Monday, July 7, 2025
Florida A&M football standout Calvin Ashley accomplished his greatest achievement on March 11, and it had nothing to do with football. On that day his son, Calvin Ashley, Jr. was born at 10:21 a.m. at Winnie Palmer in Orlando. Ashley wanted to tell everyone, facetiming his friends with an abundance […]
Sophomore student senator Maurice Gilbert is creating a student referendum to get free laundry services at Florida A&M University. The idea came to Gilbert over the summer as he conducted research about mental and emotional health and how they correlated to “simple needs.” He discovered that the pleasure that humans […]
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 […]
The Florida A&M University Student Government Association will host an educational forum on the medical and unlawful use of marijuana Tuesday, featuring a panel of eight speakers. Held in partnership with the FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, the on-campus event is free and open to the public from […]
Melissa Mitchell discovered painting in 2014, several years after graduating from Florida A&M. Mitchell, the founder of Atlanta-based Abeillecreations, now makes a living as an artist. “All the skills I learned from FAMU prepared me for that moment from networking to learning how to build a website and being in […]
Samuel Olusegun Williams talked about the struggle for Kijuchagulia in the African diaspora during a Saturday presentation at the Foster-Tanner building. Williams hosted an enlightening hour of storytelling, songs and poems of self-determination of people of the African diaspora. The second principle in Kwanzaa is Kijchagulia , in Swahili. It […]
This past Friday, Florida A&M University’s School of Allied Health Sciences held their annual S. Tanner Stafford Lecture series. Mr. Donald E. Mitchell was the guest speaker who delivered the importance of leadership, consistency and shared his career journey. Students were able to hear about the importance of being a […]
A collaboration between the Florida A&M University Black Archives Exhibition Research Center and Museum and the Florida State University Civil Rights Institute produced the “Remembrance of Slavery in America and Contributions of African Americans 100 Years Prior to 1619” program. Held in the Old Union Bank at the corner of […]
Warm sounds filled Lee Hall auditorium as the FAMU Jazz Ensemble had put on a performance like no other. The FAMU Jazz Ensemble, directed by the director of jazz studies, Robert Griffin, performed many classic jazz arrangements on Wednesday night and had the audience at a standing ovation. This “Evening […]
The power of storytelling was present as local residents, Florida A&M University students, and faculty attended the Retro Local screening presented by WFSU Public Media. The event took place on Tues, Oct 22 at FAMU School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. The screening displayed two short documentaries that focused on […]