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4-H and Youth Development

A Pioneering Program: The Ag Conservation Camp

2020-10-27T08:33:44-05:00

October 27 – This year Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture & Human Sciences, the Black United Fund of Texas, and Nature Heritage Society partnered to host a virtual Agriculture Science Conservation Camp. There were 57 participants primarily of elementary school age from Harris County, in addition to some middle school aged youth ...

A Pioneering Program: The Ag Conservation Camp2020-10-27T08:33:44-05:00

2020 Jr. Youth Leadership Lab

2022-02-07T14:53:46-06:00

September 21 –COVID-19 didn’t slow down summer programs for PVAMU’s 4-H department. Instead, it spurred quick-thinking innovation! Jr. Youth Leadership effortlessly switched from traditional face-to-face to virtual programming in its fourth year.  Consequently, we were able to reach far beyond Harris, Waller, and Grimes Counties. Thirty-eight youth rising to grades six through eight residing ...

2020 Jr. Youth Leadership Lab2022-02-07T14:53:46-06:00

Dallas County 4-H Celebrates Imagine Science Day

2019-12-15T14:36:45-06:00

October 14 - Having the opportunity to explore the various avenues of academia is something that can be limited for students who don’t have the proper access to certain resources. Thanks to Imagine Science Day, students in many Dallas underserved communities are being given the chance to explore new areas of learning. Imagine Science Day ...

Dallas County 4-H Celebrates Imagine Science Day2019-12-15T14:36:45-06:00

Bexar County 4-H Agent Helping To Lead Change

2019-12-15T14:36:47-06:00

July 8 - Children find inspiration in many things. For the students of the Oak Manor 4-H Club of Bexar County, a small project blossomed into something greater and with much more meaning for their community. Cooperative Extension Program 4-H and Youth Development Agent Sayako Seymour led the recently completed garden project for students of ...

Bexar County 4-H Agent Helping To Lead Change2019-12-15T14:36:47-06:00

Harris County 4-H Agent Featured on Great Day Houston

2019-12-15T14:36:49-06:00

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 ...

Harris County 4-H Agent Featured on Great Day Houston2019-12-15T14:36:49-06:00

Working Together to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Texas

2019-12-15T14:36:50-06:00

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 ...

Working Together to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Texas2019-12-15T14:36:50-06:00

Vegetable Planting Day at Jones Elementary

2019-12-15T14:36:50-06:00

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) ...

Vegetable Planting Day at Jones Elementary2019-12-15T14:36:50-06:00

PVAMU Supports Worthing High School

2019-12-15T14:36:51-06:00

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 ...

PVAMU Supports Worthing High School2019-12-15T14:36:51-06:00

4-H Unit Welcomes Five Freshmen 4-H San Antonio Livestock Exhibition (S.A.L.E.) Scholars

2019-12-15T14:37:18-06:00

As a result of 4-H and Youth Development Unit career awareness initiatives, five freshmen will enroll at Prairie View A&M University this fall. The Unit partners with stakeholders to secure scholarships, grants, educate, and train the youth of Texas. Board members of the San Antonio Livestock Exhibition (S.A.L.E.) continue their commitment to PVAMU by providing ...

4-H Unit Welcomes Five Freshmen 4-H San Antonio Livestock Exhibition (S.A.L.E.) Scholars2019-12-15T14:37:18-06:00

Extension, Edgewood ISD ‘shoe’ their generosity to Title 1 students

2019-12-15T14:37:44-06:00

Elementary school children from the Edgewood ISD in San Antonio try on their new shoes during the Great Zapato Roundup Elementary, middle and high school students from Title 1 schools in the Edgewood Independent School District received an early Christmas present thank to the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program, the Texas ...

Extension, Edgewood ISD ‘shoe’ their generosity to Title 1 students2019-12-15T14:37:44-06:00