Florida A&M Universities Director of university Events, Tammy Hamlet, faces eight counts of fraudulent per diem and travel expenses. She turned herself into the Leon County Jail Monday after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement discovered discrepancies in her submissions for reimbursement of travel vouchers between July 2010 and June […]

Despite the Crestview campus closing due to Tropical Storm Isaac, Tallahassee Florida A&M University students enjoyed warm, sunny weather until late afternoon Tuesday. “I wasn’t expecting classes to be cancelled, but I thought it would be raining,” said Shaquella Oaddams, 21,4th year occupational therapy student from Miami, Fla. Isaac was […]

The Florida A&M University Rural Diversity Healthcare Center, located in Crestview, will reopen Wednesday as Tropical Storm Isaac makes landfall. The complex has programs in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. All other campuses will be open. Crestview is located just north of Destin, which is expected to receive […]

MIAMI (AP) – Hundreds of flights at Miami International Airport have been canceled because of Tropical Storm Isaac. With the storm beginning to buffet southeast Florida, about 250 arriving flights for Sunday were listed as canceled by 8:30 a.m., as were more than 200 departing flights. Inside the American Airlines […]

  The Reverend Al Sharpton spoke words of wisdom to a Bethel Baptist Church crowd for Social Justice Awareness Sunday evening. Sharpton emphasized three reasons why he was particularly motivated to travel to Tallahassee to speak: the Champion case, the Trayvon Martin case and voter suppression – all in Florida. […]

Florida A&M announced Thursday that students would again be allowed to join clubs but with many new requirements.  Students must meet strict GPA, community service and credit-hour guidelines before they can be considered as members of the club, according to the university in a press statement.  Former university president James […]

Patricia Green-Powell was appointed the new interim dean of the Florida A&M College of Education Thursday by Florida A&M University Interim President Larry Robinson. Former dean Genniver C. Bell, will remain a full time professor within the College of Education. In a press release, Robinson said the “change is in […]

A sea of helping hands welcomed incoming freshmen at McGuinn Hall as they unpacked their precious cargo Thursday morning.  Among those lightening the load for the freshmen was Interim President Dr. Larry Robinson.  “Since my first administrative role as Provost going back to the 2003 era I’ve always come to […]

Changes Include Anti-Hazing And Community Service Workshops, New Academic Standards, Improved Recordkeeping TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Membership intake for all Florida A&M University (FAMU) clubs and organizations will resume in September for the fall 2012 semester. The decision was made after a series of changes were implemented to prevent hazing, stress […]

Ciara Taylor stepped out of her borrowed Oldsmobile and shuffled into her home after another day at work. Taylor, who graduated from Florida A&M in August, was unable to afford payments on her 2003 Mercedes-Benz after it broke down. “I am scared to look at what I owe,” Taylor said with […]