PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 21, 2026) – For a student studying engineering, education, health care or another field, entrepreneurship can be more than building a business. It can mean recognizing an opportunity, solving a problem and finding a new way forward. That idea is at the heart of a new initiative from Prairie View A&M
Every semester, I tell my students something that often gets them excited about my course. This course is not about memorizing dates, places, and names. It is about learning how to synthesize historical events to be able to understand the past, live in the present, and predict the future. I make this distinction because history
Long before Harrison Guy understood dance as something one could study, pursue or make a life inside of, his body already knew. Growing up in La Marque, Texas, he was the child gathering cousins at family functions, arranging bodies into formations, choreographing talent shows and teaching relatives whatever line dance had most recently made its
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 19, 2026) – Prairie View A&M University is giving students a new way to understand what they naturally do best and how those strengths can help them succeed in college, careers and life. PantherStrengths, PVAMU’s name for Gallup’s CliftonStrengths program, is launching with support from a $1.4 million, two-year investment
As Prairie View A&M University marks 150 years, a new generation of student leaders reflects on the legacy they have inherited and the responsibility of shaping what comes next. Prairie View, Texas | August 14, 2026 | Story by Liz Faublas-Wallace A century and a half ago, eight young Black men
Step behind the canvas with Ty Walker '01, the first featured artist and storyteller in our Behind the Canvas series. A filmmaker, director, and creative visionary, Ty is helping bring Prairie View A&M University’s 150-year legacy to life through the Sesquicentennial Documentary, premiering as part of this historic year of celebration. In this episode,
Acclaimed alumna, Charis Kelley '01, brings the University's 150-year story to life through a monumental work of art created for future generations. Martha's Vineyard | August 12, 2026 Prairie View A&M University's 150-year story found new expression through art as the University unveiled Rooted in Resilience. Rising in Eminence., its official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRSycAD2PA PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 10, 2026) – For Texas State Representative Senfronia Thompson ‘64, Prairie View A&M University was never simply a place where she earned a degree. It was where preparation met possibility. It was where a graduate student who arrived with a narrow plan to earn a Master of Education and
As Summer Commencement launches the University's Sesquicentennial celebration, the ceremony reflects a legacy built by generations of Panthers and the promise of those still to come. Prairie View, Texas | August 6, 2026 The applause lasts only a few moments after names are called and degrees are conferred. Families cheer, cameras flash,
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Marvin D. Brailsford ’59 and June Samuel Brailsford ’60 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 5, 2026) – Every day, students, faculty and staff enter the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences carrying the name of a woman whose life reflected the very values she championed: