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Introducing PVAMU’s PV CaresĀ© Student Success Model

As of Fall 2024, we have officially launched Prairie View A&M University's PV Cares© Initiative, a new student success model where every undergraduate student will be assigned a professional academic advisor, financial counselor and career coach, forming a care team associated with their college or school; and every graduate student will be assigned a financial [...]

PVAMU’s Class of 2028 welcomed as Panthers during Lighting & Pinning Ceremony

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 29, 2024) - On Friday, Aug. 23, Prairie View A&M University officially welcomed the Class of 2028 during the Lighting & Pinning Ceremony. The freshmen induction event was held in the William ā€œBillyā€ J. Nicks Sr. Building for the more than 2,000 Panthers beginning their journeys on ā€œThe [...]

PVAMU celebrates recipients of 2024 Faculty and Staff Awards

PVAMU President Tomikia P. LeGrande (left) and Harriette Howard-Lee Block (right), Associate Professor of Biology and winner of the 2024 Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Faculty Member PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 29, 2024) - The theme of Prairie View A&M University’s 2024 Faculty and Staff Conference was ā€œA Journey to [...]

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp to retire in June 2025

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 1, 2024) – After nearly 14 years, Chancellor John Sharp announced that he is retiring as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System on June 30, 2025. Sharp, the longest-serving chancellor in the System’s history, sent a letter to constituents on Monday thanking past and present regents, system employees, and elected [...]

PVAMU announces Texas State Representative Ron Reynolds as Summer Commencement Speaker

Representative Ron Reynolds (D-TX) PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University has announced Texas Representative Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) as the keynote speaker for its 113th Summer Commencement. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 9 a.m. in the William ā€œBillyā€ J. Nicks, Sr. Building, also [...]

ā€˜My HBCU education was absolutely good enough to prepare me to compete’: United Airlines VP Phil Griffith to PVAMU’s Spring Class of 2024

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 13, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University held its 142nd Spring Commencement Convocation on May 10-11, 2024. With a turnout exceeding 10,000 attendees, the festivities occurred at the William ā€œBillyā€ J. Nicks, Sr. Building, spanning three ceremonies on Friday and Saturday. The event honored graduates from PVAMU’s 11 colleges and schools. [...]

PVAMU announces appointments of Provost and SVP for Academic Affairs, SVP for Strategy and Transformation

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Aashir Nasim, Ph.D. After a national search led by a university search committee and facilitated by the executive search firm Witt Kiefer, I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Aashir Nasim has been named Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.Ā Dr. Nasim is [...]

Dr. Munir Quddus Leaving Position as Dean of College of Business

Munir Quddus, Ph.D. Dr. Munir Quddus has informed me of his decision to leave the dean's role in the College of Business (COB) and return to the faculty at the end of the fall 2024 semester. During his 23-year tenure as dean, the COB has experienced unprecedented growth and dynamism.Ā From attaining "initial" AACSB [...]

Student overcomes barriers to win PVAMU’s 10th Annual Essay and Oratory Contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 3, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University first-year student Bertrice Askew’s winning essay on the American pianist and composer Thomas Wiggins, a blind musical prodigy born into slavery, struck a chord, perhaps because it was as vulnerable as courageous. Askew (l) pictured beside Dr. Emma Joahanne Thomas-Smith, Provost and Senior [...]

PVAMU’s Spring 2024 Commencement: An Essential Guide to Graduation Day

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 3, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University’s 142nd Spring Commencement Convocation is approaching. Congratulations to all Panthers who will soon walk the stage and earn their degrees! As the beginning of the final journey to alumni-hood commences, here are some essential tips to ensure commencement day goes well for graduates, friends [...]