PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 14, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University is launching an ambitious teacher residency initiative to address a critical need: providing quality educators in hard-to-staff schools while increasing teacher diversity. Through the Panther Teacher Education Residency Model (pantherTERM), PVAMU is set to prepare a new wave of educators ready to make a [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 16, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University has been awarded a $1,243,372 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs to launch Project iSPREAD-ED: Innovative and Sustainable Practices for Recruiting, Educating, and Diversifying Educational Diagnosticians. The initiative is aimed at increasing the number of highly qualified, culturally [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 19, 2024) - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Prairie View A&M University a prestigious grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program, part of a national initiative to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities in producing well-prepared, diverse educators for underserved communities. PVAMU, alongside three other HBCUs, [...]
Imani Titus '24 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Growing up in a lower-income community in Houston, Imani Titus envisioned her life taking a different path and felt destined for great things at a young age. Surprisingly, Imani’s original plans didn’t include attending Prairie View A&M University. Having spent years surrounded by PVAMU alums, Imani’s [...]
The 1985 classic "The Breakfast Club" defied expectations, showcasing a tale of unexpected connections. It follows a disparate group of students who, despite attending the same school, remain strangers until circumstances bring them together. Through an interesting day spent in each other's company, they discover common ground, forging bonds that transcend their differences.
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. [...]
Dr. Marc Smith PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University Alumnus Dr. Marc Smith was officially appointed Superintendent of Schools in Fort Bend ISD this week by the district's Board of Trustees. Fort Bend ISD is the sixth largest district in the state, with over 80,000 students. "Thank you [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 27, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University is home to excellence, pioneers, and changemakers. This month, the three ideals came together in a transformative collaboration, and the PVAMU family was thrilled to be part of it all! PVAMU’s Honors Program proudly welcomed troops from the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 5, 2023) – Nationwide, various factors, from increasing school violence to low salaries in the face of rising inflation, are fueling teacher shortages. But there are those who still love to teach and believe in the profession. Brooke Jeffery '18 On October 5, Prairie View A&M University celebrates World [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 5, 2023) – English was not Madi Gentles’ first language. Adopted from Ghana at the age of 3, Gentles, or Queenstar Maa Adjoa at birth, first spoke Twi, a dialect native to the West African country. Yet, in the final semester of her senior year of high school, she swept first [...]
