PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 15, 2022) - It was an exciting week for Prairie View A&M University faculty, staff and students. The university held multiple events to culminate the year-long appointment of its inaugural Writer-in-Residence, Nikki Giovanni, under PVAMU’s Toni Morrison Writing Program. The award-winning creative legend began her visit on Tuesday at Houston’s Ensemble [...]
HOUSTON - Houston’s Ensemble Theatre was filled on Tuesday night with Prairie View A&M University students, faculty, staff and community supporters who came to witness a reading by the world-famous poet, writer, activist, educator and American icon Nikki Giovanni. It was the first in-person event featuring Giovanni, PVAMU’s inaugural writer-in-residence, under the university’s Toni Morrison [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 14, 2022) – “The human spirit cannot be tamed.” These words from famed poet and lecturer Nikki Giovanni, delivered during the inaugural masterclass of the Toni Morrison Writing Program at Prairie View A&M University, stirred the souls of students in attendance, encouraging empowerment and aspiration. “True leadership isn’t measured by a [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - 2021 has been a remarkable one for Prairie View A&M University, despite the continuous fight against COVID-19. PVAMU has continued to stick to its core values of achieving excellence, teaching, research and service. The university had many outstanding moments, from launches, historic donations, new initiatives, faces, buildings and championships. As we [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 28, 2021) - World-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni hosted a public reading and lecture on September 27 to mark the launch of the Toni Morrison Writing Program at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Giovanni is the program’s inaugural writer-in-residence.
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 27, 2021) - “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” These are powerful words spoken by the late Toni Morrison, a prolific essayist, novelist, book editor, college professor, and the first African-American woman to win the Nobel [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 19, 2021) - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) announced today that Nikki Giovanni has been named the 2021-2022 Writer-in-Residence in the Toni Morrison Writing Program. The appointment will officially begin with a virtual series taking place September 27 – 29. One of the most celebrated African American poets, Ms. Giovanni has [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) President Ruth J. Simmons announced today that the Toni Morrison Writing Program would be established at Prairie View in honor of the writer and her former student, MacKenzie Scott. Ms. Scott donated $50 million to the University in October 2020; $3 million of her gift will [...]
