Florida A&M’s Student Government Association shared updates on recent campus changes Monday. Student Body Vice President Michael Jefferson addressed information about the upcoming Atlanta Classic and ticket packages. “We will not have the student packages this year, but we need as many students to attend,” Jefferson said. Student Activities […]

  Out with the old and in with the new. FAMU has been cleaning up shop and making room for new and driven administrative and faculty members willing to take that extra initiative toward moving forward.    Angela Alvarado Coleman has been named the associate vice president for Student Affairs. […]

  One month away from the election, this year’s SSREC theme is the 2012 election and making sure the elected officials listen to student voters.     Jacquie Ayala, Florida organizer for the Southern Energy Network and SSREC planning committee chair, is looking forward to recruiting more young people to […]

  The seminar “Are You on the Road to Success?” hosted by the Office of Retention Wednesday aims to ensure the class of 2016 will be successful in their education at Florida A&M University.    The seminar, which was attended by close to 200 students, was the first of the […]

  First-year Florida A&M students will need to know more than just their class schedules as this school year begins because the presidential elections are right around the corner. FAMU is taking steps  to ensure that every student, especially freshmen, will have the opportunity to register to vote.   “I […]

  The Florida A&M Board of Trustees’ meeting concentrated on the unclear logistics of the Polkinghorne Village dormitories and the university’s search for a new president.   Trustee Spurgeon McWilliams said the presidential search was “well underway.”   He said the marketing and communications sub-committee, which includes Trustees Torey Alston, […]

  Thursday Florida A&M University held its first town hall meeting for the school year.  In the universities ongoing effort to end hazing, students were welcomed by a host of panelists in the Alfred Lawson Multipurpose Center, ready to discuss the importance of FAMU recognizing the change needed to stop […]

  Florida A&M University’s College of Education welcomed faculty visitors from the University of California at Santa Barbara this week after partnering with FAMU to create the UCSB-FAMU Partnership program for graduate students. FAMU students have the opportunity to participate in a seven-week summer program in California at UCSB where […]

  An anti-hazing town hall meeting will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Alfred L. Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium. “We want students to leave the town hall meeting with a knowledge of what hazing is, impact of hazing on the victim, personal responsibility individuals have […]

  Shelby R. Chipman, Florida A&M associate professor and associate director of bands, is looking to fill the position as the marching band director. “In my eyes, Dr. Shelby Chipman is the only candidate that qualifies for the Marching ‘100,’” said Rushed Horne, former cymbals section leader, show planning committee […]