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PVAMU’s CAFNR receives state ā€œAg Match;ā€ will double community impact

PRAIRIE VIEW,Ā Texas (Sept. 18, 2023) ā€“ Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR) has successfully lobbied for the state of Texas to match the amount of funding CAFNR receives from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The ā€œAg matchā€ will help the College further its mission to enhance lives [...]

Preparing for the Future: PVAMU expands health education with new school

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 10, 2023) - Prairie View A&M University is no stranger to the field of health. Just in the past year, the University celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first class to graduate from its College of Nursing. For nearly a decade, the Undergraduate Medical AcademyĀ has emphasized the integration of leadership development [...]

April 15 is officially Wellness in Houston Day

HOUSTON ā€“ The City of Houston issued a Proclamation stating that April 15thĀ will hereby be known as Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Wellness in Houston Day! PVAMUā€™s Wellness in Houston is having a positive impact within communities and will continue to provide first-rate resources and support to the Greater Houston area as we tackle health [...]

New Name, Same Mission: PVAMUā€™s Wellness in Houston

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 22, 2022) - Launching amid a global pandemic, Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Wellness in Houston project (formerly Healthy Houston Initiative) has built a foundation in Harris County, delivering educational workshops, programs, and other events that focus on health, wellness, finance, nutrition and agriculture. These promote long-term healthy lifestyle changes and behaviors [...]

PVAMUā€™s Top 20 Moments of 2021

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 [...]

PVAMU Healthy Houston Initiative debuts mobile kitchen

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 12, 2021) - Less than a year after its formal launch, the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) has unveiled its new mobile kitchen unit that will soon travel around the Houston area serving various communities. The mobile kitchen made its debut during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the [...]

A Year in Review: PVAMU’s Healthy Houston Initiative

Since the launch of Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s (PVAMU) Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) last May, the initiative has served Houstonā€™s limited resource communities by providing educational workshops that focus on health, wellness, finance, nutrition, and agriculture. All of which promote long-term healthy lifestyle changes and behaviors.

PVAMU’s Healthy Houston Initiative assists with COVID-19 vaccinations in Houston, Aldine ISD

HOUSTON - As the nation focuses on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines, the Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) is on the frontlines of the vaccination efforts in the city of Houston. In March, HHI joined forces with Custom Care Pharmacy to host a vaccination drive at the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Northwest Houston Campus. [...]