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 [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 21, 2022) - Over 1,600 kindergarten through fifth grade students were on “The Hill” earlier this month for Prairie View A&M University’s Office of K-12 Strategic Partnerships and Outreach’s 2022 Elementary School Day. They hopped, skipped, jumped, laughed, danced and played as they toured the PVAMU community. Traveling from as [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 19, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University’s Whitlowe R. Green College of Education graduates are some of the nation’s most distinguished teachers. Over time, they become school leaders and decision-makers. They are a part of PVAMU’s rich, historical legacy of preparing educators. Now, thanks to the $12.2 million grant from the [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 5, 2022) – World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers’ Day, is celebrated on Oct. 5 every year. This year’s theme is “the transformation of education begins with teachers.” If you add the positive influence principals can have on teachers and students alike, the dynamic sets up guaranteed success in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 31, 2022) - The teacher population in Texas does not reflect its student population. Beverly Sande, Ph.D., plans to change that statistic with $300,000 in funding from Texas Tech University–Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the University-School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (US PREP) National Center. The award will position Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) to [...]
Now more than ever, the presence and value of historically Black Colleges and Universities remain relevant to the economic and career advancement of young Black students, especially starting at the K-12 level.
HOUSTON (August 18, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University students, faculty and staff were on hand bright and early Wednesday morning to help welcome students to the first day of school at Aldine ISD’s Impact Leadership Academy (ILA), the district’s first all-boys school. PVAMU is partnering with the ILA to cultivate learning experiences rooted in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2022) – The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University announced today it will host “Beyond Rage: Raising Healthy Kids in Hostile Climates” on July 12. The virtual discussion will feature sociologist Janice Johnson Dias. “Children’s lives have been impacted in a number of ways over the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go to a drama teacher in Texas who argues that “musical theater has a unique way of bringing people together.” Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at G.W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston will receive the 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award on [...]
