Victoria College (Texas)
The VC Pirates men's basketball and women's volleyball teams compete at the NJCAA Division I level.Classes were initially held on the third floor of the Patti Welder High School with 51 students enrolling that first semester.In Sept. 1949, Victoria College moved to its present-day Main Campus on Red River Street and constructed four buildings that year.Nearly a century later, VC has expanded to include 16 buildings on its 60-acre Main Campus, the Zelda L. Allen School of Nursing in Hallettsville (1984), the Museum of the Coastal Bend located on the Main Campus (2003); the Gonzales Center in Gonzales (2006), the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Victoria (2012), and the Emerging Technology Complex on Lone Tree Road (2015).Over the years, Victoria College has opened new locations; underwent several name changes; expanded its workforce training, adult education, and dual enrollment offerings; and evolved into a community college that now serves approximately 6,200 students each year through education and training.