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Minorities in Agriculture and Natural Resources

Florida A&M University is finding ways to get its students ready for the job market. The FAMU Chapter of the National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resource and Related Sciences has been around for 28 years. It is a program that specializes in promoting professional and academic development in […]

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Florida Capitol Museum Opens Health Exhibit

Florida residents can now witness the 125-year journey of Florida Public Health at Florida Historic Capitol Museum’s first public health exhibit, concluding May 10. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The exhibit’s purpose is to educate residents and visitors on the years of battling health epidemics and […]

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Campus Safety Awareness Improved with Safety Walk & New App

National Campus Safety Awareness Day took place in September and Florida A&M University participated with with a campus walk and a new app. The second annual safety awareness campus walk took place with access to the entire campus. The walk served as an opportunity to identify key areas of the […]

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Transitioning To A New School

With opportunity to excel in all avenues, Florida A&M University boasts a unique challenge for freshman in the class of 2018. The university offers 74 undergraduate degree programs, a freshmen orientation class — also known as SLS — to prepare students and first year experience mentors (FYE). According to Angela […]

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The Royal Masquerade Miss PaddyFote Pageant

Students from around the campus came out to see the crowning of this year’s 2014-2015 Miss Paddyfote. This year’s pageant was not one to miss. From singing and dancing, these seven girls gave their best show. To promote unity in the Paddyfote community and on campus, this annual pageant strives […]

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“The Game is Being Sold, Not Told”

In the United States, physician-patient healthcare has taken a backseat to capitalism. On Tuesday in The Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, Jasmine Bowers, M.D. gave an informative lecture on the evolution of healthcare entitled The Health Care Game Change: What We Need To Know And How We Need To Play […]

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Abandon Threads

Why pay more when you can pay less? Alumnae of Florida A&M Universities respectively, Whitley Waymon and Morgan Rodgers created their own mobile boutique in May 2013. Clothing is not the only thing that the two share, they are also cousins. Waymon, a 26-year-old graduate, received her bachelor’s degree in […]

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Swing Dancin in the Street

Styles of the 40’s took over Tallahassee’s East Park Avenue, as The Knott House Museum hosted its annual Swing Dancin’ in the Street event on Saturday. Free swing dancing lesson were provided for those interested to learn. Bea Cotellis, the site manager at the Knott House Museum, said The Knott […]

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Men of Strength

Men of Strength Organization, better known as MOST, works to prevent men’s violence against women by helping to create a campus culture that does not tolerate attitudes or actions that are harmful to women. This organization explores what it means to be a man at Florida A&M University and in […]

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Runners brave weather for FAMU inaugural 5K

As a kick-off for Inauguration week, Florida A&M University hosted a 5k Walk Run, Roll, and Stroll in collaboration with Stork's Nest Tallahassee.  Participants of all ages ran, walked and strolled from FAMU’s campus to Cascade Park, where they celebrated then enjoyed live jazz music. D.A. Robin; 09/28/2014 @ Bragg […]