By the fall of 2008, the way Prairie View students will interact with the university will change dramatically. The school’s main software system, which currently serves as the database for Panthertracks, Web CT, and online admissions programs will be completely replaced by a new database system called Banner. Faculty and […]
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Career fair helps students secure interviews, internships
More than 100 companies set up booths in the second floor ballroom of the Memorial Student Center in preparation for the semi-annual two-day career fair, Sept. 19 and 20. Students arrived geared for success with resumes and professional attire. Eager students networked with top employers hoping to learn of opportunities […]
Be comfortable in your own skin
Janet Hubert-Whitten. Jazz Raycole. JoMarie Payton…all dark skinned women who’ve been replaced on popular African-American television shows by women with a lighter skin tone. This week, The Panther decided to investigate the shift in society toward favoring women of lighter skin. We acknowledge that women such as Hattie McDaniels, Loretta […]
PAW participants clean up campus, community
Approximately 1,200 students, site supervisors, and Waller-Hempstead residents participated in the third annual Panthers at Work community service project, Saturday, Sept. 22. The students and site supervisors met at 8 a.m. in the William “Billy” J. Nicks auditorium to get registered. There was a brief welcome and song as the […]
Mariachi band sets off Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off Friday, Sept. 14 in the Willie Albert Tempton Memorial Student Center with the pleasant sound of a mariachi band. Prairie View A&M University commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. Students, faculty and staff enjoyed music as it played throughout the foyer […]
PV welcomes first-ever NSE students
Prairie View A&M University welcomed five students from universities across the nation who are participating in the National Student Exchange program this fall. It is the first time that the university has hosted students under the program. Mikayla Mitchell (Lakeland, Fla); Tiara Fulton (Bourbonnais, Ill.); Wilmarie Santana (Vega Alta, Puerto […]
Prairie View celebrates Constitution Day
Prairie View A&M University held its annual Constitution Day Program at the Abner Davis Memorial Sept. 17. Students, faculty and staff gathered to commemorate the day which was founded Sept. 17, 1997. Louise Leigh, a former outreach director of the California Bicentennial Commission, campaigned to make it public law for […]
SGA holds forum on Jena 6
The Student Government Association held a forum Monday in an attempt to promote an open dialogue on the events of Jena, La. SGA president Andre Evans said the forum was organized to garner support for the upcoming rally Thursday, Sept. 20 in Jena. Titled “Jena Six Forum: Rally for Justice,” […]
$3M library project close to completion
After years of water corrosion and months of using one entrance, the reconstruction of the John B. Coleman Library is nearing completion. According to Gary Kent, construction inspector for the Texas A & M System, the reconstruction cost approximately $3 million. Funds for the projects were secured from the state […]
Townsel rocks with one woman show
Daring.Innovative. Enticing. “Around The World in a Nanosecond” featured dramatic monologues and original poetry by Ivory “Xtrymytyz” (pronounced ehcks-trim-uh-teez)Townsel. This one woman show was one production that had audiences wanting more. Greeted by a heartfelt welcome and surrounded by total darkness, Townsel entered the stage performing an interpretative dance to […]