Saturday, September 21, 2024
As fall graduation quickly approaches, many students at Florida A&M University are gearing up to walk the stage and begin their lives beyond college. Despite the excitement surrounding this milestone, hesitation is also in the air as uncertainty in the job market’s future rises. Beginning as early as September of […]
I’m not really sure if it’s something that every student has or will experience, but for me it has hit like a ton of bricks. For the past four years, I have witnessed the university change and grow in many ways. Now I can admit that it is a beautiful […]
A week after Florida A&M’s homecoming, students fear a possible spike in COVID’s numbers. With students and alumni flooding to “the hill” to celebrate the university and seasonal sickness on the rise, many anticipate a COVID-19 surge. Since March of 2020, COVID-19 has impacted the Tallahassee community. According to the […]
With an influx of household-name brands now partnering and recruiting at HBCUs, some are debating those brands’ intentions. In the past two years, Florida A&M University has acquired partnerships with Nike, LeBron James, Wakati Hair, Estée Lauder and Twitter. Brands have been able to make their contribution to the institution […]
Awarded a $1.5 million grant, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office is on a mission to stop gun violence in Tallahassee. As part of the Bipartisan Safer Community Act, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Program allocated $1,495,663 to LSCO in an effort to keep the youth of Tallahassee […]
Kyle Footman, a 25-year-old Tallahassee native and a recent Florida A&M University graduate, is making his mark on the city’s real estate industry. Footman, a public relations major, has always had an entrepreneurial bent. Footman recalls working long days alongside his father in sweltering Tallahassee heat, laying down concrete for […]
The new Black-owned restaurant Kezzy’s Bistro & Bar has found a home in Governors Square Mall. Owned and operated by husband and wife Mack and Keziah Gentry, Kezzy’s Bar & Bistro opened its doors for a soft launch in late August. With plans to get their feet wet before their […]
After two years of finding success in Tallahassee, Bite of Brown has expanded to Washington D.C. What began as a seven-day long restaurant week is now a festival taking place Sept. 3 in the nation’s capital. Caleb Ross, co-founder of Dream Marketing Group and a 2015 graduate of Florida A&M […]