Dr. Danny Kelley, dean of Prairie View A&M University’s Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, performed in recital solo and chamber music at New York’s Steinway Hall, April 26. The program consisted of works composed by Johannes Brahms (Piano Pieces, Opus 118, and the F Minor Piano Quintet, Opus 34). [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s Army ROTC program annually recognizes the achievements of the Cadets within the program. This year, the program recognized 30 Cadets for their body of work at its ceremony on April 5. Organizations such as Veterans of Foreign Wars, USAA, and AUSA, to name a few, sponsored awards given to the Cadets. [...]
A team of students representing Prairie View A&M University’s School of Architecture competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s fifth annual Race to Zero Student Design Competition April 20-22, and they won the top prize. “Our students not only took home first place in the Urban Single-Family Housing contest, but they were also the Grand [...]
You might have noticed the billboards around town for the 37th Annual Black College Dance Exchange (BCDE) April 12-15. Prairie View A&M University’s performing dance company, Classic Dance Ensemble, along with the Health and Kinesiology Department within the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, hosted the event this year with the theme, “Reflection, Refocus and Rejuvenation: [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s Romaine Knight, a junior Finance major in the College of Business, won first prize in the national FOCUSS Idea Competition, which took place on April 26, at CUNA Mutual Group headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. Knight competed against students from five other universities. The primary objective was to propose ways for credit [...]
Prairie View A&M University Assistant Professor of Practice Ann Johnson is a practicing visual artist who continually has her work featured in art exhibitions across the country. She also curates numerous art exhibitions and is an annual national fine arts judge for NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics or ACT-So. "Most recently, I chaired [...]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently invited Dr. Farrah Gafford Cambrice, an assistant professor of Sociology at Prairie View A&M University, to participate on a panel during the 2018 U.S. Ignite Application Summit in Kansas City, Missouri. Her job was to talk about her role in PVAMU’s Smart and Connected Rural Communities Planning Grant. “The [...]
Strawberries are proven to improve cardiovascular and brain health, as well as prevent some types of cancer. It’s no wonder Prairie View A&M University is trying to get ahead of the curve by finding ways to help limited-resource farmers successfully grow organic strawberries. According to the USDA, California produces 91-percent of strawberries in the U.S., [...]
Dr. Fred A. Bonner, professor and endowed chair in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, led a Qualitative Research Forum at LSU on March 21. During the lecture for students, faculty, and administrators, Bonner discussed how to design and develop an impactful qualitative dissertation more effectively.
On March 28, College of Business (COB) Dean Munir Quddus was a featured guest on Synergy Radio Network’s “Basketball Legends Show.” He joined Host and Executive Producer C. Mel Hughlett, who is a member of the COB Dean’s Advisory Board and a former professional basketball player, as well as Co-host Selwyn Wilkinson. Quddus discussed COB [...]