COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
Upon admission to and enrollment at Prairie View A&M University, an undergraduate and graduate student becomes a PVAMU Man or a PVAMU Woman, a loyal panther and agrees to uphold a commitment:
To Excellence in Attitude
Exhibiting a positive desire to accept the challenges of college life, refusing to allow obstacles to impede progress toward future goals and aspirations.
To Excellence in Personal Management
Exhibiting highest respect for self and for the property and rights of others.
To Excellence in Work Ethic and Scholarship
Exhibiting determination that leads to meeting expectations of class attendance, course requirements, work-study position, student organizations, and other commitments. Exhibiting dedication and persistence required to realize one’s full academic potential.
To Excellence in Responsibilities for Peers
Exhibiting leadership among peers that openly repudiates violence, illicit drug use, possession of weapons, vulgarity, apathy, or any form of destructive, non-productive behavior.
To Excellence in Professional Career Preparation
Exhibiting deliberate pursuit of professional and career readiness as evidenced by participation in student organizations, academic learning communities, athletics competition, career planning events, leadership training, graduate professional school orientations, and other career preparation activities.
To Excellence in Community Membership
Exhibiting responsible citizenship, taking social and political positions that advance the common good, contributing skills and talents in a manner that promotes the general welfare of local, state, regional, national, and international communities.
To Excellence in Honesty, Integrity, and Character
Exhibiting commitment to being truthful in the conduct of personal and academic matters, resisting any form of deceit, malfeasance, misrepresentation or fraudulence, exhibiting a high standard of moral conduct as evidenced by one’s being fair, dependable, and ever mindful of how one’s behavior affects the greater community.
