The 369th Experience is a historic series of national and international programs and musical events depicting the African American and Puerto Rican experience in World War I through the eyes and ears of the 369th U.S. Infantry Regiment, and Prairie View A&M University will be represented.
South Dallas, Texas is not the most affluent area, but it is characterized as a food desert with poor and ethnic minorities facing barriers to access grocery shopping and limited transportation. Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program county agents recognized a need in serving this population by offering no-cost workshops for residents.
Congratulations to PVAMU! The university has been selected as a finalist for seven 2018 HBCU Awards! The HBCU Awards is the first and only national awards ceremony honoring individual and institutional achievement at historically black colleges and universities throughout the country. Winners are selected by a panel of previous winners, journalist, HBCU executives, students and alumni [...]
PVAMU Student Counseling Services Director Voted President-Elect for TUCCDA Dr. Bernadine Duncan, Director of Student Counseling Services in the Division of Student Affairs, has been named the 2018 President-Elect for the Texas University Counseling Center Directors Association (TUCCDA). As President-Elect, Dr. Duncan will be responsible for assisting the current TUCCDA President with challenges that arise [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) becomes the first Historically Black College/University to sign a Mentor-Protégé agreement with a prime contractor. The university signed a Mentor – Protégé Agreement with Pacific Architects and Engineers Incorporated (PAE) through its partnership with NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP). Representatives from PVAMU were hosted at [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s campus is abuzz today with its first-ever commencement held at the new Panther Stadium. Many of the nearly 900 students who are graduating will cross the stage, dressed in purple and gold gowns and leave with a diploma, excited to begin their professional lives.
Two months before his 22nd birthday, Xante Wallace will receive his diploma on graduation day at Prairie View A&M Saturday. In two weeks, he'll take the oath of office on the Prairie View city council. Wallace was elected in his first bid for public office this year. His mother is a high school teacher in [...]
The countdown to the end of the semester is here. Spring 2018 Commencement is May 12, at Panther Stadium. This year’s speaker is a historian, author, curator, and educator, Lonnie G. Bunch III, who is also the founding director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. More details about [...]