Teaching

New Internship Gives Students Opportunity to Reverse Gender Violence

Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Title IX Office and Relationship and Sexual Violence Program (RSVP) are getting a boost from PVAMUā€™s sociology department. Students now have the opportunity to intern with Title IX and RSVP to help change the culture of relationship and sexual violence on campus. ā€œLast fall I taught a family violence class, and [...]

2018-10-16T18:05:46-05:00October 16, 2018|Latest News, Research, Service, Teaching|

PVAMU to Host International Tech Conference

Academic researchers, industry professionals, and scholars from more than 13 countries across the world are headed to Prairie View A&M University for the 29th Annual Conference of the International Information Management Association (IIMA) and the 5th Annual Conference of the International Conference on Information and Economic Development (ICITED) October 8-10, 2018. Attendees will be a [...]

Panama Canal Provides Gateway for Texas Trade and Education

The universityā€™s senior leadership, faculty and Texas business leaders traveled to Panama City, Panama as part of the trade delegation team to develop a unique opportunity to change the original meaning of borders in a globalized world. As the largest trading partner for Panama and the Canalā€™s expansion completed, Texas proves to benefit significantly with [...]

Business Students Place First in Phillips 66 Competition

An interdisciplinary team of students from Prairie View A&M University took home the top prize in Phillips 66ā€™s (P66) Black Employee Network (BEN) Case Competition. ā€œThis yearā€™s case challenged teams to analyze various means to transport fuel from Phillips 66ā€™s Houston facility to its New Orleans facility, a real-life scenario,ā€ said PVAMU College of Business [...]

2019-06-12T11:51:53-05:00September 24, 2018|College of Business, Research, Teaching|

Building on Resilience: Frameworks of Black Male Success

Fall 2017, the MACH-III Center launched the Building on Resilience Lecture Series. This lecture series named after the book, Building on Resilience Models and Frameworks of Black Male Success Across the P-20 Pipeline.Ā  One in a number of books series of books edited by Dr. Fred A. Bonner, II and published by Stylus, this volume [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:16-06:00September 14, 2018|Latest News, MACH III, Research, Teaching|

Professor Takes New Approach to Engaging Students

Michael Nojeim, also known as Dr. Mike to his students at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), received the 2017-2018 Presidentā€™s Teaching Award. The program coordinator and associate professor of Political Science teaches a wide range of classes including American Government, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Relations, and Middle East Politics. ā€œSome students say my classes are [...]

2018-09-14T16:08:50-05:00September 14, 2018|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Latest News, Teaching|

African-Ā­American Studies Initiative Awarded $1 Million in Grants and Gifts

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort to establish an African-Ā­ā€American Studies Initiative which will be housed in its Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences. Inspired by the Mellon Foundation award, an anonymous donor pledged an added [...]

PVAMU Students Selected as USDA/1890 National Scholars

PVAMU USDA/1890 National Scholars Prairie View A&M University is pleasedĀ to recognize the latest Panthers selected asĀ USDA/1890 National ScholarsĀ by the United States Department of Agriculture. Kyla Faith Peer was selected by the Foreign Agriculture Service as a USDA/1890 National Scholar. Ā She is a Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) freshman Agriculture major, focusing in [...]

Faculty Conference Focused on Smart Strategies to Impact Students

This yearā€™s Faculty Conference hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs was engaging, informative, and inspiring. ā€œFaculty were given a chance to hear and reflect on student voices ā€“ we had six students, ranging from undergraduate and graduate students to athletes, non-traditional, and honors students share their experiences,ā€ said James Palmer, interim provost [...]

2019-12-17T11:37:16-06:00September 12, 2018|Academic Affairs, Faculty News, Latest News, Teaching|