PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (KTRK) -- A grandfather proved to his family that it's okay to get back up and keep trying. Lee Taylor Jr. is set to graduate this weekend with his bachelor of science in the brand new general studies program at Prairie View A&M University. This was after three turns and a 15-year [...]
May 13, 2021 — The first annual Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition held their closing ceremony on Friday, May 7th, revealing the winning teams and Brueckner Award scholarship recipients. The Winter Classic is the first cluster competition to exclusively feature Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) along with Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Student teams [...]
Prairie View (Division I), Miles College (Division II), and Delaware State (women) took home hardware at the PGA Works championships. May 13, 2021 - Panthers hold off surging ASU Hornets to capture title The Prairie View A&M Panthers stand with PGA President Jim Richerson at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse The Prairie View Panthers fell behind the [...]
May 13, 2021 - While it is something of a disappointment that not a single HBCU football player was drafted by the National Football League in 2021, it is not much of a surprise. Only one player from a HBCU was drafted in 2020, and none in nine separate drafts since 2000. Thus, it is somewhat [...]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was a prime focus during the 2021 National Golf Day event held virtually on Monday, May 10. We Are Golf, a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners, usually hosts the event in Washington, D.C., with industry leaders, members of Congress, the Executive branch, and federal agencies. Because of [...]
May 14th, 2021 Only three teams feature in Mixed 4x400m relay Team Nigeria’s bid to qualify for the relay events of the Tokyo Olympic Games could not materialise at the PVAMU Invitational in Texas on Wednesday due to absence of participating countries. Nigeria participated in only one relay event (Mixed 4x400m), where it competed with [...]
May 13, 2021 - Princeton University is celebrating the accomplishments of its undergraduate and graduate degree candidates at year-end events on Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. All events will be streamed on the University homepage. The virtual Baccalaureate service will broadcast at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15. The speaker will be Prairie View A&M University [...]
May 13, 2021 - Mary Wardell-Ghirarduzzi is one of those people at USF who everyone knows. Her 13 years at the Hilltop — 10 of which she served as vice provost and chief diversity officer — have been full of policy and programs that have made a significant impact.If it was up to Wardell-Ghirarduzzi, she [...]
May 13, 2021 - Former Prairie View star Reggie Stubblefield has found a new home in the FBS. Stubblefield has committed to Kansas State University. Apparently, the two have a history with each other. “It’s a marathon not a sprint, when you mention the goals I’m chasing.” To the first university that ever sent me [...]
(CBS) — Recognizing that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are a critical driver of the talent needed to meet this demand, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and ViacomCBS have created a new scholarship that advances a robust pipeline for Black journalists to both enter and lead in newsrooms. Supported by a $1-million endowment, [...]
