Friday, December 13, 2024
The holiday season is upon us. It starts with Thanksgiving and ends with New Year’s Day. Each year before Thanksgiving, the Salvation Army sponsors a community Thanksgiving meal. Beginning two days before Thanksgiving, volunteers gather to prepare a full home-made Thanksgiving dinner that is open to anyone in need of […]
As football season is ends, cold and flu season begins. Students do bare more viruses as the colder months approach so it’s important to keep yourself protected. “We definitely have a cold and flu season, students do bare more viruses going around and we share them through coughing, and through […]
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a collaborative between government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and to ensure that all Americans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online. Earlier this year, almost half a million dollars were transferred out of […]
Tallahassee is the largest city in Florida’s Panhandle. The city boasts a vibrant college community that includes Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and Tallahassee Community College. While Tallahassee is no stranger to student diversity, the capital city does lack in shopping diversity. Coming from a small town, Florida State […]
The importance of early learning is something Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend acknowledges and has been involved in for nearly 50 years. Kids Inc. is a United Way member agency providing Early Head Start services to families at five locations in Tallahassee. The organization focuses on low-income families whose […]
The increase in transfer students from two- to four-year institutions has surged nationwide. According to a recent report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, more than one-third of students choose to transfer to universities at least once during their academic careers. For most students, the newfound freedom and independence […]
Young adults, especially women ages 18-24, are at an elevated risk of sexual assault and sexual violence on college campuses. The “red zone” – a term used on many college campuses – is referred to as a period from the beginning of the fall semester to about Thanksgiving break when […]
Florida A&M is the latest university to jump on the bandwagon to join the alliance of Florida universities that have secured National Science Foundation funding to increase the number of women of color on university faculty in the fields of science, technology engineering, and math (STEM). The grant, created by […]
The fight continues for a base salary increase for all workers who are part of the University Support Personnel System at Florida A&M University. Representatives from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union that represents all non-teaching staff, met with FAMU last week to negotiate. The […]
Stefanny Garzon, a junior at FAMU, marches to the beat of her own drum with a smile that lights up an entire room. Originally from Columbia, Garzon moved to South Florida at the tender age of 4. Growing up in a diverse community is what gave her people-skills and communication-skills […]