Month: February 2010

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PV students vote early

Seeking to inspire change and let their voices be heard, students exercised their right to vote at the early voting polls at the Prairie View Community Center on Feb. 18-20. Student Government Association sponsored a tent party to encourage students to exercise their right to vote. Disk Jockey Mr. Rogers […]

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Film features Marley

Dr. Louis D. Anderson of the Department of Psychology and the Ujima Research Team sponsored film tributes to Thomas Sankara and Bob Marley in the Juvenile Justice Auditorium Feb. 16 and 17. Anderson used both films to discuss revolutionaries Sankara and Marley, and the effects they had on their nations […]

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IT set to expand

Prairie View A&M University’s Information Technology department has recently completed its campus-wide installation of the Clean Access program on Feb. 17. After being under construction for the duration of last semester, the virus-free program that started in the residential areas on campus has now managed to expand campus wide, which, […]

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Tech majors explore career opportunities

#8220;Leadership abilities, good communication skills, and a strong work ethic,” are what Michelle Muskeni, a representative for Siemens, looked for in potential interns at this semester’s Career Fair for technical majors on Feb. 18. Hosted by the Office of Career and Outreach Services, the fair was geared specifically toward technical […]

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Remembering Zora Neal-Hurston

The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity celebrated the life of one of the most pre-eminent writers of African-American literature Zora Neale Hurston on Feb. 19 as part of the Black History Month series. Faculty and students gathered in the MSC lounge to watch and discuss the documentary on the life […]

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Black Panther Party founder enlightens PV

#8220;Where is your heart? What is your position,” are questions that Bobby Seale consistently asked the group of students, as he spoke in the Opal Johnson-Smith Auditorium during a S.P.I.T. Knowledge lecture hosted by the Office of Special Programs and Cultural Series on Feb. 16. Seale, founder of the Black […]

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Prairie View brings back trail riders

The Prairie View Trail ride Association made its 53rd annual stop through Prairie View A&M University for this year’s chili cook-off and celebration ceremony on Feb. 22. Founded in 1957 by James Francis Jr. and Myrtis Dightman Sr., the Trailride Association is a non-profit organization that primarily focuses on the […]

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SIFE welcomes international members

As fashion week at PVAMU continues, Students In Free Enterprise welcomed four international students to take part in their Cultural Fashions program in the student lounge on Feb. 23. Nick Elliott, Laura Fedorciow, and Bokani Tshidzu of Bath University in Bath, England, along with Darren Cunningham of Imperial College-London in […]

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Adams takes charge

Prairie View A&M University’s Office of Continuing Education will offer corporate training and development, skills enhancement and personal development, lifelong learning and youth programs, and workforce and career development in an effort to increase learning opportunities. This was disclosed by Dr. Jimmy Adams, who assumed office on Jan. 1 as […]

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Making the transition

The College of Business, Career Services, and The Communication Center hosted a seminar in honor of Black History Month titled “The Real World,” which featured guest speaker Dr. Wendy Johnson in the Juvenile Justice Auditorium Feb. 10. The auditorium had a great turnout with numerous students and faculty in attendance.Johnson’s […]