During 2024 State Fair Classic week, Prairie View A&M University President Tomikia P. LeGrande made an indelible mark on the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, forging new connections and excitement over the University's bright future ahead. Events included a Conversation with the President, a Top Donors Reception, a fireside chat with Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell, [...]
In a thrilling Thursday Night Football encounter, Prairie View A&M's KhaDarel Hodge emerged as the unlikely hero for the Atlanta Falcons, delivering a game-winning touchdown in overtime to secure a 36-30 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 2, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University is proud to announce the induction of distinguished alumni Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 into the 2024 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. This honor celebrates their exceptional contributions to community service, agriculture, education, and youth [...]
Photography by Nicholas Hunt, Office for Marketing and Communications PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 24, 2024) – Thanks to a $20,000 award from The Summerlee Foundation, the History Department at Prairie View A&M University has begun a comprehensive historical and archaeological study of Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery, located behind PVAMU. The study seeks to [...]
Prairie View A&M University has been changing lives for nearly 150 years. The transformation for many begins on the journey down University Drive, a road that leads to dreams one can visualize, believe in, and manifest. Native Americans forged the trail that is now the main road. Land surveyors later turned the 1,400 acres of [...]
Eli Washington ‘24 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 22, 2024) - Recent Prairie View A&M University graduate Eli Washington ‘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. [...]
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 [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2024) – 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 [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 20, 2024) – 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 ’69 of the Prairie View A&M University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering is taking steps to make that dream [...]
Figure 1: Picture of Charles Joel Robinson, courtesy of the Williams Family General Gordon Granger formally decreeing slavery’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 [...]
