PPAI: How Merch Helped This HBCU Build Community
By rethinking licensing, partnerships and storytelling, Prairie View A&M has transformed campus merch into a meaningful extension of its brand and community.
Defender Network: Collegians navigate policy, politics, purpose
Locally, recent data shows Prairie View A&M (PVAMU) hitting record enrollments, reaching 10,085 in Fall 2025, building on steady growth from 9,400 students in 2023.
PVAMU Alum KhaDarel Hodge’s HBCU roots continue to shape his NFL career
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — As he often did, KhaDarel Hodge walked across the tarmac to board a chartered Delta flight, bags in hand, hat low and sunglasses on, as the Atlanta Falcons prepared to travel to San Francisco to face the 49ers in mid-October. Hodge blended in with his teammates — until he didn't. It [...]
Yardbarker: Coach Byron Smith Calls For Better Medical Care For HBCU Student-Athletes
HOUSTON - Prairie View A&M men’s basketball coach Byron Smith is calling for stronger medical support for student-athletes at HBCUs, firmly stating that institutions must prioritize player health over winning.
Defender Network: Celebrating 100 years of Black History Month
In February 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, driven by his frustration with American textbooks that omitted Black contributions and academic institutions that ignored Black scholarship altogether. Woodson, the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, understood that history was being weaponized through omission.
Essence: PVAMU impact on North Carolina A&T State University Students Urge State Board to Keep Campus Early Voting Site
Their eligibility is due to Prairie View A&M University students and a 1979 Supreme Court decision, Symm v. United States, granting college students access to register to vote where they attend school.
Click 2 Houston: Dr. Ali Fares Comments on “Extreme weather can ripple through your community, here’s how to be ready”
“Extreme events impact several principal components of how we live. They impact food, energy, water, and health,” Dr. Fares explains. “Imagine energy is used to pump water to distribute it. And also water is needed for drinking… So if energy fails, then the water pumps fail, and we will not be able to get water, [...]
Women In Academia: Five Women Who Have Been Selected for Dean Positions
Effective April 1, Carmen R. Carter will serve as the inaugural dean of Prairie View A&M University’s University College, a new academic unit created to strengthen the first two years of the undergraduate experience.
Houston Public Media: Marking MLK Day with a conversation about the state of civil rights in Houston
On Monday’s show: We mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a conversation about the state of civil rights here in Houston and across the country with the help of Christa Stoneham, president of the Houston Land Bank, Dr. Melanye Price from Prairie View A&M University, and Ian Haddock of The Normal Anomaly Initiative.
This PVAMU alum has taught over 3,000 girls about cosmetic science and has now opened a STEM classroom
https://youtu.be/eecxlTEeZMA?si=W7DDfiOyiinZQx5Y Kristen Wells-Collins ’15 ‘18 is inspiring young girls to become chemists. Wells-Collins was raised in an under-resourced community in Beaumont, TX, and said she had limited exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), according to her commentary on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” However, Wells-Collins went on to pursue a degree in chemistry at Prairie View A&M University, according [...]