The HBCU-National Band Directors’ Consortium met in Atlanta, Georgia March 21-March 24. Students from more than 20 HBCU institutions from around the country auditioned to perform in various groups and ensembles. Students that auditioned from Prairie View A&M University are listed below with their results: Hector Navarrete, trumpet, lead, Jazz Band Merrande Johnson, trumpet, 1st [...]
The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) honored ten professors with the 2018 Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators (CATE) award, and Dr. Cleveland O. Lane, Jr., assistant professor and director of the Anatomical Visualization and Simulation Center in Prairie View A&M University's Department of Biology, was one of them. “I was truly honored to receive this [...]
Dr. Megan Collins, assistant professor (tenure-track) and program coordinator of Sociology, recently published a book entitled “The New Narcissus in the Age of Reality Television.” “The book explores the emergence and encouragement of the new narcissus in our society and how this is portrayed in reality television,” said Collins. “Through studies of well-known reality shows, [...]
"The Storm” captivated thousands at the 16th annual Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase in Atlanta on January 27. This was the 8th year for the band to perform at the event. “This was a culmination of an outstanding season. I mean, the laws of band apply, where you get a brand new [...]
The latest issue of Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM), AAM Volume 12, Issue 2 (December 2017), is available online. According to Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, and Professor and Head of PVAMU’s Mathematics Department, Dr. Aliakbar M. Haghighi, the volume contains 28 papers and 477 pages of peer-reviewed and quality papers in mathematical sciences [...]
Take cover! It’s definitely “Storm Season” for the Marching Storm at Prairie View A&M University. The band performed in front of their largest audience yet at the 91st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They were picked from nearly 200 applicants to be one of ten bands that headlined the nationally-televised event. “I am excited for the [...]
Cadet Loretta Williams, a senior biology major at Prairie View A&M University, who is also in PVAMU’s Army-ROTC program, is going places. Post-graduation, she wants to be a pilot. She also wants to defend our country on the front line in the infantry. “I have always been passionate about wanting to give back to the [...]
More than 800 students from nearly a dozen high schools from around Texas played their hearts out at Prairie View A&M University’s Panther Stadium for High School Band Day. “Each year around June, we solicit participation from various schools for High School Band Day,” said Dr. Timmey Zachery, PVAMU’s Director of Bands. “For this year’s [...]
The United States Army Parachute Team, also known as the Golden Knights, made a surprise helicopter-to-field appearance before Prairie View A&M University’s final home game of the 2017 football season on Veterans’ Day. Six jumpers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina descended upon Panther Stadium, for the first time in PVAMU history, with a Military Appreciation Day game [...]
Nearly two years ago, Prairie View A&M University purchased 28 Steinway pianos, making it one of a dozen schools in Texas to hold the distinction of being “An All-Steinway School.” “The previous pianos were here before the building [Hobart Taylor],” said Dr. Mark Phillips, professor, and head of PVAMU’s Department of Music & Theatre. “They [...]
