An interdisciplinary team of students took second place in the inaugural 2017 HBCU Battle of the Brains hosted by the National Black MBA Association Austin Chapter at SXSW held March 10-13, 2017. The event was designed to bring together "the best and brightest college and graduate school students representing Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) [...]
Spring break conjures up images of fun, adventure and ocean breezes. What about an ocean breeze from Cape Town, South Africa? Eleven business students and two faculty, Dr. Lawrence McNeil and Mr. Danny Harvey, extended their view by spending spring break in South Africa. The group traveled to Johannesburg, Soweto and Cape Town to experience [...]
Summer is a great time to explore a college campus, take courses to get ahead and experience college life. Motivated high school students interested in studying business can take advantage of the Business Scholars Summer program created for incoming freshmen or the BASIS Pre-College program designed especially for ninth through eleventh grade students. Deadlines are [...]
Annually, the PVAMU College of Business awards nearly $200,000 to qualified students. Applications for fall 2016 and spring 2017 are now available online. The deadline is March 7 - so do not delay!
A recap of College of Business, news, notes and events for 2015 is available online.
The PVAMU College of Business Career Forum is not a typical career event. The program begins with company representatives introducing their organization at the beginning and is followed by a reception where students mix and mingle with guests to learn more about their organizations and discuss their fit for employment opportunities. College of Business-supported [...]
Forty-three business majors were invited to join Beta Gamma Sigma. Membership in BGS is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in an undergraduate, master's or doctoral program at a school accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). In order to be eligible for an [...]
Forty-eight undergraduate and graduate students and Associate Professor of Finance Dr. Henry “He” Huang received invitations for membership to Beta Gamma Sigma. More than 75 percent accepted the invitation earning the PVAMU BGS chapter the prestigious Exemplary Chapter award from the International Beta Gamma Sigma Society. This honor affords the chapter with special recognition as [...]
The Prairie View chapter of NABA was selected as the chapter of the year for the greater Houston Area. The chapter was led by president Jonathan and faculty advisor Ada Till, CPA who was also selected to receive the Educator Award from the chapter. Three College of Business students D’Ann Dickson, Clarencia Weeks and Ginger Walker received [...]
Farhan Khan, management information systems major, won first place in the Networking Design competition scoring higher than the members of the second place team from Texas State University. Mr. Khan also received special recognition for the Security qualifying test and scenario finals competition. Prairie View A&M University students Christopher Perkins, Farhan Khan, Leah Gilbert and [...]
