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ABOUT OUR ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Bahamas Prairie View Alumni Chapter was chartered on September 5th, 2020 with 61 charter members. Our home base is New Providence, Bahamas. Unlike many other chapters, the membership consists of alumni located in three main areas: New Providence and Grand Bahama Islands in the Bahamas and Houston, Texas. There are members in several other islands in the Bahamas as well as other states in the USA. We are the first International Alumni Chapter of our beloved Alma Mater and the second chapter chartered through a virtual Installation of Officers.

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OUR OFFICERS

Mr. Ken Turner

President

Dr. Margaret Waters

Chaplain

Ms. Vernita Harris

Legacy Committee

Mr. Frederick Roberts

Parliamentarian

Mr. Philip Dorsett

Vice President

Ms. Deborah Jackson

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Earl Bastian

Sergeant at Arms

Mrs. Karen Archer-Symonette

Education Committee

Mr. Torrie Richardson

Treasurer

Mrs. Collis Sherman Bell

Scholarship Committee

Mr. Andrew Albury

Secretary

Mr. Dawson Ferguson

Membership

Scholarships

INPORTANT FACTS

Students

20+

Members

120+

Scholarships

30+

Countries

20+

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Dawson Ferguson

Dawson enrolled at the College of the Bahamas before transferring to Prairie View A&M University (PVA&MU) in 1976. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in 1979 and Master of Business Administration Degree (M.B A.) in 1980. After graduating, Dawson took employment at PVA&MU as Head Cashier...He is currently the Department Chair for Special Services at Dr. Edward Roberson Middle School.

Prince Brian Hall

Prince Brian Hall is a charter member Bahamian students gifted academic scholarships to attend Prairie View in the Fall of 1973. He is a former Bahamas Customs Officer, and a 1969 St. Johns College graduate… A ’77 cum laude business graduate, he has worked as a CIBC bank Mgr. Kraft Foods and Exxon U.S.A accountant, McDonalds Corporation, mgr, and currently a Houston ISD educator working with the special needs population. He holds several Teacher of The Year awards.

Shelly Archer

Following in the footsteps of her older sisters, Karen Archer-Symonette and Peggy Archer-Roberts, 1978 graduates of PVAMU; Shelly entered PVAMU in the Fall semester of 1979, and graduated in the Spring of 1983, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, and a minor in Banking & Finance. Shelly worked at The Central Bank of the Bahamas as a Senior Statistical Officer in the Research Department, and at Citibank/Cititrust (Bahamas) Limited as a Manager in the Financial Control Department. Shelly is now a Bahamas Licensed Real Estate Agent working at Colonial Realty Ltd.