Ratcliff Premium Meats CEO, Kim Ratcliff, moderated a panel during the latest Land Grant Seminar Series. It was a dynamic conversation featuring successful food industry entrepreneurs as they share real-world insights on building, branding, and scaling food businesses across the value chain. The esteemed panel included: Ernie Abercrombie, John Henry’s Seasonings Courtney Lindsay, Mo Brunch ...
CAFNR Research was recently highlighted on KPRC TV, where Dr. Ali Fares shared expert insight on how extreme winter weather can impact communities and offered practical preparedness guidance to the public. This media engagement underscores the College’s commitment to translating research into actionable information that strengthens community resilience and public awareness during extreme weather events. ...
On January 23, research faculty, staff, and students participated in a comprehensive QuantStudio™ 7 Pro training coordinated by Dr. Sela Woldesenbet. The hands-on session strengthened participants’ understanding of real-time PCR fundamentals, advanced instrument operation, software-based data analysis, and diverse research applications enhancing research capacity across the College. Thank you, Dr. Woldesenbet for continuing to provide meaningful ...
At Prairie View A&M University, change often starts in unexpected places, sometimes in a field, collecting soil samples, and sometimes in a student discovering her voice as a scientist. Malani L. Clark For senior Malani Clark, undergraduate research has been more than a requirement. It has been a three-year journey that sharpened her confidence, ...
Congratulations to our fall graduates! 36 CAFNR undergraduates and 5 MS NRES (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences) graduate students walked the stage. We honored and celebrated their accomplishments at the graduation reception where students shared their upcoming plans (employment at SPCA, graduate school, veterinary school, entrepreneurship, and more). Excited for these agricultural leaders to ...
Prairie View A&M University proudly announces that Kimberly M. Gay, Head of Reference and Information Services and Academic Reference & Instruction Librarian II at the John B. Coleman Library, presented at the Hawai‘i Library Association (HLA) Annual Conference in Honolulu, Hawai‘i this month—becoming the first HBCU academic librarian to present at the HLA Conference. Ms. Gay’s ...
Cooperative Extension professionals from 1890 Land-grant Universities gathered at the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) to plan for natural and man-made disasters during the 1890 Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Advisory Group (AG) 2024 face-to-face workshop and business meeting. The three-day annual meeting took place June 4-6 in ...
Prairie View A&M University Extension's Family and Community Health (FCH) recently wrapped up its impactful Mental Health Conference on July 17, 2024. Themed "Breaking the Silence: Empowering Voices for Mental Health Awareness," the conference was a crucial platform for engaging discussions and enhancing awareness about mental health issues among diverse populations. The event was ...
Five students selected as USDA/1890 National Scholars in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources CAFN at Prairie View A&M University were recently recognized and took government “Oath of Office” at the 1890 National Scholars Orientation and Oath of Office Ceremony in Washington, DC. The students, Jazmin Bridges, Deric Love, Kerrington Thompson, Eva Dennett, ...
The College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR) hosted a Sustainable Table food competition for the new Agletics initiative on July 19, 2024. Agletics, led by TeKedra Pierre, Ed.D., director of CAFNR Information, Impact, and Sustainability Center (IISC) in collaboration with the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) athletics department, represents a pioneering effort to integrate ...
