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Plans To Build A New Pharmacy Building Are Underway

Florida A&M University initiated a plan to build a $40.5 million Pharmacy Phase II building. The Pharmacy Phase II involves the construction and design of a 45,000 net square feet research; graduate and professional study instructional space. According to interim associate vice president Kendall Jones, FAMU’s Construction and Facilities Management […]

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NABJ Short Course Comes To FAMU

For the second straight year, Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication hosted the National Association of Black Journalists multi-media short course. Students from universities across the country including American, Grambling, Howard, North Carolina Central, Oklahoma, Southern Mississippi and of course FAMU’s very own were in attendance. All […]

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FAMU Students Help to Ensure Campus Safety

Through the creation of the Student Patrol Program, Florida A&M University students can help keep the campus safe. The patrol program aims to provide students with a safe campus environment. Although FAMU Police Chief Terrance Calloway originally came up with the idea of the Student Patrol Program, Lt. Norman Rollins […]

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FAMU DRS remembers devoted teacher

Hundreds of young Rattlers gathered to mourn the death of a beloved teacher, Eileen S. Warner, on Friday at Florida A&M University Developmental and Research School.  Students and faculty held a balloon release ceremony to remember Warner, who died in a car accident in early June. The service was held […]

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A Wreck With The Rec Hours

Though FAMU’s Health initiatives — like GetFitFAMU — promote better living, the change in time schedules at the Hansel E. Tookes Recreation Center has become a deterrent for students who work out.   “Budget cuts have caused The Rec Center’s hours to be reduced,”  Crystal Bennette, building supervisor for the […]

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City officials: FAMU Way extension will improve traffic flow, access

D.A. Robin; 09/28/2014 @ FAMU Way The extension to FAMU Way will feature roundabouts among other new amenities. City officials say the years of work will be worth it when traffic flow eases. The FAMU Way Extension project will not only improve the road, but better Tallahassee’s traffic flow, city […]

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At TCC, students learn to cope with paying for bus rides

One month into the new school year, Tallahassee Community College students are still struggling to cope with having to pay to ride public transportation. Jessica Barnett, 24, said, “I see my friends and students around me struggle to eat some days, so now when you have to choose between a […]

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One injured in campus shooting

Florida A&M Police Department reported late Friday that one person was hurt in a shooting at the university's campus. Information is thin. Police say the shooting occured near Barbourville Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 850-599-3256. This is the […]

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Packed week of events ahead for presidential inauguration

Florida A&M plans to celebrate the inauguration of its newest president with a week of events. Starting Sept. 28, the university will host cultural, sporting and social events leading to the formal start of Elmira Mangum's term at the helm of FAMU. Inauguration week begins this Sunday at 4 p.m. […]