PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 18, 2024) – Houston is home to nearly 100 consulates, the third-highest concentration of consular offices in the U.S. These diplomatic missions, smaller than embassies, primarily focus on assisting citizens of their home countries in the host country, promoting trade and tourism, and providing visa services. As with an embassy, when [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 13, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University has received the prestigious 2024 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization from NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The University is the first HBCU to receive the honor. NAFSA is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange. The organization serves [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 6, 2023) – Prairie View A&M President Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande and London Metropolitan University Vice-Chancellor Professor Lynn Dobbs have set the bar higher for educational and cultural exchanges, as well as initiating racial and socioeconomic change in the United States, United Kingdom and abroad. “Let’s be honest, the world needs [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 27, 2022) – While many students across the U.S. dealt with drought conditions and winter blizzards this spring semester, Prairie View A&M University senior Shaylan Young ‘22 (now a graduate) was dipping her toes in the sand while experiencing a different culture as a study abroad student in Costa Rica. “I’ve [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 10, 2022) – As the world approaches the two-year mark of the start of the pandemic, more and more opportunities to return to pre-pandemic activities are becoming available. Prairie View A&M University student Kendall Brown, a finance major, has just returned from his study abroad trip to Spain. Brown was the first [...]
PVAMU students take part in a 2018 Study Abroad trip to Ghana. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 25, 2021) - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is spearheading a new multidisciplinary effort to help improve food security, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and social welfare in Africa. Led by Camille Gibson, interim dean of the College [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 12, 2021) - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) held a grand opening this school year for the Program Houses at University View. There are four houses: PV Goes Global, The Honors College, STEM & Agriculture, and Social Justice. Each House focuses on getting upperclassmen prepared to transition from college students to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 8, 2021) - Armed with a breadth of personal and professional experience, Godlove Fonjweng, Ph.D., joins Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) as the executive director of International & Intercultural Programs. Godlove Fonjweng, Ph.D. Tasked with internationalizing PVAMU, Dr. Fonjweng will draw on his 22 years of professional service in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - While international travel has been on hold during the pandemic, faculty and staff at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) have found ways to continue inspiring students to pursue a global education. They did not want to waste any time and decided to utilize this unconventional school year as an opportunity to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 2, 2020) - While study abroad programs are largely on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Study Abroad team is using this time to tell the story of international education for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students. In collaboration with international educator Ashleigh Brown-Grier of Howard [...]
