On May 11, Prairie View A&M University conducted a Joint Commissioning Ceremony for its Army ROTC and Navy ROTC programs. “With our guest speaker, Navy Veteran and former mayor of Prairie View, Frank D. Jackson, we honored the hard work, dedication, resilience, and duty of cadets turned officers,” said Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Williams, department head [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
