while also helping with fundraising and creating a new university leadership training program. Simmons, a Houston native, is widely known as an innovator in the higher education world.
LeGrande has worked in Texas higher education before. Between 2012 and 2018 she served as a student affairs and enrollment management administrator at the University of Houston-Downtown. She also earned a doctorate in higher education administration from Texas Tech University, a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Savannah State University and a master’s degree in chemistry from North Carolina A&T State University.
Prairie View A&M’s enrollment currently hovers around 9,200 students, according to preliminary enrollment numbers for the fall semester. That number has remained largely flat even during the COVID-19 pandemic. “PVAMU has a strong legacy of transforming the lives of its students and contributing to the surrounding region and state of Texas, both educationally and economically,” LeGrande said in a statement. “I look forward to working with the faculty, staff, and community as we honor and build upon the university's powerful legacy and upward trajectory.”
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