Florida A&M officials Wednesday hailed the grand opening of the Gore Education Complex as an important milestone for the century-old College of Education. Interim President Larry Robinson called education "vitally important to the success" of Florida and its students. He said he hoped to have students and faculty appreciate the […]

  Adjustments made by the Florida board of governors to Florida A&M’s admission criteria have contributed to a decrease in enrollment while increasing the caliber of incoming freshmen.After peaking to 2,201 students in fall 2010, first-time-in-college student enrollment began to decline a year later. By fall 2012, the number dropped […]

The Famuan misstated that nine Delta members were suspended. The number of suspended Deltas is currently unknown.

Springtime Tallahassee celebrated its 45th annual grand parade Saturday. Susan Harris, a language arts teacher at Elizabeth Cobb Middle School, was a part of the Springtime Tallahassee Antebellum Krewe, a float in the parade. Harris said the krewe started preparing the float in January. “We meet down at the float […]

  The search for a new band director continues as Florida A&M released the interviewing schedules for two candidates. Both candidates, Sylvester Young, a former professor of music at Ohio University, and Don Roberts, an instrumental music coordinator for DeKalb County School District, are graduates of FAMU and will face […]

  Florida A&M is competing against 48 historically black colleges and universities in the 24th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge in Los Angeles. The HCASC, which began Saturday and will end Wednesday, is the only academic competition held between the various HBCUs around the country. The tournament will test the […]

  A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to ban abortion in Florida. Rep. Charles Van Zant, an ordained Baptist minister, proposed the Florida for Life Act. The bill prohibits inducing, performing, attempting to perform or assisting in induced abortions. The bill defines an induced abortion as […]

  Florida A&M alumni T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Bryan C. Jones will debut their new show, “Sellout!,” as part of the Lyceum Series. “Sellout!” follows two professionals as they struggle to gain success. Both characters have a different idea on what success is, whether it is making it big or […]

  Leon County Commissioner Mary Ann Lindley said she would never forget the speech she heard during the commission meeting on March 12. A woman candidly discussed her previous tussles with breast and colon cancer, Lindley recalled. But the woman’s partner of 23 years was nowhere to be found during […]

  Florida A&M has been recommended for a research grant totaling $1.9 million. The U.S. Department of Defense recommended FAMU for the grant, which will fund research over the next three years. The funding will go to specific projects being performed by faculty members at the FAMU-Florida State College of […]