Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Students, alumni and even high schoolers showed up at the Florida Capitol Thursday to rally for funding during Florida A&M University’s annual FAMU Day. Starting at 9 a.m. with a breakfast orientation on the 22 floor, the Capitol was filled with people lobbying for the university’s legislative budget request throughout […]
Students and club members gathered in the SGA multipurpose room Wednesday to discuss sexual assault and awareness. Titled the “Teal Table Talk,” members from FAMU’s Victims Advocate Program led the group meeting from 5-7 p.m. With different tables around the room, students could sit at one and discuss a topic. […]
Kala Way and Jude Jones, upcoming graduates of Florida A&M University, inspired others as they shared the motivations behind their art exhibits at the Foster-Tanner Gallery Thursday evening. The two touched on deeper and more personal and emotional topics in their collections. Way’s “Outside the Garden” focuses on how she […]
Middle and high school students filled the Lawson Center Saturday for Florida A&M University’s eighth annual STEM Day. The event took place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and had many different types of vendors. There were tables where representatives told students information regarding STEM, tables with interactive experiments that […]
The Florida Board of Governors’ Task Force on Academic and Workforce Alignment met Wednesday. The committee discussion was the first on the agenda for their second day of meetings at Florida A&M University. BOG member Ken Jones, chair of the task force, opened it with a roll call to determine […]
Esteemed Professor Reginald Ellis got right to the heart of the matter, quoting Langston Hughes. “Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain seeking a home where he himself is free. America never was America to […]
On Feb. 25, Marley Bisme’s ceiling fell through her bathroom shower in Florida A&M’s Palmetto Street Phase III Apartments. Bisme shares the apartment with her roommates, and she posted the situation on different social media platforms such as TikTok and Fizz. When the ceiling came down, Bisme described how her […]
Florida Senator Linda Stewart, D-Orlando, has introduced Senate Bill 826, which would add an additional requirement for high school students to get their diplomas. If passed, all high school students starting with the 2024–2025 incoming freshman class, would have to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form […]
Although the chances of winning the lottery are slim to none, many people still take the risk to play. Lottery gambling can be considered a fun activity for some, but also pointless if no one wins any money. When it comes to undergraduate students, who are typically aged 18 to […]