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PVAMU welcomes Dr. Mathew Knowles, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment for a lecture presentation

Prairie View A&M University College of Business welcomes Dr. Mathew Knowles to campus onĀ Wednesday, February 20 at 3:30 pm, for aĀ presentation, ā€œThe Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship: The Business of Music, Film and Entertainment Industry."Ā Ā TheĀ lecture will take place in the Agriculture/Business Multipurpose Building in the Ernest Boyd and Floretta Brown Collins Auditorium. Dr. Knowles is an author, [...]

2019-02-21T06:49:50-06:00February 11, 2019|College of Business, Teaching|

PVAMU TV professor announces production of documentary series

Professor TerĆ©sa Dowell-Vest, director of film and television production in the department of languages and communication at PVAMU, recently announced her plans to produce the 10 episode documentary series, ā€œThe Leap, The Lane, and the Lens: Prairie View A&M University Lady Panthers Basketball and Film.ā€ The documentary will follow the journey of the womenā€™s basketball [...]

2019-06-12T11:38:53-05:00February 5, 2019|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Teaching|

PVAMU healthcare research team to present at health conference

On May 9, 2019, Dr. Mark Tschaepe, associate professor of philosophy at Prairie View A&M University, Christian Farley, graduating senior honors student at PVAMU, and Michael Zhou, junior at Cypress Ranch High School, will present the research session "How Did This Become a Medical Desert?" at theĀ National Rural Health Association's 42nd Annual Conference in Atlanta, [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:11-06:00February 1, 2019|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Latest News, Research|

PVAMU Professor Receives A&M Systemā€™s Regents Professor Award

Dr. Lijun Qian, AT&T Endowed Professor in Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received The Texas A&M University Systemā€™s Regents Professor Award. Along with Qian, the Board of Regents designated 14 other faculty members and seven agency service, extension or research professionals within the A&M System as Regents Professors and Regents [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:11-06:00January 18, 2019|Latest News, Research, Teaching|

PVAMU President to deliver keynote address for the NAACP 100th anniversary banquet

The Corpus Christi chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is gearing up to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its H. Boyd Hall Chapter. The celebration, dubbed the 100 Year Jubilee Celebration Program, will take place Sunday, Jan. 19 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, and features PVAMU [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:12-06:00January 9, 2019|Office of the President/Administration, Service|

PVAMU team participates in Houston Mayorā€™s Trade Delegation to Bahamas

A team of representatives from PVAMU recently participated in a trade delegation from the City of Houston that visited The Bahamas from Dec. 5-8. Due to the events surrounding the passing of President George H.W. Bush, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner had to cancel his plans to lead the delegation. The delegation ultimately included Vice Mayor [...]

First Aid Training Addresses Youth Mental Health

This fall, Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center hosted a first aid training on youth mental health. Teachers, counselors, and school resource officers from surrounding school districts, as well as officials with the Prairie View Police Department and the City of Prairie View, attended the training on November 2 for free. ā€œThe [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:14-06:00December 18, 2018|College of Juvenile Justice, Latest News, Teaching|

PVAMUā€™s Research Partnership Wins National Science Foundationā€™s HBCU Collaboration Grant

Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas Southern University (TSU) are collaborators on a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project is called Excellence in Research: Collaborative Research:Ā Strengthen the Foundation of Big Data Analytics via Interdisciplinary ResearchĀ among HBCUs. ā€œOur teams have joined forces to enhance the research capabilities of PVAMU [...]

2018-12-18T15:52:07-06:00December 17, 2018|Latest News, Research, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering|

PVAMU Band Students Participate in 369th Band for Armistice Centennial in D.C.

As the nation honored its veterans from all branches of the Armed Forces during the recent Veterans Day weekend, several PVAMU students played a major role in remaking history in Washington, D.C. as part of the festivities. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the World War I Armistice, a recreation of the 369th Regimental [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:14-06:00December 16, 2018|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Service|

PVAMU International Student One of the Top Chosen for GE Aviation Summit

A PVAMU engineering student recently had the chance to represent the university at a leadership summit for women. Maria Rossana Ruiz, a senior set to graduate with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering spring 2019, was chosen as one in the top 30 of 950 candidates to attend the General Electric (GE) Aviation Female [...]

2018-12-12T16:30:08-06:00December 12, 2018|Latest News, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Teaching|