Prize-winning Texas drama teacher, PVAMU alumna to get special Tony Award

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

PHOTOS: PVAMU’s 140th Spring Commencement Convocation

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 16, 2022) - Nine-hundred and sixty-four. Prairie View A&M University’s second-largest graduating class of all time. Here is a look back at PVAMU’s monumental 140th Spring Commencement Convocation, held on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The entire ceremony can be viewed on PVAMU's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/pvamu. Visit this link to read

PVAMU awards nearly 1,000 degrees at its 140th Spring Commencement Convocation

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 11, 2022; Updated May 14, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University awarded nearly 1,000 degrees to its spring graduates Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Panther Stadium. “As an ‘institution of the first class,’ Prairie View A&M University has a rich history in carrying out our mission of teaching, research, and service,

PV Grads: Caitlin Scott

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

PVAMU graduate led by faith, music to instill change in the classroom as teacher, artist

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 3, 2022) – Prairie View A&M University Alumnus John-Patrick Egbo ‘19 carries into the classroom at Holub Middle School the grace of God and a bit of groove to keep his students engaged, learning and diligent in their roles as positive contributors to society. And all this comes from a former,

PVAMU’s new Texas Association of Future Educators chapter takes aim at national teacher shortage

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

PVAMU, Texas A&M announce faculty winners of $400K joint PRISE research grants for 2022

PRAIRIE VIEW and BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (April 7, 2022)­ ­- Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University are continuing their mission of increasing research collaborations between the two institutions. PVAMU and Texas A&M are awarding $400,000 in grants to support ten PVAMU-Texas A&M teams of faculty investigators to support research projects under the 2022

PVAMU’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

Opinion| Here is a list of what the leadership team at PVAMU is reading

The impact of reading is evident in writing, train of academic thought, creativity, and exposure to knowledge outside of classroom instruction. As shared in the 2010 Prairie View A&M University Quality Enhancement Plan - iREAD, “There remains even greater power in reading and in having that reading occur in learning communities.” This winter break, I

Over 600 students receive degrees at PVAMU’s 26th Fall Commencement Convocation

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2021) - The sky is the limit for 642 students who walked across the stage at PVAMU’s 26th Fall Commencement Convocation this Saturday, which featured award-winning actress, playwright, and scholar Anna Deavere Smith as speaker. This number of graduating students includes four doctoral, 113 master’s and 525 bachelor’s candidates, which

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