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PVAMU IN THE NEWS 2020 Significant Mentions 2020 HIGHLIGHTS & BIG STORIES 4 2020 Media Statistics 6 January 2020 8 February 2020 10 March 2020 12 April 2020 14 May 2020 18 June 2020 24 July 2020 28 August 2020 32 September 2020 34 October 2020 36 November 2020 40 December 2020 2 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 3 Significant Mentions PANDEMIC 2020 Media Statistics SIGNIFICANT PLACEMENTS/MENTIONS ALUMNI MENTIONS 100 PVAMU President on the Unique Nurse Puts Career on Hold to Prairie View A&M University 75 Challenges Faced by HBCU Students Pursue Olympic Dream Graduate Holds Virtual Party 50 MSNBC.COM GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM NBCDFW.COM 25 PHILANTHROPY 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOP APPEARANCES TOP MEDIA OUTLETS84 NATIONAL The Chronicle of Higher Education The Washington Post 384 Ways to Help Prairie View A&M University Receives Center for Race and Justice Proposed Diverse: Issues in MACKENZIE-SCOTT.MEDIUM.COM $10M From Anonymous Donor Higher Education BIZJOURNALS.COM CLICK2HOUSTON.COM CNN PARTNERSHIPS The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education NBC/MSNBC The New York Times LOCAL Houston Chronicle Melanye Price 25.8% Jones/Morton (NFL) 5.8% KPRC-TV/Channel 2 Ruth Simmons 24.2% Fred Bonner II 5% Prairie View A&M, Houston Team Up to Texas A&M Expands Footprint at Houston’s Houston Public Media Darius Fulghum 9.2% Tiffany Thomas 3.3% Tackle Health Disparities Texas Medical Center Michael Hurd 8.3% Michael Marshall 3.3% KTRK-TV/ABC 13 HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM TMC.EDU Sandra Bland 7.5% 0 10 20 30 PASSION TOP EXPERT APPEARANCES (BY COLLEGE/SCHOOL) Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences: 70 Whitlowe R. Green College of Education: 8 DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK, BEHAVIORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES Roy G. Perry College of Engineering: 5 Political Science – 46 History – 7 Social Work – 3 Philosophy – 3 Sociology – 2 Biology – 8 College of Justice Studies & Psychology: 5 Prairie View A&M Students TD Ameritrade Names 2020 Green Bay Signs Prairie View Communications – 1 College of Business: 3 Combat Voter Suppression RIA Nextgen Scholarship, Duo to UDFA Deals School of Architecture: 13 College of Nursing: 2 TPR.ORG Grant Winners HBCUGAMEDAY.COM Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture – 10 College of Agriculture & Human Sciences: 2 BUSINESSWIRE.COM Community Development – 3 4 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 5 6 Significant Mentions January 2020 Darius Fulghum DIGITAL Boxer and nursing graduate Darius Fulghum has dreams of Olympic glory after Olympic trials victory TEAMUSA.ORG Michal Hurd DIGITAL The 30 Best Texas Books of The Decade, from Amarillo to Utopia TEXAS OBSERVER Melanye Price DIGITAL & PRINT Elizabeth Warren’s Smart Answer on ‘Electability’ THE NEW YORK TIMES Debbie Jones DIGITAL Greater Houston Nurses Taking it to the Streets MINORITY NURSE The Marching Storm DIGITAL PVAMU’s Marching Storm Headed to 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands NEWS BREAK William Guzmán DIGITAL & PRINT NAACP honors Jersey City detective who helped cop to safety during mass shooting NEWJERSEY.COM 6 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 7 6 Significant Mentions February 2020 Aruna Weerasooriya DIGITAL Did You Know That Baby Carrots Are Treated With Chlorine? BEFOREITSNEWS.COM Willie Pruitt, Sr. TELEVISION Black History Month spotlight: Willie Pruitt, Sr. KBTX-TV College of Nursing DIGITAL & PRINT Culture, acceptance, success found at PVAMU College of Nursing DEFENDER NETWORK Capt. Paul Matthews TELEVISION Black History Month: Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston KHOU-TV Denesha Henderson TELEVISION Rodeo celebrates black cowboys and cowgirls in history of the American West NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Christopher Jennings DIGITAL USDA Names Participants in 2020 Future Leaders in Agriculture Program USDA 8 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 9 4 Significant Mentions March 2020 Jordan Jones & Jalen Morton DIGITAL 2020 HBCU Combine Invitees NFL.COM Troy Hogan DIGITAL Houston actor making Hollywood moves in new movie about black cowboys AFRAMNEWS.COM Derreka Shelton & Danielle Simmons DIGITAL Two HBCU Alums Launched The First Ever HBCU Subscription Box, ‘My HBCU Box’ MADEME NOIRE Reagan Flowers TELEVISION Dr. Reagan Flowers selected as Top Educational Innovator of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) WICV-TELEVISION (NY) 10 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 11 13 Significant Mentions April 2020 FOR BLACK MEN, FEARS ARISE THAT MASKS WILL INVITE RACIAL PROFILING PVAMU in The New York Times DIGITAL Lei Huang PVAMU ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s top DIGITAL HBCU graduate schools Forecast the Number of COVID-19 Cases Using HBCU BUZZ Computational Science “ MEDIUM.COM ” DIGITAL The 10 Best “Hidden Gem” Universities In Texas Melanye Price DIGITAL & PRINT COLLEGE GAZETTE For black men, fears arise that masks will invite Alicia Pete racial profiling DIGITAL & PRINT THE NEW YORK TIMES FROM RE-INFECTION TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, PVAMU interim AD Alicia Pete brings ‘girl power’ DEFENDER NETWORK Dennis Daniels DIGITAL DOCTOR ANSWERS 5 OF YOUR MOST Ruth Simmons PVAMU UMA Director answers KPRC2 texting DIGITAL & PRINT line coronavirus questions PRESSING CORONAVIRUS HEALTH QUESTIONS 4 Colleges, 2 Weeks, One Choice: How Covid-19 KPRC-TV PVAMU on KPRC-TV Scattered U.S. Higher Education THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Dennis Daniels DIGITAL Jalen Morton & Jordan Jones Chimtua Ogbah DIGITAL DIGITAL Pamela Obiomon From re-infection to hydroxychloroquine, doctor DIGITAL answers 5 of your most pressing coronavirus Green Bay Packers sign two PVAMU players to PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: ICU NP UDFA deals Perspective Year round, engineering deans work to bring students health questions “ ” HBCU GAME DAY PV NURSES ALUMNI to STEM KPRC-TV BLACK ENGINEER Jovante Ham DIGITAL Kenzi Turner TELEVISION Melanoid Exchange: The future of black business HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES DeSoto High School seniors produce unique twist on popular social media challenge WFAA-TV / DFW 12 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 13 24 Significant Mentions May 2020 FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN UNIFORM, IT’S DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY. BUT DON’T EXPECT TO LEAD. PVAMU in The New York Times DIGITAL Karina Cisneros Best historically black colleges & universities NEWSPAPER THE COLLEGE CONSENSUS San Benito’s Cisneros will continue softball career “ with PVAMU ” Jordan Deadwyler VALLEY MORNING STAR TELEVISION Senior Spotlight: Lincoln track stand-out Jordan Jalyn Robinson Deadwyler finds motivation despite shortened season NEWSPAPER WTXL-TV (TALLAHASSEE) Three Solano golfers earn scholarship awards THE DAILY REPUBLIC (CA) Catrina Hurman DIGITAL & PRINT Nathan Mermond Salute to Nurses: The Houston Chronicle honors DIGITAL & PRINT 2020’s top nurse leaders How to deal with the bugs flying around this spring HOUSTON CHRONICLE HOUSTON CHRONICLE Bryanna Barnett Ayngelyn Hobbs TELEVISION & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL PVAMU graduate holds virtual party with Family has drive-thru graduation party for 2020 family around the world graduate KXAS-TV (NBC DFW) KAVU-TV/CROSSROADS TODAY Alaya Riles Jasmine Keeton & Jadean Keeton NEWSPAPER TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL BRIGHT FUTURES — Memorial senior Alaya ‘Mama we made it’: With 3 graduates this year, Nearly 60 student-athletes leave Prairie View with Texas A&M System Brands Landmark Campus In Riles’ future aspirations center on helping others Pearland family gets a shoutout from the Today show degrees-in-hand Texas Medical Center THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS TODAY SHOW; KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2; CW39 HBCU GAME DAY TAMU TODAY 14 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 15 24 Significant Mentions May 2020 | Continued Darius Fulghum Shaetyra Mays, Toronica Duncan, TELEVISION & DIGITAL & Allyson Cotton Houston boxer balanced nursing school & NEWSPAPER Olympic dreams Faith Mission announces summer interns KTRK-TV/ABC 13 THE BANNER PRESS (BRENHAM) DIGITAL Terésa Dowell-Vest Mellon Foundation Steps in to Help Students at 16 MAGAZINE HBCUs PVAMU instructor hosting summer web series on the THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION book, “The Death of Cliff Huxtable” HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE George C. Wright DIGITAL Rafael Martinez Three African American Scholars Appointed to New DIGITAL Faculty Roles Senior Spotlight: Student overcomes vision loss to THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION serve as drum major who thrives in school DALLAS ISD Lt. Col. Walter J. Smiley DIGITAL & PRINT Jalen Morton DIGITAL For African Americans in Uniform, It’s Duty, Honor, Country. But Don’t Expect to Lead. Green Bay Packers: Scouting Report on UDFA QB THE NEW YORK TIMES Jalen Morton FANSIDED Chimtua Ogbah DIGITAL Tatianna Johnson PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: ICU TELEVISION & DIGITAL NP Perspective Houston ISD seniors surprised with $5,000 PV NURSES ALUMNI scholarships for college KTRK-TV/ABC13 Precious Oke DIGITAL Alicia Pete PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: SLICU RN DIGITAL Perspective PVAMU Interim Athletic Director Alicia Pete PV NURSES ALUMNI interviewed for article “HBCUs work to return to THE NEW YORK TIMES sports amid new coronavirus” DALLAS WEEKLY 16 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 17 91 Significant Mentions June 2020 Melanye Price Ruth Simmons Dominic Daniel Joan Garrett DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL & PRINT DIGITAL Prairie View A&M Women’s Jack and Jill of America These videos show the Prairie View A&M president Graduating seniors are