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This PVAMU grad is using his new masterā€™s degree to maximize residentsā€™ quality of life in his hometown

Eli Washington ā€˜24 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 22, 2024) - Recent Prairie View A&M University graduate Eli Washington ā€˜24 is back in his hometown of Missouri City, Texas, after earning his Master of Community Development on May 11. Washington, 26, is now the Economic Development Manager for the city where he grew up. [...]

PVAMU dean, alumna recognized as leaders in field of nursing

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 18, 2024) - Two leaders in nursing from Prairie View A&M University are making history by being inducted into the first class of 176 Fellows selected for the newly established Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing. Dr. Allyssa Harris, RN, PhD, WHNP-BC, dean and professor in the College of Nursing at [...]

Tickets for 99th annual State Fair Classic on sale

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2024) ā€“ Prairie View A&M University, ALW Entertainment and the Dallas Sports Commission are excited to announce that tickets are available for the 2024 State Fair Classic, taking place September 28, 2024. A historic college football rivalry between the Prairie View A&M Panthers and the Grambling State Tigers, the State [...]

Flipping the Switch of the Future: PVAMU’s new Solar Lab spotlights path to renewable power

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 20, 2024) ā€“ What if you flipped on the lights or ran an air conditioning unit without worrying about running up an expensive electric bill? Electrical Engineering Professor Dr. John Fuller ā€™69 of the Prairie View A&M University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering is taking steps to make that dream [...]

Opinion| Freedom to Be: Prairie Viewā€™s First Generation of Graduates and the Promotion of Juneteenth

Figure 1: Picture of Charles Joel Robinson, courtesy of the Williams Family General Gordon Granger formally decreeing slaveryā€™s end in Galveston on June 19, 1865, was an epoch event that demolished the existing social, economic and political foundations of society in Texas. Moreover, the end of slavery in the Lone Star State ushered [...]

Voyage Houston: Meet PVAMU alumna, graphic designer Jade Harper ’22

Today weā€™d like to introduce you to Jade Harper. Hi Jade, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today? My journey in graphic design began [...]

PVAMUā€™s new Agletics initiative combines agriculture, athletics

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 5, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University student-athlete Myles McHaney IV ā€™24 recently earned a masterā€™s degree in juvenile justice. As the first Agletics ambassador, the PVAMU alumnus is serious about his faith, fitness, and football. His demeanor, achievements, and future goals made him an obvious choice to represent the new [...]

PVAMU Alumnus Phillip Smith goes from ‘Top of the V’ to leading U.S. Army Band

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 16, 2024) - When students sign up for military service, the word ā€œmusicianā€ does not usually come to mind. However, every arm of the military enlists musicians who represent the U.S. in various capacities: at events, formal meetings with dignitaries, and many other occasions.Ā  Several former Prairie View A&M University Marching [...]

Agriculture is a way of life for this 1890 Scholar

Leigh Adams '21 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 1, 2024) - Leigh Adams grew up in Houston, Texas, where agriculture and the outdoors were a way of life for her. ā€œWhen I wasnā€™t at school, I was in the country tending to the ranch, fishing, baling hay or hunting,ā€ she said. ā€œDoing these activities [...]

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 [...]

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