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Prairie View A&M athletes reflect on being invited to the HBCU Swingman Classic

Only four freshmen were chosen to participate in theĀ 2024 HBCU Swingman ClassicĀ and one, Michael Smith Jr., is no stranger to Texas playing his collegiate baseball at Prairie View A&M University.

2024-07-15T11:00:22-05:00July 15, 2024|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, PV in the News, Student News|

PVAMU champion of HBCU health joins prestigious national board

Tondra L. Moore, PhD, JD, MPH PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 3, 2024) ā€“ Dr. Tondra L. Moore, executive director of Health Services at Prairie View A&M University, has been appointed as a member-at-large on the Board of Directors for the American College Health Association. Dr. Mooreā€™s leadership journey with the ACHA began in [...]

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 [...]

2024 PVAMU Panther Football games to air on ESPN+

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 24, 2024)Ā ā€“ Here is great news for Panthers who want to know whatā€™s happening in Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Panther Stadium all season long. The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that ESPN+ will air all five of PVAMUā€™s home football games. The 2023 Western Division Champs will kick off the 2024 season [...]

2024-06-21T10:36:38-05:00June 24, 2024|Athletics, Events, HBCU News, Latest News, Staff News, Student News|

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 [...]

PVAMU executive director selected for Fulbright-Hays project in South Africa

Godlove Fonjweng, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 17, 2024) - Dr. Godlove Fonjweng, the executive director of International & Intercultural Programs at Prairie View A&M University, has been chosen to participate in the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) in South Africa for U.S. educators this summer. During the program, Fonjweng and his [...]

PVAMU Johnson-Phillip All Faiths Chapel dean inducted into MLK Board of Preachers

Charles H. Lewter IV PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 13, 2024) - Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Dean of the Johnson-Phillip All-Faiths Chapel, Charles H. Lewter IV, was recently inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity, which is sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, [...]

2024-06-13T09:10:52-05:00June 13, 2024|HBCU News, News, Staff News|

Sound Effects: The Harmony of Legacy and Excellence

June is African American Music Appreciation Month. The occasion was created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and celebrates the African American musical influences that define an essential part of our nationā€™s treasured cultural heritage.

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 [...]

Empowering Panthers: Newly crowned 2024-2025 Miss, Mr. PVAMU set to inspire

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 30, 2024) ā€“ In a night filled with anticipation and excitement this spring semester, Chloe Tolbert and Alexander Kirk emerged as the newly crowned 2024-2025 Miss and Mister Prairie View A&M University. Tolbert, a rising senior from Dallas, became the 92nd Miss PVAMU, while Kirk, a rising senior from Pontiac, Michigan, [...]