Florida A&M’s annual Parent and Family Weekend, starting Saturday, will give a glimpse at what life is like on “The Hill.” FAMU students and their families will flock to the event hosted by the Office of Student Activities. New students are using the opportunity to show their parents their […]

  Florida A&M’s homecoming concert is expected to attract a huge crowd  to  the Al Lawson Center on Nov.10.  With names such as  Uncle Luke, Bill Bellamy and Rick Ross, students expected tickets to be costly. However, Student Government Association President Marissa West  said student interest was what she was […]

At a time when 19 HBCUs nationwide are without a university president, schools have been putting a lot of time and effort in choosing their next leader.  Florida A&M officials took suggestions from the public Thursday as they embark on filling the position. that is also vacant at North Carolina […]

  BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) – As Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama’s political advisers on Sunday promised the incumbent would unleash his more aggressive side in Tuesday’s debate to prevent their Republican rival from delivering another “magical and theatrical performance.” […]

  Interim President Larry Robinson delivered details of his national anti-hazing plan to the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church congregation Sunday morning. Incorporating the lessons mentioned in the morning sermon, Robinson compared Florida A&M’s early anti-hazing methods to a Bible verse relayed by the Reverend. R.B. Holmes Jr. “The first thing […]

  Former Florida A&M President Frederick S. Humphries used his “Excellence with Caring” motto to more than double the university’s enrollment by focusing on high-achieving, quality students. Under his presidency from 1985 to 2001, FAMU led the nation with the highest number of National Achievement Scholars, tying  Harvard in 2000. […]

  As a girl you are treated as property and your parents have chosen your future husband for you. This person your parents picked is a stranger more than double your age. There is a high potential to die young due to pregnancy complications. Imagine that you don’t have the […]

  The Division of Florida Colleges has reported a hacking case in which a number of Florida college students’ personal information may have been compromised.  An investigation into the incident has been initiated as officials try to determine the extent of the security breach, which occurred at Northwest Florida State […]

Imagine that you are child again, and you live in a country where you cannot go to school because you are a girl.   Also, imagine that you are treated as a property, so you parents choose whom you will marry. Imagine that you married a stranger who is double […]

  82 years later, a firefighter’s legacy is still burning. Lewin Spear, a Tallahassee native, was laid to rest November 30, 1930 after suffering from burn injuries he sustained in his line of duty as a firefighter.  He and 12 other firemen were summoned to the locations of two warehouses […]