Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana Degree: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice What made you choose PVAMU? My former high school teacher (Cedric McLaughlin) and former career counselor contributed to my interest in Prairie View. They were alumni, and we often took field trips to the university twice every year. I made sure I attended every [...]
When I was young, all the kids at my school were in extracurricular activities like sports, dance or music. I was always interested in partaking in these activities, but being a shy kid had its drawbacks. That was until my parents called me asking if I would like to join a recreational soccer team for [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s College of Juvenile Justice became the institution to beat at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. PVAMU’s team went up against several teams from other universities and colleges. This was PVAMU’s first time competing in the conference.
Six students from Prairie View A&M University's College of Juvenile Justice and College of Business were a part of an invited HBCU delegation at the International Association of Emergency Managers Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, on Nov. 14 and 15. The students were accompanied by COJJ Interim Dean Camille Gibson, Ph.D., who directs a 12-credit [...]
On Oct. 19, the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University will host a screening of “Notes from the Field,” a dramatization of an award-winning play by Anna Deavere Smith that depicts the school-to-prison pipeline. A moderated discussion with Smith and members of the University community will follow the screening.
The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University announced the launch of a new Texas Child and Family Study site in Tyler, Texas. The site, which opened on July 26, 2022, is the first site of the study; the next will be Dallas.
Prairie View A&M University’s College of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with the university’s College of Business and SECURE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, announced it would host a multi-day workshop July 14-15 for faculty members at Texas colleges and universities. The training workshop, free to attendees, will focus on how to instruct non-STEM majors in cybersecurity effectively.
The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University announced today it will host “Beyond Rage: Raising Healthy Kids in Hostile Climates” on July 12. The virtual discussion will feature sociologist Janice Johnson Dias.
Today, just two days before he graduates from Prairie View A&M University, Chandler Bienek will be commissioned into the United States Marine Corps as a second lieutenant. Both going to college and entering the military are firsts in the Bienek family, and both are things for which Chandler feels pride and responsibility.
Hello, everyone. My name is Alexis Sparks, and I'm a criminal justice major with a minor in psychology. I'm from Houston, Texas, and I lived in The Woodlands, Texas, for most of my life.
