PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 19, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University’s Whitlowe R. Green College of Education graduates are some of the nation’s most distinguished teachers. Over time, they become school leaders and decision-makers. They are a part of PVAMU’s rich, historical legacy of preparing educators. Now, thanks to the $12.2 million grant from the [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 5, 2022) – World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers’ Day, is celebrated on Oct. 5 every year. This year’s theme is “the transformation of education begins with teachers.” If you add the positive influence principals can have on teachers and students alike, the dynamic sets up guaranteed success in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 31, 2022) - The teacher population in Texas does not reflect its student population. Beverly Sande, Ph.D., plans to change that statistic with $300,000 in funding from Texas Tech University–Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the University-School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (US PREP) National Center. The award will position Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) to [...]
HOUSTON (August 18, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University students, faculty and staff were on hand bright and early Wednesday morning to help welcome students to the first day of school at Aldine ISD’s Impact Leadership Academy (ILA), the district’s first all-boys school. PVAMU is partnering with the ILA to cultivate learning experiences rooted in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 18, 2022) - About 300 degrees will be conferred during Prairie View A&M University’s 111th Summer Commencement Convocation. The ceremony will be held in the William “Billy” J. Nicks, Sr. Building (Baby Dome) on Saturday, August 13 at 9 a.m. for the University’s colleges and school. Roshunda Jones-Koumba ’03, ‘07 [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go to a drama teacher in Texas who argues that “musical theater has a unique way of bringing people together.” Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at G.W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston will receive the 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award on [...]
Caitlin Scott Caitlin Scott Hometown: Alexandria, Louisiana Degree: Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Social Studies 4-8 What internship(s) did you have while attending PVAMU? I worked with Mission Transformation, a nonprofit that focuses on providing educational opportunities to young men in inner-city Houston. Having this internship taught me [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 13, 2022) - As part of an effort across The Texas A&M University System to encourage students toward the teaching profession, chapters of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE — pronounced “taffy”) have begun to spring up statewide. At Prairie View A&M University, the new TAFE chapter has both sprung [...]
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 [...]
Aldine ISD plans to open a leadership academy focused on closing the achievement gap for Black and Latino male students for the 2022-2023 school year, the district announced Tuesday. The Young Men’s Leadership Academy, a school of choice for grades one through eight, will seek to provide opportunities for boys of color to explore deeper [...]
