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PVAMUā€™s Consular Tour Program is forging international connections close to home

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 18, 2024) ā€“ 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 [...]

First-Gen Forward: William McPhail Jr. is repurposing sacrifice into triumph

William McPhail Jr. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 17, 2024) - Some people take years to find their purpose, the thing that gives them direction and meaning. But others, like William McPhail Jr., are born with a veil, gifted with the vision to see their destiny from day one. ā€œI have always been interested [...]

KPRC-TV: A closer look at PVAMU’s new Blackstone LaunchPad program for budding entrepreneurs

Prairie View A&M University is launching an initiative dedicated to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Waco Tribune-Herald: Knowing a coach’s value, PVAMU’s Barbara Jacket made lasting impact

Sit in the gymnasium at Prairie View A&M and look up, and you'll find two decades' worth of women's track and field championship banners hanging from the rafters ā€” 18 national championships, 23 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships, 57 All-Americans and five Olympic contenders.

2024-04-15T14:05:25-05:00April 15, 2024|Athletics, Latest News, PV in the News, Staff News|

PVAMU finishes sixth, winning $50K in The Home Depotā€™s Retool Your School contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s PV Nation voted tirelessly for five weeks for The Home Depotā€™s Retool Your School contest, emerging in sixth place with a $50,000 prize! The award money will go towards improvements to the Universityā€™s student park. Nearly $3 million in grants for campus enhancements were [...]

2024-04-12T12:48:19-05:00April 12, 2024|Alumni News, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, PV in the News|

PVAMU receives new grant to help train students in computing to address social issues affecting rural communities

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 11, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University has received a Responsible Computing Challenge award from the Mozilla Foundation, aimed at developing ā€œcurricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing.ā€ Mozilla, most widely known for developing the Firefox browser, has made making the internet a force [...]

United Airlines Vice President Phil Griffith named PVAMUā€™s Spring 2024 Commencement Speaker

Phil Griffith PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 10, 2024) - United Airlinesā€™ Houston hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport serves the nationā€™s fourth-largest city, taking passengers as far away as Latin America, Europe and Australia. Next month, its vice president, Phil Griffith, is set to speak to Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s graduating spring class. [...]

Today Show: Meet the PVAMU alumna growing vegetables for her food-desert community

Ivy Walls '16 is planting seeds of change for her community ā€” literally! She opens up about working on her five-acre farm called Ivy Leaf Farms to help provide food for her food-desert community in Texas that had just one grocery store.

PVAMUā€™s Panther Teaching Academy inducted into Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 9, 2024) ā€” In a triumphant celebration of academic excellence and dedication to shaping the future of education, the Panther Teaching Academy team at Prairie View A&M University enjoyed recognition for receiving the prestigious 2023-2024 Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators award at The Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Century Council banquet. [...]

WATCH: TEDxPVAMU ā€˜Living in Colorā€™ debuts on TEDx platform

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 8, 2024) - ā€œTo live in color means to move through moments, challenges, decisions and goals with a childlike presence.ā€ That was the backdrop for Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s fourth TED talk, ā€œLiving in Color,ā€ hosted on Feb. 28. TEDxPVAMU debuted on PVAMUā€™s YouTube channel today, as well as [...]