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The Honors Impact

When Prairie View A&M University Honors Program Director Dr. Quincy C. Moore III posted a group photo of the spring Class of 2025 on LinkedIn, the caption said it all: ā€œThe Class of 2025 is ready to impact the world.ā€

PVAMU executive director tapped for prestigious national fellowship

Candace Johnson, MBA, MCD PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 16, 2025) - Candace Johnson, MBA, MCD, executive director for Marketing and Communications in the Division of Strategy and Transformation, has been selected to join Cohort 10 of the EAB Rising Higher Education Fellowship. This national program convenes a select group of emerging leaders in [...]

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Opinion| Vinyl’s Resurgence: A Spin Back into African American Music Appreciation Month

This year’s African American Music Appreciation Month highlights the resurgence of vinyl recordings and their renewed, soaring popularity. Once considered a relic of the past, vinyl records are experiencing a cultural revival, embraced by both new generations and long-time enthusiasts. As Mark Seagraves from NBC4 Washington reported from Joes Record Paradise, before the internet, there [...]

PVAMU reimagines partnership with Prairie View A&M Foundation to power fundraising and impact

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 11, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is embarking on its next phase of partnership and philanthropic strategy following the recent execution of a new affiliation agreement that redesigns the relationship between the University and the Prairie View A&M (PVAM) Foundation. Established in 2009 to support the University, the PVAM [...]

First Graduate of PVAMU’s African American Studies Program paves way for future scholars

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 6, 2025) – What happens to the stories of our grandparents long after they’re gone? As a consequence of discriminatory systems that prevented the written record and safeguarding of the African American experience, much of what remains today are the remnants of oral tellings passed on from one generation to the [...]

Final Chapter of a Sisterhood Legacy: Last of Four Sisters Graduate from PVAMU

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 23, 2025) -Ā All four Holland sisters have attended Prairie View A&M University, and when Charity R. Holland ’23 graduated in May alongside her younger sister Mageste’, their unique legacy became a lasting part of campus history. Charity R. Holland ā€˜23 '25 ā€œPV has become more than just a school [...]

Graduating fifth-generation PVAMU legacy siblings honor late grandmother this Mother’s Day

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 9, 2025) – Graduation holds a special meaning when you are fifth-generation Prairie View A&M University legacies like siblings Walter McNeal III and Nia A. McNeal. Nia A. and Walter McNeal III '25 This Mother’s Day is particularly poignant—it marks the first one since their maternal grandmother, Florene Sherman [...]

Faculty PROfiles: PVAMU’s Dr. Merlyn Pulikkathara ’01 ā€˜04 is shaping the future of science

Photo by Jordan Guidry, Office for Marketing and Communications Intern PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 24, 2025) – Growing up in Cypress, Texas, science never came easy to Dr. Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, a double graduate (’01 ā€˜04) and assistant professor in Prairie View A&M University’s Department of Chemistry and Physics. While pursuing her BS [...]

Opinion| ā€˜Miss Prairie View is the most executive club at Prairie View.’

"Miss Prairie View is the most executive club at Prairie View." – Chelsee B.H. Young, Miss Prairie View A&M University 2009 Chelsee H. Young ’10 ā€˜15 When I reflect on my time as Miss Prairie View A&M University, I’m reminded not just of the honor of wearing the crown but of the deeper [...]

Bridging Past and Present: How Graduate Student Evelyn Todd ’21 is Preserving PVAMU’s Legacy

Evelyn Todd ā€˜21 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 3, 2025) – For Evelyn Todd ā€˜21, history isn’t just something to be remembered—it’s something to be protected. As a graduate student in Prairie View A&M University’s Master of Business Administration program, she is turning her passion for storytelling into a powerful force for historical preservation. [...]