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Opinion| Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion

DespiteĀ growing skepticismĀ around the value of higher education and increasing calls for alternatives to a college education, a bachelor’s degree still carries immense weight in the job market.

2025-05-08T09:30:04-05:00May 8, 2025|Academic Affairs, News, Opinions, PV in the News, Staff News|

PVAMU Softball dominates 2025 SWAC postseason honors

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 6, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University stood out in this year’s Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) softball postseason awards, with the Lady Panthers and coaching staff earning top recognition following a stellar season. The 2025 SWAC Pitcher of the Year honor was awarded to PVAMU’s Cailin Massey, who delivered a dominant [...]

Opinion| How Digital Archives and Tools Transform History into Engaging Narratives

In addition to teaching U.S. history and digital storytelling, I host a podcast called ā€œD.O.P.E. Conversations.ā€ I do it for one very important reason: to invite theorists and researchers to break down their research in a way that grassroots efforts can use. Sometimes scholars lose focus of the idea that our work is not just [...]

Houston Chronicle: Business booms at PVAMU meat market selling goat, beef, other farm-to-table products

Marsha Barnes wasn’t sure she was in the right place when she walked intoĀ Prairie View A&MĀ University’s Meat Science Center, tucked in the back of theĀ HBCU’s 770-acre farm. Two students sat behind a small metal table in a plain entryway, and they pointed to a menu of almost 60 different cuts of beef, goat and pork. [...]

Opinion| We Are Not Like Them

Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl LIX performanceĀ Not Like UsĀ took me back to an experience I had when I was a doctoral student. ā€œProfessor X, I know I have to have a control group before initiating this research investigation, I can’t just study Black males without using white males as my norming population, right?ā€ Professor X stepped back [...]

Houston Chronicle: How are students – and their financial aid – affected by changes to the Department of Education?

The Houston Chronicle spoke with Jamie Smith, the associate director in Prairie View A&M University’s Office of Student Financial Services.

2025-04-02T10:39:47-05:00April 2, 2025|Academic Affairs, News, PV in the News, Staff News|

Houston Style: Prairie View A&M University Breaks Ground on the Future

Prairie View A&M UniversityĀ officially broke ground on what is being heralded as a transformational milestone in the institution's enduring legacy of academic excellence—the Teaching and Academic Student Support Services Building.

2025-04-02T10:41:39-05:00March 31, 2025|Happening on the Hill, PV in the News, Uncategorized|

Houston Chronicle: State Comptroller Glenn Hegar officially named next chancellor of Texas A&M University System at PVAMU Groundbreaking

2025-03-31T09:56:14-05:00March 28, 2025|Events, Happening on the Hill, PV in the News|