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 view their pending status and financial aid award letter status to avoid financial aid discrepancies before the start of the fall semester.
Pantherland Day is one of the major events that Prairie View uses to attract the best and brightest students each year. This year’s crop of students seemed to exude that same promise.
After students were broken up into a groups and escorted to their prospective colleges, they met select faculty members from those departments. During these tours around the campus students got an opportunity to see University College and its amenities. The PALS also enlightened students on Prairie View history, and began to lay groundwork toward establishing pride in being a Prairie View student.
Once the tours were over the prospective students headed to the MSC to have lunch, where KPVU had a table set up with music and giveaways. The students were extremely receptive with KPVU hosts, and were eager to participate in numerous KPVU activities.
To end the day’s events, students were treated to performances by the Marching Storm and the PVAMU cheerleaders in the Billy J Nicks Dome.