Summer camps have stood the test of time. Dating back to 1861 in Washington and Connecticut, youth have spent time boating, fishing, and swimming after hiking to a forest destination and setting up camp. One of the first organized American camps documented is The Gunnery Camp. Annually, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) offers a variety [...]
Prairie View A&M University Professor Sahedur Rahman suggested the students take part in social activities along with the study, during a ‘Corporate Talk’ which was held at Chittagong Independent University (CIU) in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Nate Peterson, PVAMU CEP Community, and Economic Development County Extension Agent joined efforts with AgriLife Agent Fralonda Aubrey to launch YEP4Success as a part of the Sustainable Communities Project 2018 Leadership Camp at Forest Glen Camp, TX.
Oil and gas is hardly the first industry that springs to mind when one mentions cloud computing. The technology that has been expanding at a snail's pace, disrupting business models and enabling innovation across industry boards, has not really met with a lot of enthusiasm in the energy industry—at least not yet. But this may [...]
Dr. Tyrone Tanner, executive director of the Northwest Houston Center and professor of the College of Education, was awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, titled, “Applying Innovative Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for African American Middle School Teachers and Students to Broaden the STEM Pipeline.” He and his team applied for the three-year grant [...]
Four Prairie View A&M University Alumni Named New Principals with the Houston Independent School District Marques Collins named new principal of Kashmere Gardens Elementary School Marques Collins (not photographed) has been selected as the new principal of Kashmere Gardens Elementary School. Collins started his 20-year career in HISD as a sixth-grade self-contained teacher for [...]
The Texas Comptroller's office was originally created by the Texas provisional government in 1835. The Comptroller is the chief steward of the state's finances, acting as tax collector, chief accountant, chief revenue estimator and chief treasurer for all of state government, in addition to administering a number of other programs. The Comptroller’s office serves [...]
More than 1,000 guests joined gala co-chairs John Mingé, Calvin C. Guidry, and honorary chair mayor Sylvester Turner at the Houston Area Urban League’s annual Equal Opportunity Day Gala - “Honoring Our Past … Impacting Our Present…Shaping Our Future.”
If you watch a group of boys playing outside, chances are, at some point, one boy is going to leap on top of another boy. There will be a lot of yelling and ferocious roars, but also lots of grins. Other boys will try to pull the first boy off or grab on, too, and [...]
Billy Davis, a 1991 PVAMU alumnus, has been tapped as Director of Alumni Affairs. In this critical alumni role, Billy is tasked with building relationships with a wide range of alumni; communicating with alumni through a variety of media; and collaborating with colleagues in a range of university offices to create and maintain pathways for [...]
