Alan Moore ’10
Alan Moore ’10 is an entrepreneur whose says Prairie View A&M University was his first and only choice.
Megan Thee Stallion Reveals PVAMU Sparked Her Success
I knew I wanted to be a rapper probably when I was like seven. Then finally when I was 18, I went to Prairie View and I was at this random kickback and the boys were freestyling, and I was like “I can rap y’all.” And they [were] like “you can’t rap.”
PVAMU Alumnus, Fort Worth’s First Black School Trustee Reby Cary ’41 Dies
Reby Cary went to I.M. Terrell High School before attending Prairie View A&M University. He joined the Coast Guard and fought through five campaigns in World War II and was a very proud military man, Sanders said. Sanders pointed out that Cary died on the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Yolanda Ford ’08 Elected First African-American Woman Mayor of Missouri City
Ford wins runoff election, becoming first African American woman to serve as Missouri City mayor. She previously served on the City Council for five years before becoming Missouri City's first African American and first woman elected as mayor.
Clarence McKinney ’02 Named TSU’s Head Football Coach
Clarence McKinney is returning to Houston to become the next head football coach at Texas Southern University. McKinney, who was the associate head coach and running backs coach at Arizona under Kevin Sumlin this season, has an extensive history in Houston. McKinney was the head coach at Yates before joining Sumlin's staff at the University [...]
Alumnus Larry Allen ’10, Percussion Director in Holiday Spectacular
The Drumline Live Holiday Spectacular marches its way into Chandler later this month and percussion director Larry Allen calls it a “magical masterpiece.” “You’re performing on a theatrical stage, so there’s a lot more you can do on the stage than an actual field,” he says. “You get all the elements of HBCU (historically black [...]
PVAMU’s Jeremy Peach Featured in Morning Ag Clips
Jeremy Peaches is one College of Agriculture and Human Sciences graduate who knows the importance of giving back and keeping the spirit of agriculture alive. He credits his life-long passion for plants and animals to his rural upbringing in Greenville, Mississippi, but when his family moved to Houston, it was hard for him to find [...]
James’ Quest To Play America’s 100 Greatest Courses In One Year
A PVAMU graduate recently accomplished his goal of playing at the top 100 golf courses in the U.S., just one year after retiring from a 33-year-long career at ExxonMobil. Jimmie James, who graduated from the university in 1984 with a degree in civil engineering, first took up golf at age 45, when he was in [...]
Morning Ag Clips: Horace Hodge
Entering college as a young, wide-eyed freshman, many people have no idea where the journey will lead. Horace Hodge could not have imagined the path his life would take as he set out to attend Prairie View A&M University, where he would study in the College of Agriculture & Human Sciences (CAHS).