William Batson was a master’s degree candidate at Ohio State University when he first visited Isthmia, Greece. Twenty-six years later, the Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture (SOA) associate professor returned to Greece, joined by Yunsik Song, director of the SOA’s Fabrication Center. In tow, PVAMU’s state-of-the-art 3D laser scanner.
In this week’s episode (Season 2 Episode 3) of Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp, we visit the tree-lined campus and Prairie View A&M University to see how it is being reborn under the leadership of President Ruth Simmons. We also meet a student-designer from Prairie View A&M University and some construction science students from [...]
As befits a new Master of Architecture, Yesenia Davila has methodically designed a career during her years at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Davila came to PVAMU in 2015 from her hometown of Houston, the first member of her family to attend college. She graduated in May 2020 with undergraduate degrees in architecture and construction science [...]
When Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) graduate student Kennedy Wallace was in middle school, she already had her sights set on college. Although she was interested in a career in photography, a chance meeting with a historic preservation representative from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) shifted her focus to a new world [...]
Brooke Meshack is building on a solid foundation—literally, since she’s an architecture student. A native of Dallas, Meshack will be receiving her bachelor’s of science in architecture and construction science — a double major – this spring from Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Meshack plans to work in sustainable or “green” architecture.
Many students who walk the halls on the campus of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) say their alma mater is in the business of “building up students.” They look back on their time at the university and remember how they felt seen by their educators and peers. They recall their time in classrooms with professors [...]
Students in the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) School of Architecture (SOA) are receiving the opportunity to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to real-world situations. Thanks to a newly formed partnership between the university and Habitat for Humanity-Houston, students are getting an opportunity to work on building homes and open-air structures in [...]
As people adjust to life with the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and the newly lifted mask mandate in Texas, designers and architects are rethinking public spaces and how to help people maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for safe social distancing. This includes researchers at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) who are exploring new [...]
Tiona Broussard, a candidate for a master’s degree in the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) School of Architecture, has been named to the Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals by the College Station City Council. A student in PVAMU’s Community Development program, Broussard will serve a three-year term.
For the past year and a half, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) student Reuben Cheeks has been at the forefront of leadership in the School of Architecture’s graduate program. With a bachelor’s degree in architecture from PVAMU under his belt, he has already launched his career with an internship at the WORKac design firm in New [...]
