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Presidential Scholarship ProgramThe current downturn has affected many students' ability to pay for college, and more families are applying and qualifying for financial aid. College and University financial aid offices are working with increasing numbers of students eligible for financial aid because of deteriorating financial situations such as loss of income or declining assets. In order to assist prospective and current students to have access to a quality education, the University has created the Presidential Scholarship Program. The scholarships are named for Principals and Presidents that have made significant contributions to Prairie View A&M University and the surrounding community. Please be advised that funds are limited and will be awarded until they are exhausted. Presidential Scholarship awards are made "first-come, first-served."
L. C. Anderson ScholarshipAbout Principal Anderson To be eligible for the L. C. Anderson Scholarship, students must:
Award Amounts Edward L. Blackshear ScholarshipAbout Principal Blackshear To be eligible for the E. L. Blackshear Scholarship, students must:
Award Amounts J. G. Osborne ScholarshipAbout Principal Osborne The sixth principal of Prairie View was J.G. Osborne, whose tenure lasted from 1918 to 1925. The nursing division was established in 1918, and six buildings were added to the campus in 1924 and 1925: a veterinary hospital, science building, college exchange, elementary training school, home economics practice cottage, and music conservatory. The four-year senior college program was begun in 1919 and included training in vocational home economics, vocational agriculture, liberal arts, and mechanical arts. To be eligible for the J. G. Osborne Scholarship, students must:
Award Amounts Alvin I. Thomas ScholarshipAbout President Thomas Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, elected as the third president of Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College in November 1966, introduced the residential college concept. As Prairie View A&M's centennial approached, the Board of Regents of the newly-titled Texas A&M University System, at the request of President Thomas, appointed 79 persons to a Centennial Planning Council and charged them with formulating a new master plan for Prairie View A&M for the 1970's. After 16 months of serious study, the council's recommendations were published in a document entitled "A Developmental Plan, 1970-80, Prairie View A&M College of Texas." As an outgrowth of this plan and recommendations to the state legislature, the name of the institution was again changed to Prairie View A&M University, and its status as an independent unit of the Texas A&M University System was reconfirmed. The System Board of Regents, in the fall of 1970, sold in excess of $13 million in bonds for the construction of two new residence halls and a dining facility. The residence halls, accommodating 1,500 students, were opened for occupancy in August of 1972. The dining facility, now known as Alumni Hall, was opened in the second semester of the 1972-73 academic year. Other major construction completed during the following decade included the fire and security building, Farrell Hall Laundry, Burleson-Ware ROTC Building, Hobart Taylor Hall, the engineering building, and the Owens-Franklin Health Center. In 1980-81, the state of Texas purchased and renovated a building in the Texas Medical Center complex to be used as clinical nursing center for the College of Nursing. In 1981-82, broadcasting began from newly constructed facilities of FCC-approved KPVU-FM at Prairie View, an instructional laboratory of the Department of Communications. In 1981, the Texas legislature officially recognized Prairie View as not only a general purpose university but also as "special purpose institution" providing services to students of "diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds." The physical plant, valued at approximately $12 million in 1966, was valued at more than $50 million at this time. Curricula offerings, research, and Cooperative Extension activities had been greatly enhanced. To be eligible for the A. I. Thomas Scholarship, students must:
Award Amounts W. R. Banks Graduate FellowshipAbout Principal Banks W.R. Banks became principal in 1926 and served until his retirement in August 1947, when he was named principal emeritus. During this period, the physical plant doubled in size with the addition of a dining hall, a hospital, three apartment buildings for male teachers, three dormitories for women, a greenhouse, an incubator house, a classroom building, an NYA resident center , a library, and more than 60 cottages for faculty families. The Senior Academy was discontinued in 1930 and the division of Education was renamed the College of Arts and Sciences with major department in teacher-training. The Division of Graduate Study was organized in 1937, offering Master of Science degrees in agricultural economics, rural education, agricultural education, school administration and supervision, and rural sociology. The name Prairie View Normal and Industrial College was changed by the Forty-Ninth Legislature in 1945 to Prairie View University, and the school was authorized to offer, "as the need arises", all courses offered at the University of Texas. To be eligible for the W.R. Banks Graduate Fellowship, students must:
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