Statistics provided by the FAMU Office of Institutional Research and The Office of Academic Affairs.  Graph by Kiah Lewis  Compared to enrollment at this time last year and projections for fall 2018 enrollment, FAMU’s student body is growing. Fall enrollment was at 9,800 students and the current enrollment is 9,304. […]

Tell them we are rising the aftermath. Photo credit:  Angelique Beckford   In a proactive environment where black education and intellect is birthed, the documentary Tell Them We Are Rising, explored the early origins of the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to their present day. Tell Them We […]

Photo credit: Sydne Vigille  Student senators met in the Senate Chambers of Florida A&M University this Monday to cover the lengthy agenda of reports, confirmations, and lobbying. The National Society of Black Engineers student branch expressed their gratitude for being granted the opportunity to attend this past nationals conference. In […]

Photo credit: onyxmagazine.com   Campaign season is always an important time at Florida A&M University. Students are always enormously involved with efforts to promote their favorite candidates. Election day was held yesterday, Feb 20, and the votes are finally in. Now holding the position for student body president and vice president […]

Cameron Kasky, junior at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, addresses event-goers and the media.  Photo credit: Nadia Holloway   Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School students have made their way from Parkland, FL to Tallahassee in an attempt to magnify their voices in the faces of Florida lawmakers following the tragic school […]

Photo credit: Nallah Brown   A bus load of courageous students from Parkland in Boward County traveled hundreds of miles to lobby for gun control and face off with Florida lawmakers. By noon Wednesday, students from near and far gathered at the Capitol to rally with the survivors of the […]

StarMetro recieves $1 million grant for zero emission buses  Photo credit: Eboni Walker  September of last year is when Congressman Al Lawson announced that StarMetro would receive a $1 million federal grant from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration to purchase 15 new electric buses. The City of […]

Photo credit: Theatre Department at FAMU All aboard! Florida A&M University Essential Theatre is going overseas!  Ten lucky students will have the opportunity to perform in Scotland, but before they can show the world their talent, the theatre department is gearing up to showcase “From The Mississippi Delta”, written by […]

More than one hundred students and survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting will gather in Tallahassee this week to meet with legislators. Their effort at the Capitol will take place one week after the shooting in Parkland that claimed 17 of their classmates and teachers. The students […]

The group, Moms Demand Action (MDA), is lobbying for new gun control in the aftermath of last week’s horrific school shooting in Parkland near Fort Lauderdale.    MDA members gathered at the Capitol on Thursday, one day after 17 students and teachers were gunned down in Parkland. More than 40 […]