Seven Prairie View A&M University Veterans Services students recently participated in the trip of a lifetime, escorting a total of 51 World War II, Korean, and Vietnam veterans to D.C. on the weekend of November 2 - 3, 2018. These students were chosen as Honor Guardians for Flight #55 an all-African American group, providing a [...]
PVAMU alumna Dr. E’Loria Simon-Campbell, Ph.D. '95 was recently appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke for a term set to start on February 1, 2019. This council is charged with developing an effective and resource‐efficient plan to reduce the morbidity, mortality and economic burden of cardiovascular disease and [...]
While many college students are likely somewhat aware of the importance of financial planning in their adult lives, they likely don’t realize it should start even before their college graduation. Danny Harvey, a finance professor and financial planning program director at the university, is aiming to change those attitudes. Harvey will be hosting “Money Matters,” [...]
Abdul-Aziz Muhammad, a rising senior computer engineering major from Houston, was recently named a recipient of the Gilman Scholarship, which serves as an opportunity for undergraduate students to intern and/or study abroad around the globe. Students applying for this scholarship must receive credit for their internship, and also receive a Federal Pell Grant. Muhammad first [...]
The two worlds of Agriculture and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, had a group of 4-H students shooting for the stars in a recent Youth Lab. The out-of-this-world lesson was part of the National 4-H Science mission mandate, which is designed to address the following: unsolved worldwide social problems, a shortage of scientists [...]
Jimmy Henry, program leader of Community & Economic Development (CED), with the Cooperative Extension Program felt honored to receive the 1890 Excellence in Extension Award. The award presented in Orlando, Florida by the Association of Extension Administrators at the annual meeting of the Joint Southern Region Program Leadership Network had special meaning for the Cooperative [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s Title IX Office and Relationship and Sexual Violence Program (RSVP) are getting a boost from PVAMU’s sociology department. Students now have the opportunity to intern with Title IX and RSVP to help change the culture of relationship and sexual violence on campus. “Last fall I taught a family violence class, and [...]
“Going to Africa changed my life. It is impossible to go to that continent, experience the culture, meet the people, and leave as the same person.” Those are thoughts from Asia Williams, a junior biology major from Shreveport, Louisiana, who spent her summer in Mombasa, Kenya working a medical internship.
The university’s senior leadership, faculty and Texas business leaders traveled to Panama City, Panama as part of the trade delegation team to develop a unique opportunity to change the original meaning of borders in a globalized world. As the largest trading partner for Panama and the Canal’s expansion completed, Texas proves to benefit significantly with [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) impacts the communities of the underserved population throughout Texas with employees in over 28 counties across the great state. PVAMU's Cooperative Extension Program provides relevant programming to engage county residents. Bell County is one of the counties the university serves through County Agent Sheryl Austin. One such event is a [...]