Chantay Hyman | The Famuan Students attending a Graduate Feeder Scholars Conference workshop.   Florida A&M University’s Graduate Feeder Scholars Program is hosting its 31st Annual Graduate Feeder Scholars Conference this week. The conference runs Tuesday through Thursday. It will include a recruitment fair and various workshops that are geared […]

Photo credit: Facebook.com ​Maggie Lewis-Butler, 77, is running again for the Leon County School Board.  Lewis-Butler is an alumna of Florida A&M University, and she spent her first 30 years after college teaching science. Lewis-Butler is currently vying for the same position that she has held for the […]

Kenneth Thomas, a graduate of Florida A&M is running for school board in Gadsden County. Gadsden County is the only majority African-American county in Florida, and Thomas wants to serve on the county school board. The seat is currently held by Steve Scott. According to the Gadsden County Supervisor […]

Professor and lawyer by day, wife and mother by night. Tameika Range continues to raise the bar for excellence higher and higher. The FAMU College of Law in Orlando has made history as the state’s first institution of higher learning to offer a cannabis law and social justice course, […]

Dustin Daniels reviews his canvassing map at his campaign headquarters. Photo credit: Angelique Fullwood When Dustin Daniels decided to run for mayor he received a number of calls from the “old guard” leaders of the Tallahassee political arena. They told him it was not his time and that he […]

Rick Minor, no stranger to Tallahassee politics, is running for the Leon County Commission. The 50-year-old father of two and CEO of Second Harvest of the Big Bend is vying for Seat 3 against candidates Emily Fritz, Kyle Frost, Rex Reksits and Carlos Rey. The candidates were interviewed by […]

In June of 2017, Florida A&M University held the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Center for Access and Student Success (CASS) building. One year later, the project is at a standstill. The FAMU Center for Access and Student Success is designed to be a multipurpose building serving as a one-stop […]

Cannabis prescription Photo credit: Jade Jacobs Despite multiple, hopeful talks of adding a cannabis course to Florida A&M University’s College of Law, two new courses will finally be offered in reference to the prominent subject of marijuana. FAMU law students can now anticipate enrolling in “Cannabis Law and Cultural […]

Alva Striplin, a former middle school math teacher, called it a “victory for the teachers” when she was elected in 2014 to serve District 1 on the Leon County School Board. Striplin grew up in Tallahassee and after high school went to Florida State University. where she was a […]