FAMU senior Nelani KelleyMarsh will be spending 10 weeks at CBRE in Miami. Photo Submitted by Nelani KellyMarsh. Nalani KelleyMarsh, a senior business admiration major, is making FAMU history by becoming the first African American accepted into CBRE’s internship program. KelleyMarsh came across this internship opportunity through a conference with the […]
Author: Parris Lockley | Staff Reporter
Bill would require schools to teach CPR
Lexi Sima, Senator Perry E. Thurston and Shawn Sima after discussing Senate Bill 366. Photo Submitted by Marie Rattigan. Imagine getting a phone call that your child is laying lifeless on the floor. You drop everything in a panic and begin to run to her rescue. The paramedics arrive, and you […]
Women empowerment takes center stage at FAMU Village
Imani Cooper, Miss FAMU, took part in the event. Photo Submitted by Fatiah Caldwell. Wednesday night was a big night for women empowerment in the FAMU Village Game Day room. Miss FAMU collaborated with the owner and operator of the popular HBCU online magazine The Divah Filez and Jazmyne Byrd. […]
The homeless need more resources
The Kearney Center often cannot accommodate all of the homeless hoping to spend the night. Photo Courtesy of thekearneycenter.com. The capital of Florida is facing an undeniable crisis of underserving a community of local citizens that are in need of better resources. With only one homeless shelter that is overcrowded and […]
FAMU’s Emmax Kiplagat secures the title for the women’s 5K meter run at the MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Photo Courtesy of FAMU Athletics. With a time of 17:40.63 in the women’s portion of the 5,000-meter race, Florida A&M student Emmax Kiplagat received the gold medal for her performance at the MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships that took place the final weekend of February. Also, at the MEAC […]
Railroad Square Art Park prepares for new Hyatt House Hotel
The new Hyatt House hotel that will take place in Railroad Square Art Park. Photo Courtesy of Mountain Shore Properties. Railroad Square Art Park and Mountain Shore Properties announced plans to build a new Hyatt House hotel and new retail building. Many businesses, shops, and restaurants that are located near […]
‘Sneauxball Social’ benefits Frenchtown
Two Greek organizations at FAMU joined forces Friday for a benefit for Frenchtown. Photo Submitted by Fatiah Caldwell. The season to give back should be every season, and two NPHC organizations proved that on Friday. The Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity along with the Beta Alpha chapter […]
HA2 goes back ‘For the Juketure’
Members of House Arrest 2 Championship Dance Team after a performance. Photo Submitted by Jazmine Logan. Students, family and friends lined up outside of the Lawson Center Friday waiting for the doors to open on what members of House Arrest 2 Championship Dance Team called their biggest show of the […]
Remembering FAMU DRS instructor Hezekiah Ford III
FAMU DRS instructor Hezekiah Ford III Photo Courtesy of Gabrielle Bolden. A candlelight vigil was held Thursday for Florida A&M DRS instructor, Hezekiah Ford III. FAMU DRS Interim Superintendent , Kirk Gavin gave a welcome speech at the vigil in the FAMU DRS courtyard. “We gather together this evening to […]
FAMU hopes to improve graduation rates with new initiative
Photo of Graduates. Photo Courtesy of famu.edu Florida A & M University has implemented a coordinated new initiative designed to improve four-year graduation rates for first-time college students. The new program, Finish in Four, expands upon a previous effort that improved the institution’s six-year graduation rates over the past several […]