The millennial generation is the largest age group to emerge since the baby boomer generation, and as studies show in Florida, 18-to-34 year-olds are the largest population group. According to the Census Bureau, the number of Floridians age 18-34 outnumber those over age 65. Millennials have very different expectations […]
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Sustainability Institute in preparation for a healthier campus
The Sustainability Education Engagement Destination (S.E.E.D.) Photo credit: Thaddaeus Watkins The Sustainability Institute is Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s (FAMU) premier interdisciplinary center that concentrates on pressing issues, such as, the environment, sustainability and climate change. The objective of the Sustainability Institute is to bond the many talents and […]
Companies visit FAMU for Career Expo and recruit students
Company recruiters await as Florida A&M Students visit their stationed booths. | Photo credit: Thaddaeus Watkins Professional dress intact and resumes secured, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University students happily interacted with top-industry professionals as they provided opportunities for potential employment and internships during Wednesday’s Career Expo in the Lawson Center. […]
New exhibit “The Secret Paintings” comes to Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery
Students gathering around “Endless War,” a two-panel oil on canvas diptych that depicts a struggle between the male and female principles. | Photo credit: Thaddaeus Watkins Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University students occupied both levels of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery Thursday as they witnessed the nationally acclaimed exhibit of figurative […]
Marching 100 taking part in St. Petersburg MLK event
Florida A&M’s famed Marching 100 is traveling to St. Petersburg on Sunday for that city’s annual Martin Luther King Day Parade and Festival celebration on Monday. The band, arguably the university’s most visible ambassador, has been a regular feature in St. Petersburg for this national holiday. DuBois Colon, a third-year […]