia of Katy.

The University of Houston-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 schools of Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; and Education, Health Professions & Human Development. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as an instructional site in Katy, Texas, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. UHV 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.