Dr. Kishwar Joonas, assistant professor in the College of Business, was elected President of the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators, during the annual conference in Dallas last month. ACME is a professional marketing organization encouraging exploration and development of superior marketing practices from an academic and practitioner perspective. For over […]
Month: April 2010
Panther athletics welcomes new faces
As the Prairie View A&M University Athletics Department continues to excel, it welcomes two new employees, Athletic Academic Advisor Greg C. Martin and Director of Athletic Compliance Ashley Robinson. A native of Mt. Hermon (Martinville), La., Martin’s task for his new role is to empower the direction of the 350 […]
Panthers United perform first act of service
On Saturday, April 24th, 17 students in the Panthers United organization helped clean up the coast of Galveston as a part of the Adopt-A-Beach program in conjunction with the ‘Keep Texas Beautiful’ campaign. Panthers United is a new organization geared directly towards community service and working for the betterment of […]
Copeland wins Mr. Prairie View
Junior accounting major Malcolm Copeland was overjoyed with excitement, as he emerged as the winner of the annual Mr. Praire Vew pageant on April 21 in the Opal Johnson Smith auditorium. This year’s theme was the “Footprints of Legacy” in honor of the key successors of legacy, where six contestants […]
Homosexuality: a glance at the growing lifestyle
Whether homosexuality is a choice or a genetic mutation, its acceptance at historically black colleges and universities has been widely discussed. According to the American Psychology Association, one’s sexual orientation is not adopted by an individual’s choice, but rather develops as a result of “cognitive and biological factors” as well […]
ROTC honors cadets
Prairie View A&M University’s Army and Navy were joined together for an awards ceremony for their reserve officers and training corps at the alumni field on April 21. The ceremony was open to the public but mostly consisted of family, friends, and faculty members who sat under a tent and […]
Running at Rice over weekend, low times
The Prairie View A&M University men’s track team took a short journey to Houston on Saturday, April 23, for the annual J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet hosted by Rice University. The track team did quite well as they prep for conference, which is scheduled for next week. Brandon Hicks placed […]
Houston Texans
I know this is the last issue so I thought I should talk about the surprise team of the upcoming NFL season, the Houston Texans! You’re probably thinking to yourself that this guy is a joke, but just let me tell you why this is true. The Texans are have […]
Lady Panthers season comes to end
The Lady Panthers softball team closed out their 2010 season in a series of matches against the Grambling State Tigers. In the first game of the match up, the Ladies got off to a great start and held their momentum the entire game. The Panthers acquired 10 hits holding the […]
Lady Panthers go to Penn
The Lady Panthers participated in the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the last meet before SWAC. The Lady Panthers ended the meet strong with the 4×100-meter relay team, consisting of runners Destiny Jernigan, Terracia Moody, Kaylon McNeal and Margret Harris. The Panthers ended with a season […]