JP's Market Food Pantry receives donation from TDECU

From left to right: UHV President Bob Glenn holds up a check Dec. 5 alongside Ernesto Briones, branch manager at TDECU; Joel Garcia, TDECU senior member center manager; Mary Jane Rodriguez, TDECU member center manager; Amber Countis, UHV vice president for advancement and external relations; and Jennifer Ortiz Garza, UHV director of development. The TDECU Cares program donated $2,500 dollars to support the JP's Market Student Food Pantry. The pantry is a confidential and cost-free resource designed to combat food insecurity among the student community. It is open to all currently enrolled UHV and Victoria College students and provides essential food and hygiene products for those in need.

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.