Graduate Student Services and Resources

Graduate Student Services and ResourcesAshley Leiva2025-06-12T09:46:14-05:00

Prairie View A&M University provides services unique to the needs of graduate students. These services include professional development workshops, writing and statistical assistance, career planning, and health and mental health services.

Student Academic Support Services – Student Academic Support Services include several offices and services designed to support the academic success, retention, and ultimate graduation of PVAMU students.
The Writing Center – The Writing Center’s goal is to provide a friendly, stress-free environment for students from all over campus to meet with a consultant and talk about the writing of all types.
Grammarly – Grammarly is an online grammar and spelling checker that improves communication by helping users find and correct writing mistakes. Grammarly’s algorithm flag potential issues in the text and suggest context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling and vocabulary. Grammarly explains the reasoning behind each correction, so you can make an informed decision about whether, and how, to correct an issue.
Office of Graduate Studies Writing Support – Office of Graduate Studies Writing Support – At the PVAMU Office of Graduate Studies, we emphasize that Writing is for Life! Writing assistance is available through scholarly writing workshops and individual writing consulting, whether you are writing a thesis, dissertation, policy brief, or creative works. See our calendar for Scholarly Writing Workshop dates. Individual Writing Consulting is available by appointment. Please contact the Office of Graduate Studies Writing Support:

Dr. Jasmine Williams
Phone: (936) 261-3514
Email: jadwilliams@pvamu.edu
College/School Thesis, Dissertation, Doctoral Project Template – The Graduate Scool provides graduate students with tailored templates to ensure proper formatting for their theses, dissertations, and doctoral projects, based on their respective college or school.
Student Counseling Services – The Student Counseling provides short-term individual, couples, and group counseling, as well as crisis intervention, outreach, consultation, and referral services. In addition, we offer extremely informative educational workshops and classroom presentations to interested groups who request them.
Student Computer Center (SCC) Labs – Information Technology Services currently supports five state-of-the-art technology and collaboration facilities on three Prairie View A&M university campuses. The Student Computer Center Labs are designed to support the academic and research goals of the entire campus community.
John B. Coleman Library – The Library provides access to information. Offers research help to access information, Interlibrary Loan service, Checking out books, Laptop checkout, Quiet study spaces, Collaborative study spaces, Presentation room reservation, Printing services, among others. In addition to library services offered at the John B. Coleman Library on the main campus, “Wireless” services are fully automated with workstations for public use for access to the Internet and library holdings. Library services are also available on the Northwest Houston Campus and the College of Nursing Downtown Houston campus.
- List of A-Z databases
- List of Journals students have access to
- Catalog
- Interlibrary Loan
- Institutional Repository
- Chat Service
- Request Assistance at askalibrarian@pvamu.edu or call us at (936) 261-1535
- Special Collections & Archives
- Library Guides
- Contact Librarians
The NWHC Library is an extension of the main campus, John B. Coleman Library, and provides equitable resources and services. A small onsite library, interlibrary loan, online instruction and research consultations with librarians are some of the resources provided. The NWHC host cultural programs, technology workshops and guest lectures, face to face and virtually. Instruction videos are included on the NWHC Library website to get students started using library resources.
College of Nursing Downtown
Career Services – The Career Services assist students in their career and life planning through programs and services to bridge the move from college to the career world. And are also committed to empowering students to enter the competitive and global marketplace with confidence and competence.
Financial Literacy – Prairie View A&M University is committed to ensure our students have the financial knowledge needed to be successful during and after their college careers. We have partnered with Trellis, formerly Texas Guaranteed (TG) Student Loan Corporation, to provide financial literacy to help students build toward financial wellness at every stage of life.
University Tutoring Center – University Tutoring Center provides a solid foundation that enables students to become confident, capable, independent learners. Competent and caring staff and peer tutors guide students in identifying, acquiring, and enhancing the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to reach their desired goals, in a safe and encouraging learning environment.
CITI Training – PVAMU Office of Research provides free online Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).
Center for Applied Statistics – The newly opened Center for Applied Statistics within the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University is offering students, faculty, and staff members a chance to strengthen their research through free statistics workshops and other services.
Hilltop Reserve Emergency Resource Center – The mission of the Hilltop Reserve is to support the mission of the University by helping students overcome barriers that prevent the pursuit of educational goals and successful matriculation by providing resources to overcome food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty.
- Emergency Funding: Students may apply for emergency funds to assist with unexpected financial needs. Students may apply for funds when they are experiencing a financial barrier and have exhausted all other resources.
- Food Pantry: The Hilltop Reserve Market provides all currently enrolled PVAMU students with access to fresh vegetables, produce, meats, and nonperishable food items based upon a Food Scholarship through the Houston Food Bank.
- Hilltop Clothing Boutique: The PVAMU Hilltop Reserve Boutique provides everyday male, female & children’s clothing, personal hygiene and household items at no cost to currently enrolled students.