Students at Florida A&M aren’t taking advantage of the e2 campus emergency alert system. The system has been in place at FAMU since 2005, two years before the Virginia Tech massacre. Although the service is licensed for 10,000 users but fewer than 3,000 active users are registered for the system. […]
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Honors Convocation this Thursday
Florida A&M will host its annual honors convocation Thursday at 10:10 a.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. Virgil Miller, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), will serve as the keynote speaker. Miller is a native of West Palm Beach and a FAMU alumnus, where he received his […]
Love, Sex, Relationships Take Stage at Summit
Florida A&M University held on Sunday its seventh annual Black Student Summit in the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center. Panelists talked about relationships, love and sexuality at a student summit aimed at promoting black excellence. Panelists included Carmen Wong Ulrich, Arthur Wylie, Jacqueline Del Rosario, Marc Williams, Devin T. Robinson X, […]
‘Standards’ to Put Belt on Sloppy Dress
Florida A&M plans to implement a dress standard for students that would cover any clothing that could be considered “inappropriate,” including offensive messages on T-shirts, starting this fall. The new rules take aim at attire such as “pajamas, midriffs or halters, mesh…pants below the waistline revealing undergarments, do-rags and/or hoods […]
Wrong Color, Wrong Time
#8220;Justice for Trayvon!” echoed from the “highest of seven hills” for all of Tallahassee to hear, Monday morning. Students of Florida A&M organized a last minute rally after a protest in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to Sanford, Fla. was canceled. A circle was formed on the Set around […]
UF Alpha chapter faces suspension in hazing incident
University of Florida’s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. has been suspended due to a recent hazing incident. Less than three months after Florida A&M University’s Marching “100” incident, UF police filed a hazing complaint on Feb. 4 against fraternity members and completed their investigation Feb. 27. UF’s […]
Panelists promote African-American business at summit
During last night’s State of the Black Student Summit hosted by FAMU’s Student Government Association, celebrity panelists focused on black excellence and the importance of supporting black owned businesses. Talk show host and journalist Carmen Wong Ulrich expressed the meaning behind having a dream and believing in its […]
Robinson Returns as Provost, Hughes Harris Out
Florida A&M President James H. Ammons emailed academic deans Thursday calling for a meeting the next morning. It was a task usually reserved for the provost. Ammons entered the conference room Friday and announced that special assistant Larry Robinson would serve as the new provost effective immediately. Ousted provost Cynthia […]
FAMU Way project on the table
It’s exactly what concerned residents of the future FAMU Way Corridor needed, in lieu of sudden constructional revisions by city officials. Thursday evening, community members shared their concerns surrounding The FAMU Way Extension Project. More than 50 people were in attendance the presentation, which included a slideshow […]
FAMU restructures provost position
Florida A&M has undergone a series of administrative changes. In a meeting Friday with the university’s academic deans, President James H. Ammons announced that Larry Robinson, who served as the university’s provost from 2003 to 2005, will be returning to that position immediately. Discharged Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris, will […]