The Annual Report Event

• A new semester-long robotics research course was offered to encourage area high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

• Publishers Weekly international magazine highlighted UHV’s Master of Science in publishing in an article about publishing programs offered at universities across the nation.

• UHV announced it would launch two new degree programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Arts in humanities – creative writing.

• The UHV/American Book Review Reading Series celebrated having its 50th author on campus by bringing in literary giant Robert Coover.

School of Education and Human Development

• International education honor society Kappa Delta Pi held its first induction ceremony for a new chapter at the university and installed 62 students, faculty members, teachers and administrators.

• Pass rates for initial teacher certification placed the school in the top 30 percent of 67 Texas education programs.

• Two education faculty members announced they were partnering with Houston

Independent School District to study whether students could better understand science by using the concept of science literacy circles.

• For the third consecutive year, students and teachers from eight area schools and school districts came to the Victoria campus to participate in the Region III Texas Association of Future Educators Conference.

• GetEducated.com recognized the school as No. 6 in affordability nationally for its online Bachelor of Business Administration, and for the sixth consecutive year, the Princeton Review ranked the school one of the top 300 business schools in the nation.

• The school launched the Willis Group Distinguished Speaker Series with lectures throughout the year by business executives such as John Ragan, vice president of NRG Energy; Michael T. Willis, chairman of The Willis Group; and Farouk Shami, founder and chairman of Farouk Systems hair care company.

• The school got approval to offer a Bachelor of Business Administration concentration in supply chain management, and students will be able to start taking classes in the concentration beginning fall 2013.

• Bloomberg BusinessWeek honored three business school faculty members – one for outstanding performance in research and two for outstanding performance in teaching. Each honoree received a cash award.

• The university hosted a grand opening ceremony for its new state-of-the-art M.G. & Lillie A. Johnson Patient Care Simulation Center.

• The school expanded its Registered Nurse to

Bachelor of Science in Nursing program to The Woodlands with classes offered at the Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery.

• The university signed an articulation agreement with Victoria

College to streamline graduates from the VC Associate Degree in Nursing program to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at UHV.

• A generous donation from Victoria residents Gary and Alice Childress launched Friends of Nursing, a new program providing support to nursing students.

Annual Report 2012

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