Month: March 2011

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Joyner, Jr. visits C.O.B.

The College of Business welcomed Thomas E. Joyner, Jr., president of the Tom Joyner Online Education Company Thursday to speak at the Executive-in-Residence Program. The Howard alumnus spoke on the importance of accreditation, an issue many Prairie View students are concerned about. He explained that no accreditation brings about lots […]

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Wright effectuates gradual inspiration

Graduate students participated in an inspirational lecture Saturday when President Wright offered his insight from a college president perspective as part of The Effectuating Change Speaker Series. Wright said, “Because these students are in an educational leadership class, I’d like to share with them my philosophy of leadership. I’d like […]

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Pantherlanding

Prairie View held its annual Pantherland Day Saturday attracting more than 1,200 students middle school and high school students. The day started with students’ arrival at 7 a.m. and welcomed by the Panther Advisory Leaders. Students were then sent to a financial aid fair where they had the option to […]

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Driving me crazy

Imagine yourself getting off of the shuttle and as you cross the street, you flip over the hood of an oncoming car. Or you witness a pedestrian crossing the street looking uncomfortable because they are in fear of a car possibly hitting them since most students refuse to stop at […]

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Panthers split on the road

The Lady Panthers split two games as they took an Alabama road trip to play against the Lady Hornets of Alabama State and the Lady Bulldogs of Alabama A&M University. The Lady Panthers came into the road trip with a two game win streak and sole possession of second place […]

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Prairie View, we have a problem

The men’s basketball program at Prairie View failed to capitalize on the road losing both contests on the road to Alabama State Hornets 68-61 and the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs 63-58, respectively. In the first contest against ASU the Panthers opened the game with a 13-7 lead, seemingly still carrying […]

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Johnson pushes for upgrade

According to the new director of recreational sports Chondra Johnson, the Leroy Moore Intramural Gym was built in 1989 for the sole purpose of being an education facility for health majors. However, the classroom-styled building has not seemed to function as a true recreational center. Miron P. Billingsley, associate vice […]