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PVAMU finishes sixth, winning $50K in The Home Depot’s Retool Your School contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University’s PV Nation voted tirelessly for five weeks for The Home Depot’s Retool Your School contest, emerging in sixth place with a $50,000 prize! The award money will go towards improvements to the University’s student park. Nearly $3 million in grants for campus enhancements were [...]

2024-04-12T12:48:19-05:00April 12, 2024|Alumni News, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, PV in the News|

PVAMU receives new grant to help train students in computing to address social issues affecting rural communities

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 11, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University has received a Responsible Computing Challenge award from the Mozilla Foundation, aimed at developing “curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing.” Mozilla, most widely known for developing the Firefox browser, has made making the internet a force [...]

United Airlines Vice President Phil Griffith named PVAMU’s Spring 2024 Commencement Speaker

Phil Griffith PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 10, 2024) - United Airlines’ Houston hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport serves the nation’s fourth-largest city, taking passengers as far away as Latin America, Europe and Australia. Next month, its vice president, Phil Griffith, is set to speak to Prairie View A&M University’s graduating spring class. [...]

Defense Visual Information: Navy Band Sea Chanters perform at Prairie View A&M University

Students from Prairie View A&M University’s Concert Chorale join the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus for a finale performance of “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

2024-04-10T14:48:38-05:00April 10, 2024|PV in the News|

Today Show: Meet the PVAMU alumna growing vegetables for her food-desert community

Ivy Walls '16 is planting seeds of change for her community — literally! She opens up about working on her five-acre farm called Ivy Leaf Farms to help provide food for her food-desert community in Texas that had just one grocery store.

PVAMU’s Panther Teaching Academy inducted into Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 9, 2024) — In a triumphant celebration of academic excellence and dedication to shaping the future of education, the Panther Teaching Academy team at Prairie View A&M University enjoyed recognition for receiving the prestigious 2023-2024 Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators award at The Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Century Council banquet. [...]

WATCH: TEDxPVAMU ‘Living in Color’ debuts on TEDx platform

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 8, 2024) - “To live in color means to move through moments, challenges, decisions and goals with a childlike presence.” That was the backdrop for Prairie View A&M University’s fourth TED talk, “Living in Color,” hosted on Feb. 28. TEDxPVAMU debuted on PVAMU’s YouTube channel today, as well as [...]

Changemaker: Paris Williams is Harvesting Healthy Communities

It’s safe to say that Paris Williams’ house smells really good. Warm, welcoming and inviting - it reflects her love of bringing people together over food.

PVAMU’s Fred A. Bonner II seeks to deepen higher education community connections with new book

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 4, 2024) – In today's rapidly evolving academic landscape, discussions surrounding the diverse fabric of higher education have grown to encompass a variety of crucial elements, such as curriculum development, research methodologies and student support services. Among these, the concept of “belonging” emerges as a fundamental yet often overlooked aspect. For [...]