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PVAMU NABA Wins Chapter of the Year

Prairie View A&M University’s National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) won the Division II Student Chapter Award. PVAMU NABA was recognized during a scholarship luncheon at the 2018 NABA National Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida.

PVAMU NABA Wins Chapter of the Year2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

COB Dean Hosts Book Reading Contest

The College of Business held its most successful Dean’s Book Reading Contest to date. Fifteen students registered for the contest and received the book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success,” by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., provided by Dean Munir Quddus. Six students, Romaine Knight, Anthony Limbrick Jr., Cabina Woods, Jordan Davis, Tiara Johnson, and Kartez Rowel [...]

COB Dean Hosts Book Reading Contest2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

Finance Major Wins First Place in National Competition

Prairie View A&M University’s Romaine Knight, a junior Finance major in the College of Business, won first prize in the national FOCUSS Idea Competition, which took place on April 26, at CUNA Mutual Group headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. Knight competed against students from five other universities. The primary objective was to propose ways for credit [...]

Finance Major Wins First Place in National Competition2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

Students Attend Two Finance-Related Events

Prairie View A&M University hosted two finance events on March 26 and March 28: Athletes in Finance and Women in Finance. Speakers ranged from financial planners and private wealth advisors to an Olympic champion and Super Bowl champion. “The events were geared around creating awareness for the Financial Planning minor offered in the College of [...]

Students Attend Two Finance-Related Events2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

Student Leads Free Tax Assistance Program

Did you know you can get your taxes done for free at Prairie View A&M University? “For the past 15 years, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), an Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-sponsored program, has partnered with PVAMU’s College of Business (COB) and Cooperative Extension Program to provide tax assistance to people who cannot prepare [...]

Student Leads Free Tax Assistance Program2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

COB Hosts Income Tax Seminars at NWHC

Prairie View A&M University’s College of Business hosted two income tax seminars at the Northwest Houston Center January 8-9. The first one gave an update on the current federal tax developments affecting tax returns for this season, including new and pending legislation, IRS interpretations, and recent court decisions on tax laws. The second session offered [...]

COB Hosts Income Tax Seminars at NWHC2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00

COB Students Tour NYC Financial Companies

During the week of Thanksgiving, College of Business Instructor Danny J. Harvey took seven students to New York City. They visited the New York Federal Reserve, Williams Capital Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York Stock Exchange, Bank of New York Mellon, Goldman Sachs, CastleOak Securities, and the Museum of American Finance. “Our trip [...]

COB Students Tour NYC Financial Companies2019-12-15T13:40:04-06:00