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  2. Prairie View A&M University - Wikipedia

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    Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU or PV) is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas. Founded in 1876, it is one of Texas's two land-grant universities and the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the state. [ 6 ]

  3. List of historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    Prairie View A&M University: Prairie View: Texas: 1876 Public Founded as "Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College for Colored Youth" [15] Yes Rust College: Holly Springs: Mississippi: 1866 Private [h] Known as "Shaw University" until 1882 Yes Savannah State University: Savannah: Georgia: 1890 Public Founded as "Georgia State Industrial ...

  4. Texas A&M University System - Wikipedia

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    Prairie View A&M, also established in 1876, is an HBCU. The A&M System, like all schools in Texas was racially segregated by state law, from its founding until the 1960s. [ 6 ] Many of the member universities and agencies joined the A&M System decades after being established.

  5. List of land-grant universities - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1855 by the State of Michigan, and known as the "Agricultural College of the State of Michigan" with its own state grants of land, the Michigan State model provided a precedent for the federal Morrill Act of 1862. In 1955, Michigan State University and Pennsylvania State University were included on a US postage stamp commemorating ...

  6. Prairie View A&M Panthers football - Wikipedia

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    Prairie View is recognized as the first historically Black university to create and play in a post-season bowl game. The Prairie View Bowl was played in Texas from 1929 through 1961. The Panthers won Black college football national championship titles in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, and 1964 and Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships SWAC in ...

  7. Education in Texas - Wikipedia

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    PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master's degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools. Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is the second oldest state-sponsored institution of higher education in Texas.

  8. Multiple people wounded in mass shooting at Texas college ...

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    Multiple people, including children as young as eight, have been wounded in a mass shooting at an unofficial homecoming event close to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU).. According to the Waller ...

  9. List of colleges and universities in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas A&M University is the state's largest of higher learning in terms of enrollment and largest public university, having 77,491 students [3] while Southwest College for the Deaf is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 48 in the fall of 2023. [4]