Prairie View A&M University recently mourned the loss of one of its brightest and productive graduates, Mina Rosenthall-Eames. Eames, 31, the first graduate of the university’s Undergraduate Medical Academy in 2006, was fatally shot in Houston by her estranged husband Clifton Eames, 35, on Monday, Aug. 20. Eames was in […]
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Cyclists attend annual Tour de Pink bike tour
As the sun rose Sunday, Sept. 9, cars filled with cyclists swarmed onto campus for the third annual Tour de Pink bike tour. The bike tour is part of the Pink Ribbons Project, a motion to raise money to help fight breast cancer. Tour de Pink has raised more than […]
General assembly sparks new focus
The General Student Assembly held at the William “Billy” J. Nicks Auditorium Aug. 29 focused on assuring students of quality services and education. The assembly began with a welcome and invocation by Johnnie Jones, vice president of SGA, and Mark Williams II, Mr. Prairie View 2007-2008. By the end of […]
Financial aid office tries new ways
Every year the financial aid office is full of students inquiring about their financial aid status. This year has been no exception. Carlos Clark, assistant provost for the Office of Student Financial Aid, is helping to improve the organization and the overall financial aid process. “We are trying to create […]
English professor Freeman retires
After 18 years of service at Prairie View A&M University, Dr. Blondell Jones “Bee Jay” Freeman, distinguished professor of English, retired Aug. 31. Freeman joined the university in 1989 as an associate professor for the Benjamin Banneker Honors College. “I’ve been here since ‘B.C.’ or before coffee,” said Freeman. For […]
37th Annual Career Fair
The 37th annual Career Fair will be held in the Willie A Tempton Memorial Student center from September 19-September 20. The Technical Job Fair will be held on September 19 and the Non-Technical Job Fair will be held on September 20. Both career fairs will be open from 10 a.m. […]
Campus placed on emergency lockdown
University authorities ordered a campus lockdown Friday, Aug. 31 after a freshman began receiving a series of threatening phone calls from her estranged boyfriend. According to Lieutenant David Webb, the student’s boyfriend left messages telling her he was going to shoot her. Believing that the estranged boyfriend intended to do […]
University makes administrative changes
Several departments of campus administration have undergone changes in the fall of 2007. Dr. Clement Glenn, was named interim associate vice president for student affairs. The former interim associate vice president for student affairs, Dr. Kelvin Kirby, recently resigned from the position in order to return to his faculty position […]
OOOOppps… they did it again
If you needed a reason to watch the 2007 Video Music Awards on Sunday night on MTV, I have two words for you. Britney Spears. Actually, here are two more words for you. Train wreck. Spears was the opening act for the show, a rumor that has been floating around […]
‘Jena Six’ picking up student support
A year ago, Mychal Bell was known in Jena, La., simply as a 16-year-old sophomore at Jena High School and a winning starter on its football team. Today he stands convicted of aggravated second-degree battery and faces up to 22 years in prison. He is nationally known as one of […]