PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 7, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University’s new president of the Student Government Association, senior Jasmine Jeffries, ran for office to “foster a culture of student advocacy for PVAMU students.” Jeffries, in the Honors Program and on track to graduate next year with a BA in communications and a minor in [...]
Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 2, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University is proud to announce the induction of distinguished alumni Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 into the 2024 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. This honor celebrates their exceptional contributions to community service, agriculture, education, and youth [...]
Photography by Nicholas Hunt, Office for Marketing and Communications PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 24, 2024) – Thanks to a $20,000 award from The Summerlee Foundation, the History Department at Prairie View A&M University has begun a comprehensive historical and archaeological study of Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery, located behind PVAMU. The study seeks to [...]
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 “Billy” J. Nicks Sr. Building for the more than 2,000 Panthers beginning their journeys on “The [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 27, 2024) - As the new academic year begins, Prairie View A&M University is excited to welcome the Class of 2028. Among the incoming 2,000-plus students are five exceptional individuals who bring a wealth of talent, ambition, and dedication to our campus. Their diverse backgrounds and aspirations reflect the spirit of [...]
Prairie View A&M University has been changing lives for nearly 150 years. The transformation for many begins on the journey down University Drive, a road that leads to dreams one can visualize, believe in, and manifest. Native Americans forged the trail that is now the main road. Land surveyors later turned the 1,400 acres of [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 20, 2024) – What if you flipped on the lights or ran an air conditioning unit without worrying about running up an expensive electric bill? Electrical Engineering Professor Dr. John Fuller ’69 of the Prairie View A&M University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering is taking steps to make that dream [...]
Figure 1: Picture of Charles Joel Robinson, courtesy of the Williams Family General Gordon Granger formally decreeing slavery’s end in Galveston on June 19, 1865, was an epoch event that demolished the existing social, economic and political foundations of society in Texas. Moreover, the end of slavery in the Lone Star State ushered [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 14, 2024) - Ask Dr. Quincy Moore to describe his relationship with his students, and he’ll tell you a unique perspective: he’s been asked to be a godfather, been to some of their weddings, written recommendation letters, check-in emails, and met up with them for coffee or a meal when he [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 30, 2024) – In a night filled with anticipation and excitement this spring semester, Chloe Tolbert and Alexander Kirk emerged as the newly crowned 2024-2025 Miss and Mister Prairie View A&M University. Tolbert, a rising senior from Dallas, became the 92nd Miss PVAMU, while Kirk, a rising senior from Pontiac, Michigan, [...]
