Do we like our smartest friends the most? Do the smartest people make the best partners: boyfriends, girlfriends? Do the smartest people make the best employees? Corporate America has reached the conclusion that the best employees are not necessarily the most intellectually intelligent: the best employees are Emotionally Intelligent. Corporate […]
Month: September 2006
Paperless overpayment checks
As we embark on a new school year here on “The Hill,” we also embark on new technology and ways to improve our student body. The office of Fiscal Services now provides a brand new quick and easy system to assist students in the disbursement and receiving of their overpayment […]
Lorna Bailey, a special person to love
Prairie View A&M University recently bid farewell to one of its brightest stars. Lorna Bailey a senior communications major died Monday Aug. 21 from complications and injuries resulting from an automobile accident.Bailey, 22, was traveling in the car with fellow Prairie View student and lifelong friend Shayna Woods, 21, on […]
President addresses student body at general assembly
The pre-posting of colors presented by the AROTC marked the beginning of the general student assembly, Wednesday at 10 a.m. held at William J. “Billy” Nicks Field House. Following the Star Spangled Banner performed by the University Concert Chorale, the invocation was presented by Mr. Asad Abdul-Salaam, Mr. Prairie View […]
Johnathan Ross, a sincere friend and hardworking indiviual
Prairie View A&M University student Jonathan Ross 20, died Thursday August 20, 2006 as a result of injuries obtained during an automobile accident. Ross, 20 a junior accounting major from Dallas, TX was traveling on the highway when his tire blew out and he lost control of his vehicle, causing […]
Dr. Alfred Poindexter, PV faculty member for 59 years
Prairie View A&M University professor emeritus Dr. Alfred N. Poindexter died Saturday, Aug. 19, at the age of 85 from natural causes. Memorial services were held for the beloved professor on Thursday, Aug.24, in the William J. Nicks building. Dr. Poindexter, or “Doc” as he was affectionaly called by his […]
Financial Aid Strives to meet students’ needs
The financial aid office is implementing new measures this semester in an effort to serve Prairie View A&M University studentsmore efficiently.In aninterview with The Panther, Tracie N. Matthews, director of financial aid, said the financial aid office is undergoing many changes to increase its accessibility and to give students more […]
PV alumnus receives honor from NASA
Last July NASA reaffirmed the oft-repeated motto of this university: Prairie View produces productive people. On July 1, during the week of the shuttle launch of the STS-121, NASA awarded Kofi S. Burney, son of Ulysses E. Burney and Bettye M. Burney, the Space Flight Awareness Launch Honoree Award. Burney, […]