The biggest makeover for Prairie View A&M football this season is change of leadership. Bubba McDowell replaces Eric Dooley, who took the same position at SWAC rival Southern, after guiding the Panthers to the Western Division championship. Here are five things to watch with the Panthers this season:
Read about the perspective of college health from a distinguished HBCU college health administrator. Tondra Moore, PhD, JD, MPH has a unique background with degrees combining chemistry, law, public health and health care administration. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Health Services at Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU (Historically Black College and
Walking into a museum is a transformative experience. Depending on which museum you enter, you may be transported to a different decade, century, state or even a completely different country. Each room is a different world, and each turn is a different experience. The closest thing we have in this modern world to time travel
When thinking of June as African American Music Month, there are many students who choose to study music at HBCU institutions. Some are interested in marching band and others in choir or orchestra. As they study, there is another interest of theirs that is not on the curriculum sheet. The curriculum at HBCUs is the
Considering our nation’s history, minus the fact that it was leaked, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2021), the case challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi law, is not that shocking. Its reasoning is not unfamiliar, and neither are the potential ramifications. Obviously, on its face, the decision
2021 Hurricane Nicholas, September 13, 2021, before making landfall in Galveston, Texas. Courtesy: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Each year, hundreds of millions of people in the Atlantic Ocean basin, especially the Caribbean and North America, eagerly await the hurricane season prediction. In the United States, the Atlantic Hurricane Season starts June 1 and ends November
I am reluctantly writing this commentary because I and others have made all these points before. Last Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde was regrettably predictable and very likely preventable. And yes, without change, the next one is coming. We simply do not know where, who, or how many? Clearly, like other mass shooters before him, this
December 6, 2020, will always be a day I will remember. It was the day that would change my life forever. I was laid off from my job of six years. I wasn’t devastated because, to me, it was the break I needed to finish what I started in August 2006, which was my bachelor’s
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak a global pandemic, and our world view of health forever changed. Suddenly, a large spotlight was shown on health care and the hard work of individuals working in the health care system, including nurses. Night after night, the media highlighted sick
My journey at Prairie View A&M University has been long and difficult. Although no doctoral program is ever easy, adding the additional life’s difficulties made my journey even more arduous. I chose to pursue my Ph.D. at PVAMU because it was the only university in the region with an adolescent-focused clinical program. Yet my story