PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (October 30, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University is excited to welcome Panthers near and far to Homecoming 2023. This year, we are “Setting it Out” with several events hosted by students, University schools and colleges, athletics, alumni and more. Check out our wrap-up below, and be sure to engage with your [...]
Photo courtesy: Travis J. Higgins PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 11, 2023) - Music performance can be an extremely challenging major at any university. Still, Travis J. Higgins '16, a graduate of the Department of Music at Prairie View A&M University and the Marching Storm band, has taken every opportunity to establish himself as [...]
Richard Wilkins, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 6, 2023) - Prairie View A&M University faculty members, Dr. Richard Wilkins, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Merlyn X. Pulikkathara ‘04, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, have been awarded a $1.2 million grant with [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 5, 2023) – Nationwide, various factors, from increasing school violence to low salaries in the face of rising inflation, are fueling teacher shortages. But there are those who still love to teach and believe in the profession. Brooke Jeffery '18 On October 5, Prairie View A&M University celebrates World [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 3, 2023) - Carolyn Fritz ‘84 chose to study at Prairie View A&M University and pursue a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering because of the institution's exemplary engineering program. Still, she couldn't have predicted how it would shape her career. Her parents instilled the importance of hard work and the value [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 27, 2023) - Mattie Jordan ’22 wasn’t a traditional student. She started her collegiate journey in 1987 as a business major and earned her bachelor’s degree in the fall of 2022 in health. In 35 years, Mattie experienced a series of setbacks that moved her goal farther from reach. Yet, no [...]
As an Endowed Professor of Political Science at Prairie View A&M University, Melanye Price ‘95, Ph.D., still remembers walking to Sunnyside Park in Houston with her mom as a child to watch her vote. She and her twin sister would get to go into the booth and even pull the little lever. “I was [...]
Prairie View A&M University Endowed Professor of Fine Arts Danny R. Kelley ’65, D.M.A., started playing the piano at, believe it or not, age 2 and has not since stopped. Without any formal training, the young Dr. Kelley would play tunes he heard on the radio on the piano, which his parents bought for his [...]
As a result of a successful search, I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Reginald T. Braggs has been appointed Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students, effective July 17, 2023. As an alumnus of Prairie View A&M University, Dr. Braggs has served in various higher education, K-12, and military capacities domestically and internationally [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 19, 2023) - Two years after breaking ground, the sixth addition to Prairie View A&M University’s Roy G. Perry College of Engineering complex is ready to open its doors and offer new opportunities to students and faculty. The University plans to hold a grand opening of its new $70 million Engineering Classroom [...]
