The work of Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Whitlowe R. Green College of Education (WRGCOE) will be significantly amplified, thanks to a $1.5 million Houston Endowment grant. Predicted to be one of the largest grants in the college’s 141-year history, funds will go toward advancing the college’s Educator Preparation Program, which increases the number of qualified teachers [...]
When Sabrina Rena McLemore thinks about her educational journey, she knows it started with her great aunts, Nealie Bowens and Leader Hoskins. These women were pillars of Houston’s Acres Homes community, a predominantly African-American enclave that was established during World War I. Bowens and Hoskins founded Hoskins Kindergarten, which not only taught children academic basics [...]
Public school systems across the country face the challenge of mounting a sustainable educational space amid school closings and remote learning programs fueled by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) educational leader is offering a path of success for Texas state education officials during the crisis.
Prairie View A&M University is home to the Classic Dance Ensemble (CDE), a pre-professional dance company within the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education. League Creative Group recently released a documentary featuring the CDE and PVAMU students as they push forward during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Katina L. Thomas, Ed.D., joined the faculty of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in the fall of 2018. It was a full-circle moment for Thomas, who graduated from PVAMU in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies after following in the footsteps of her parents, brother, and extended family, all of whom also graduated [...]
Earlier this month, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) alumni swept the 2020 election races in the City of Prairie View, which, of course, is home to “The Hill.” The former PVAMU students received the most amount of votes for the city’s four open positions.
Fred A. Bonner II, Ed.D., is the newest recipient of the Regents Professor Award at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). The award is the highest honor granted to faculty employed by the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Bonner, along with 14 other faculty members and seven agency service, extension, or research professionals within TAMUS, received [...]
When Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Ph.D. candidate Bequita Pegram began researching “High Achiever Syndrome” and the challenges high achievers encounter, she saw an opportunity to help women overcome these potential setbacks.
Andrea McDonald, Ph.D., a native Jamaican, never dreamed she would earn a college degree, let alone three. She was born to loving parents, who were teenagers with limited education. Despite her parents’ educational experiences, they taught the idea that having a good education would be most important to a successful career. With their encouragement, and [...]
The theme for World Teachers’ Day 2020 is, appropriately, “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chose the theme to acknowledge the unique challenges teachers have faced worldwide in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) graduate Charity Woodley ‘14 has been in [...]
