April 15 - Mrs. Vida Harrison won the Excellence in Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Peer Educator Awards at the EFNEP 50 Year Celebration. The work she has done as a EFNEP Peer Educator with Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program began September 1, 2007. By staying abreast of current research, Harrison ...
April 15 - The work that Prairie View A&M University does reaches far beyond its campus with thanks in part to the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP). A recent local television appearance by CEP Family and Community Health Agent for Webb County Ashley Gastineau highlighted the Read for Life program which helps inform Laredo, Texas residents ...
April 1 - Though a new concept to many, vertical planting is becoming more popular in urban communities that offer minimal space for farming. Prairie View A&M Cooperative Extension Program Agent Jeremy Peaches is doing his part to teach and inform youth on proper techniques to grow food in the city with his recent feature ...
April 1 - In an effort to reduce childhood obesity in Texas, the 4-H and Family & Community Health units will focus on building youth knowledge and skills in gardening, nutrition and physical fitness. Growing U, a joint 4-H project of Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...
February 18 - A freezing, windy and early Friday morning couldn't slow down the excitement of H.T. Jones Elementary students as they prepared for the moment they'd anticipated since before they left for their holiday break. The time was here to plant vegetables in their campus' new raised garden beds. The NextGEN (gardening, education, nutrition) ...
By: Taelor Smith February 18 - In celebration of the newly renovated Worthing High School, Houston Independent School District hosted a grand reopening ceremony for students and the community to show off the new additions recently made to the school. With Prairie View A&M’s Cooperative Extension Program being very active in the Sunnyside community where Worthing High School ...
February 11 - Attending Prairie View A&M University was instilled in Conlee Herrera-Fry as a child, having grown up on a farm right down the road in Hockley, Texas and being in a family with a long history of attending the university. Considering himself somewhat of a legacy student of PVAMU due to his grandmother ...
Written by Taelor Smith, CAHS Communications Specialist January 14 - At the close of the Fall 2018 semester, the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences held a Plan of Work Retreat on December 18th and 19th, 2018. The event's goal was to discuss and develop a report that will outline the college's future and present ...
January 14 - The College of Agriculture and Human Sciences started the year off right after Prairie View A&M University President, Dr. Ruth Simmons, graced the college with a personal visit. President Simmons had a full afternoon on January 7, 2019, as she spent time with each area of the PV agriculture community. Accompanied by ...
By Trent HammJanuary 7 - In many mailboxes, bills from the countless expenses of the holiday season are starting to arrive. People used their credit cards for gifts, food, flights, hotels, gasoline, and other expenses that often come with celebrating the holidays. Even people who are otherwise smart with their money sometimes face credit card ...
