Saturday, April 20, 2024
FAMU students packed the Lawson Center on Wednesday for the highly anticipated Career Expo. Students came to exchange their contact information and resumes while looking for job opportunities with the employers in attendance. Employers were also giving out information about their company and handing out business cards. There were companies […]
Former interim Vice President Robert Schweigert shared that new surveys for FAMU staff and students “are being established to access operational performance, service excellence and opportunities for improvement,” according to minutes from the December 2019 meeting of the Board of Trustees’ Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee. To some students, the […]
Twitter users took the internet by storm with obligatory memes when Tyler Perry’s movie, “A Fall From Grace,” made its debut on Netflix last week. Some reviews of the self-made director and producer’s new film were positive, but most were negative. Other news platforms, such as BuzzFeed, went as far […]
Two Florida A&M University alumni are preparing to face off in a Democratic Party primary challenge. If U.S. Rep. Al Lawson wants to secure his seat for another two-year term, he will have to fend off a challenge from a fellow Rattler, Albert Chester II. Chester, a football quarterback at […]
The Florida A&M Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program traveled to Jacksonville last weekend to compete in a three-day Ranger challenge. The challenge consisted of rigorous events that tested the cadets’ physical and mental strength. Captain Dvante Morales believes his cadets have improved individually and developed comraderie during the Ranger […]
Florida state Senator Jason Pizzo wants the United States Congress to recognize Haitians and other Caribbean-Americans’ holidays. As of 2014, approximately 4 million Caribbean immigrants live in the U.S. Of the 4 million, more than 1 million are from Haiti, with a large percentage residing in Miami and the greater […]
Clean up, clean up, everyone cleans up. The Office of Student Activities (OSA) has formed a Green Team dedicated to keeping Florida A&M’s campus nice and clean. The Green Team has been around since 2016, and was created by the former director of OSA to help clean up after Set […]
Following recent customer surveys conducted by Business and Auxiliary Services, new washers and dryers have been placed in residence halls across campus. Pamela Moore, communications coordinator for Business and Auxiliary Services, said the new appliances are a direct result of the input from students. “Customer feedback was indeed a factor […]
Fresh off its most successful season since 2010, the Florida A&M football team has an exciting offseason to build on. Unfortunately for Rattler fans, they won’t have many chances to cheer for their team at Bragg Memorial Stadium in 2020. After having six home games during the 2018 and 2019 […]
Most 18 year olds are off in their first year of college partying and getting accustomed to life away from home. However, this isn’t the path that one freshman decided to take. William Booker Moore V, a Tallahassee native, grew up in the state Capitol’s backyard. Growing up in a […]