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This PVAMU grad is using his new masterā€™s degree to maximize residentsā€™ quality of life in his hometown

Eli Washington ā€˜24 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 22, 2024) - Recent Prairie View A&M University graduate Eli Washington ā€˜24 is back in his hometown of Missouri City, Texas, after earning his Master of Community Development on May 11. Washington, 26, is now the Economic Development Manager for the city where he grew up. [...]

PVAMU dean, alumna recognized as leaders in field of nursing

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 18, 2024) - Two leaders in nursing from Prairie View A&M University are making history by being inducted into the first class of 176 Fellows selected for the newly established Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing. Dr. Allyssa Harris, RN, PhD, WHNP-BC, dean and professor in the College of Nursing at [...]

Prairie View A&M athletes reflect on being invited to the HBCU Swingman Classic

Only four freshmen were chosen to participate in theĀ 2024 HBCU Swingman ClassicĀ and one, Michael Smith Jr., is no stranger to Texas playing his collegiate baseball at Prairie View A&M University.

2024-07-15T11:00:22-05:00July 15, 2024|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, PV in the News, Student News|

PVAMU announces Texas State Representative Ron Reynolds as Summer Commencement Speaker

Representative Ron Reynolds (D-TX) PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2024) ā€“ Prairie View A&M University has announced Texas Representative Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) as the keynote speaker for its 113th Summer Commencement. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 9 a.m. in the William ā€œBillyā€ J. Nicks, Sr. Building, also [...]

Tickets for 99th annual State Fair Classic on sale

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 28, 2024) ā€“ Prairie View A&M University, ALW Entertainment and the Dallas Sports Commission are excited to announce that tickets are available for the 2024 State Fair Classic, taking place September 28, 2024. A historic college football rivalry between the Prairie View A&M Panthers and the Grambling State Tigers, the State [...]

2024 PVAMU Panther Football games to air on ESPN+

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 24, 2024)Ā ā€“ Here is great news for Panthers who want to know whatā€™s happening in Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Panther Stadium all season long. The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that ESPN+ will air all five of PVAMUā€™s home football games. The 2023 Western Division Champs will kick off the 2024 season [...]

2024-06-21T10:36:38-05:00June 24, 2024|Athletics, Events, HBCU News, Latest News, Staff News, Student News|

Flipping the Switch of the Future: PVAMU’s new Solar Lab spotlights path to renewable power

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 20, 2024) ā€“ 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 ā€™69 of the Prairie View A&M University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering is taking steps to make that dream [...]

KHOU 11: Juneteenth 1865-2024: A Legacy of Song

Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Concert Chorale was featured in KHOU 11ā€™s documentary, ā€œJuneteenth 1865-2024: A Legacy Of Song.ā€ The special explored the origins of African American music and how it has progressed into todayā€™s sounds and performances. This is the fourth installment of this award-winning KHOU 11 documentary.

Opinion| Freedom to Be: Prairie Viewā€™s First Generation of Graduates and the Promotion of Juneteenth

Figure 1: Picture of Charles Joel Robinson, courtesy of the Williams Family General Gordon Granger formally decreeing slaveryā€™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 [...]

Voyage Houston: Meet PVAMU alumna, graphic designer Jade Harper ’22

Today weā€™d like to introduce you to Jade Harper. Hi Jade, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today? My journey in graphic design began [...]