PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 9, 2024) — 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. [...]
Dr. Marc Smith PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University Alumnus Dr. Marc Smith was officially appointed Superintendent of Schools in Fort Bend ISD this week by the district's Board of Trustees. Fort Bend ISD is the sixth largest district in the state, with over 80,000 students. "Thank you [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 27, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University is home to excellence, pioneers, and changemakers. This month, the three ideals came together in a transformative collaboration, and the PVAMU family was thrilled to be part of it all! PVAMU’s Honors Program proudly welcomed troops from the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 5, 2023) – Nationwide, various factors, from increasing school violence to low salaries in the face of rising inflation, are fueling teacher shortages. But there are those who still love to teach and believe in the profession. Brooke Jeffery '18 On October 5, Prairie View A&M University celebrates World [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 5, 2023) – English was not Madi Gentles’ first language. Adopted from Ghana at the age of 3, Gentles, or Queenstar Maa Adjoa at birth, first spoke Twi, a dialect native to the West African country. Yet, in the final semester of her senior year of high school, she swept first [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 10, 2023) — The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) has awarded a grant of $1.2 million for five years to support a project at Prairie View A&M University called “Building a Community of Mathematics and Science Teachers through the Application of Social Cognitive Career Theory.” Camille Burnett, Ph.D. [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 1, 2023) - School districts and higher education institutions around the country are reexamining the place of race in the classroom due to state Republican influence. Much of the controversy surrounds the inclusion of Critical Race Theory, which makes white Americans face this country’s racist traditions. CRT is a lens to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 5, 2023) - On April 5, Prairie View A&M University’s Whitlowe R. Green College of Education and Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences will hold a site visit to officially launch PVU Teach, part of a nationwide effort to improve STEM teaching and learning. PVU Teach [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Two-thousand and twenty-two – what a year for Prairie View A&M University! As 2023 begins, let’s look at the most notable items accomplished on “The Hill” over the last 365 days. 1. PVAMU achieved the prestigious Carnegie R2 Classification. PVAMU kicked off 2022 with a bang. The University attained [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 22, 2022) - Launching amid a global pandemic, Prairie View A&M University’s Wellness in Houston project (formerly Healthy Houston Initiative) has built a foundation in Harris County, delivering educational workshops, programs, and other events that focus on health, wellness, finance, nutrition and agriculture. These promote long-term healthy lifestyle changes and behaviors [...]
