Friday, June 27, 2025
FAMUs CFO Dale Cassidy addressing the Board of Governors Members of Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees gathered Tuesday to discuss plans to reduce the financial deficit that FAMUs Athletic Department currently faces. The new Athletic Director Milton Overton is projected to increase revenue and cut expenses in the upcoming […]
Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) met to discuss ways to improve low graduation and retention rates last Tuesday. The BOT asked those over academic affairs to come up with creative ways to ensure students excel and return to the university. Officials feel that problems presented in the meetings […]
Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum and the Board of Trustees (BOT) seemed stale as they reviewed trustees’ evaluations of Mangum’s annual performance on Tuesday. Mangum’s spoke about several problems that arose for FAMU like the split of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, the November 2011 hazing death of drum […]
Photo credit: WCTV A bomb threat was issued at the National Guard Armory in Tallahassee, Fla. on Capital Circle NE around 10:15 this morning. Investigators forced an evacuation that cleared approximately 30 people out of the building for a thorough search, but found nothing. According to the Tallahassee […]
Florida A&M University Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate Bruce James II will team up with Cynthia Butler to launch the Bainbridge Health Initiative (BHI). BHI is a series of free health screenings that will take place throughout Bainbridge, GA over the next few months. The first event will be held Friday, […]
Jeb Bush speaking to a room of supporters at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Conference Center Trailing in second place in the Republican presidential nomination polls, Jeb Bush, brought his 2016 campaign rally to the state capital Monday, where he governed for eight years. Bush, Florida’s former governor from 1998 […]
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaking to his suppporters after his campaign rally After serving eight years as Florida's governor, presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, returns to Tallahassee to a room of supporters at the Augustus B. Turnbull Conference Center. As part of his 2016 presidential campaign, Bush discussed topics including lobby […]
Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor hosted a community conference for the youth Thursday at Bethel A.M.E Church. The conference was held to get the youth perspective on the cause of recent violence and how the community can help decrease it. Proctor asked local politicians, community […]
The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of people, including both Haitians and Dominicans. Wednesday, June 17 was the deadline to legalize undocumented foreigners living in the country. In September 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic ruled to denaturalize children of undocumented Dominican migrants born in the Dominican Republic […]
Florida A&M University President Dr. Elmira Mangum has been selected by United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to join the 39-member Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade. In 1974, the U.S. Congress created the advisory committee system to guarantee that U.S. trade policy and negotiating objectives accurately represent […]