Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 2, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University is proud to announce the induction of distinguished alumni Ernest and Floretta Collins ‘66 into the 2024 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. This honor celebrates their exceptional contributions to community service, agriculture, education, and youth [...]
Eli Washington ‘24 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 22, 2024) - Recent Prairie View A&M University graduate Eli Washington ‘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. [...]
Today we’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 [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 16, 2024) - When students sign up for military service, the word “musician” does not usually come to mind. However, every arm of the military enlists musicians who represent the U.S. in various capacities: at events, formal meetings with dignitaries, and many other occasions. Several former Prairie View A&M University Marching [...]
Leigh Adams '21 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 1, 2024) - Leigh Adams grew up in Houston, Texas, where agriculture and the outdoors were a way of life for her. “When I wasn’t at school, I was in the country tending to the ranch, fishing, baling hay or hunting,” she said. “Doing these activities [...]
Ivy Walls '16 is planting seeds of change for her community — literally! She opens up about working on her five-acre farm called Ivy Leaf Farms to help provide food for her food-desert community in Texas that had just one grocery store.
When they first met at Prairie View A&M University a decade ago, Jarren Small and Douglas Johnson became fast friends. Though they came from different backgrounds—Small is from Houston and Johnson grew up in Brooklyn,—they had similar upbringings. Both were feeling pulled to the streets even though their interests lie elsewhere: in music, arts and [...]
Earlier this week, Houston farmers Ivy Walls and Jeremy Peaches won a whopping $200,000 prize on Bet on Black, an investment competition hosted by Revolt. "It's like a Black Shark Tank," Peaches laughed. He and Walls competed against 13 other Black entrepreneurs from across the country. In the season finale, Houston icon Bun B, singer-entrepreneur Ray J and a panel [...]
There aren't a lot of boxers who can say they have a nursing degree like Darius Fulghum. Perhaps just as few have a knockout streak as long as the 27-year-old Prairie View A&M graduate. Fulghum (9-0, 9 KOs) showed off his college credentials by wearing his Prairie View A&M cap and gown to the ring, then made [...]
During World War I, Black soldiers like David Brewer’s grandfather were not allowed in combat. Instead, they lugged cargo, dug trenches and buried the dead for the U.S. Army. But as the Western Front continued to churn out the dead, France welcomed a group of Black Americans in 1918 to fight under their country’s banner.