With no roadmap or manual to surviving life after graduation, Florida A&M alumna Janelle Edwards has paved her way to success in jewels. Armed with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration and a passion for what she does, Edwards has successfully combined her educational background and talent to launch […]
Lifestyles
Florida Women’s Hall of Fame inducts three members
The Florida Women’s Hall of Fame has three new inductees chosen for their community activism. The inductees, who were chosen by Gov. Rick Scott out of a list of 10 women, are Clara C. Frye, Aleene Kidd Mackenzie and Lillie Pierce Voss. The women were chosen based on their contributions […]
Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection receives two awards
The DEP won two awards from the World Water Monitoring Challenge. The WWMC is an international program that aims to increase awareness and activism in regard to protecting water sources. The program also challenges communities to monitor and maintain water quality for the area it services. “The Department is honored […]
Advisement on the Set Day informs students about registration
The Office of University Retention held Advisement on the Set Day on Friday to keep Florida A&M students aware of important registration dates. Students were able to set appointments with their advisers and had the chance to speak to other department representatives from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Johnny McCaskill, […]
Florida National Guard reaches deployment milestone
The Florida National Guard is preparing for an important moment: the deployment of the 17,000th guardsman. The recent defense budget cuts have hindered the Florida National Guard’s ability to train troops that will be deployed to domestic and foreign missions. Yet, it met this milestone Saturday with the deployment of […]
Natural hair still on the rise despite some discrimination
The rise of the natural hair movement has encouraged many African-American women to embrace their kinks and coils. Some women, however, choose to proceed with caution in fear that natural hair will yield discrimination. Hair weaves, coloring and texturizers sometimes discredit someone from being considered natural. Overall, hair is […]
FAMU life coach provides service opportunities for students
Since stepping on the “Hill” in July, T. Denise Manning has been working with students to help complete community service requirements and implementing seminars to promote well-being through life coaching. According to Manning, life coaching is guiding individuals through issues and hardships they face so that staying in alignment […]
The love ship
We spend so much time searching for love. It’s as if we imagine love as this something we hold in our back pockets until we find the perfect someone to give it to. With hard work, we can accomplish anything. Accomplishments are the natural outcomes of a series of […]
Organizations partner to save a million hearts
Nearly 70 organizations, including the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, are collaborating with Million Hearts, a national initiative that plans to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. The Million Hearts initiative aims to improve access to effective care and focus clinical attention on prevention […]
A sweet treat to battle bulge after spring break
Spring break has brought out the workout and health enthusiast in all of us as we try to get our beach bodies ready in time to show it off wherever we may be going. I am no different. Not long ago, the lifestyles editor and I decided to start our […]