Thursday, April 25, 2024
Tallahassee citizens assembledin droveson Saturday and Sunday, populating the busiest streets of the Sunshine State’s capital. Demonstrators bellowed cries of woe, outrage and weariness. The civil unrest pulsated across the nation as cities across America joined in a nationwide day of protest on Saturday, followed by more protests on Sunday. […]
Even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, black people still face a never-ending battle — racism. On May 25, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was taken down by a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin. Floyd was handcuffed and placed face down on the road as Chauvin knelt […]
The Florida A&M women’s basketball program gained a huge addition when it announced Thursday that Shalon Pillow is the new head coach. One month after the firing of head coach Kevin Lynum, who held the position less than 12 months, FAMU athletics confirmed her hiring. It did not provide Pillow’s annual […]
Florida A&M University and the other 11 institutions in the Florida State University System are one step closer to having an official plan for the upcoming academic year. All 12 schools switched to remote learning in late March in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. They […]
Members of the search committee to nominate candidates to be the next dean for FAMU’s School of Nursing appeared decidedly uncomfortable Tuesday talking in public during a public meeting. Several members of the committee voiced concerns about naming the four finalists who they had interviewed earlier this month, and requested […]
FAMU’s School of Nursing dean search committee is one step closer to narrowing its choices to present to the provost. Monday afternoon the third of four candidate presented to the search committee via Zoom, the same method the two previous candidates were interviewed. The candidate, Versie Johnson-Mallard, is no stranger […]
The search committee tasked with recommending the next dean for the FAMU School of Nursing interviewed the second of four finalists on Thursday. While Mary Ella Graham is the current interim dean. The search committee is hoping to find a candidate to recommend to the provost among the final four […]
Henry V. Talley, the dean of Florida A&M’s School of Nursing, resigned in August of 2019, leading to the appointment of Mary Ella Graham as interim dean. A search committee hoping to agree on a candidate to be the next permanent dean of the nursing program interviewed the first of four […]
COVID-19 has already left its mark on most of the world, and now it is slowly striking at the Island of Haiti. The country is still experiencing severe poverty for over a decade and vastly underprepared to manage this global health crisis. After being the first country liberated from colonialism, […]
Black Americans are dying at an alarming rate due to COVID-19 and many socioeconomic factors, but now wearing masks during the pandemic can lead them into trouble with the law. A study done by the Center for Disease Control identified the rate of black deaths to be 92 deaths per […]