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Prayer vigil held for Emojah Mullings

Student holding a candle at the prayer vigil | Photo credit: Merlina Aventurin  Students, family and friends gathered at the eternal flame on Friday, Dec. 1 to honor Mullings’ life and contributions to the campus community. Emojah Mullings, a 19-year-old broadcast journalism student at Florida A&M University (FAMU), died on Mon. […]

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Mayor Gillum hosts annual Tallahassee Innovation Partnership pitch night

On Tuesday, Nov 14, Mayor Andrew Gillum hosted the second annual Tallahassee Innovation Partnership Pitch Night. Hosted at The Gathering on Madison Street, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs came to Pitch Night to mingle and network with local business people. They were eager to share their ideas with other members of […]

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FAMU Professor gets scam call

Professor Melanie White and her family. | Photo credit: Melanie Whtie  When Professor Melanie White’s foundation of speech class concluded, she received an anonymous call. The caller told White that her husband had been in an accident and hit the caller’s seven-year-old nephew while pulling out of a gas station. […]

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Board of Trustees meeting leads to permanent placement

Interim President Larry Robinson laughing at a joke made by the repsentative of the IGNITE at SPC. Photo credit: Adlernico Brioche  On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Board of Trustees (BOT) held their meeting in the campus’s grand ballroom. The governance committee gave their presidential evaluations to […]

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SGA President Justin Bruno resigns

hoto credit: Florida A&M University SGA President Justin Bruno Florida A&M's Student Government Association President Justin Bruno has resigned as president of the student body, effective immediately. In a letter addressed to the student body on Nov. 28, Bruno states reasoning for resignation due to disruptive influences and dysfunction within student […]

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FAMU parking services offers one-time holiday amnesty program

FAMU Parking Enforcement officer ticketing a vehicle. | Photo credti: Adrienne Robinson In collaboration with the Florida A&M University Department of Campus Safety and Security, the FAMU Office of Parking and Transportation is hosting a one-time amnesty program for faculty, staff and students with outstanding parking tickets until Dec. 15. […]

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FAMU’s campus safety could see an increase

Florida A&M University has received a nod of approval on a campus safety plan worth more than $486,000, which includes hiring six officers and three dispatchers over the next three years to improve campus safety. The plan, which was discussed Nov. 8-9 at the Florida Board of Governors’ meeting, was […]