Prairie View A&M University inaugurated Tomikia P. LeGrande as its ninth president Friday, ushering in a renewed promise to improve student success and research innovation at the historically Black university.
John Krinjak talks with constitutional law professor Eddy Carder about the "judicial whiplash" this week over the controversial immigration law SB 4.
The ceremony, fittingly held during Women’s History Month, was attended by state and local officials, delegates from renowned universities nationwide, and representatives from Prairie View A&M’s faculty, staff, and student body.
Dr. Tomikia LeGrande is the 2nd female president in the school’s 147-year history. She was presented with the Presidential Medallion by Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System John Sharp.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the inaugural members of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium Executive Committee (TSIC EC). Magesh Rajan, Ph.D., of Prairie View A&M University will serve on the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium as a designee of institutions of higher education.
Alum, Kara Branch, 34, is an award-winning chemical engineer and founder of Black Girls Do Engineer, a nonprofit dedicated to getting more Black and brown girls into STEM.
The founders of Prairie View – The Honorable Matthew Gaines and The Honorable William H. Holland, were Reconstruction Era legislators. Their initiatives led to the establishment of the Alta Vista Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth on August 14, 1876, now Prairie View A&M University.
"The decision from Justice Alito, at this point, means that things will remain as they have been over the past weeks," said Dr. Eddy Carder.
Tekle is closing gaps personally: redefining and reframing what it looks like for women and first-generation college students to make strides in the medical research world.
What goes into making an illustrious HBCU marching band is further detailed by Prairie View's own director of bands, Timmey Zachery.
