Chancellor of Florida’s State University System Frank Brogan reminded Interim Florida A&M President Larry Robinson Monday that the university has many problems that need addressing.  In a letter soon after Robinson was picked as the tentative leader of FAMU, Brogan said, “As reflected in the attached letter following the June Board of […]

Chancellor Frank Brogan urged Interim Florida A&M President Larry Robinson Monday to work on the outstanding problems affecting the university including the pending requirements from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to provide a report on progress. (Included inside is a copy of the letter from Frank Brogan) In […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees is meeting this morning to discuss the fallout from President James H. Ammons‘ sudden decision last Wednesday to resign from the helm of the university.  In a call-in meeting that afternoon, trustees pressed for a “prompt” meeting calling Ammons‘ departure a grave and uncertain turn […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world’s largest software maker to build its own online news service. The breakup announced late Sunday dissolves the final shreds of a 16-year marriage between Microsoft Corp. and NBC News, which is now […]

Mud puddles dotted the grassy field. It had rained earlier that day, and “The Patch” was still showing signs of the recent downpour. But still Florida A&M’s Marching “100” practiced. The band’s formations took crooked, meandering turns around the 30-year practice field — all under the gaze of then-band director […]

Florida A&M President James Ammons‘ resignation is effective today, July 16, 2012. The university’s Board of Trustees unanimously agreed this morning to accept Ammons‘ resigning immediately.  Ammons and Board of Trustees Chairman Solomon Badger agreed last night to a quick “transitioning out” that means he would give up his post […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees Monday appointed Provost Larry Robinson as the interim president of the university pending confirmation at the next face-to-face meeting of trustees in August. Calling for “stability” and “continuity,” trustees unanimously named Robinson to the presidency in the wake of now-former President James Ammons submitting his […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida law that requires people caught with illegal drugs in their possession to prove their innocence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court. Unlike virtually every other state in the country where it’s up to a prosecutor to prove guilt, the 2002 Florida law […]

Many Florida A&M students disagreed with President James Ammons’ decision to resign later this year. But others insist that Ammons, who had faced scrutiny for the past seven months in the wake of a hazing “crisis,” needed to leave the university. “I want him back,” said a Kaydia Martin, a […]

HOUSTON (AP) – Unflinching before a skeptical NAACP crowd, Mitt Romney declared Wednesday he’d do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president. He drew jeers when he lambasted the Democrat’s policies. “If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you […]