Developing Gaines Street has been an ongoing process in the city of Tallahassee, but a new tourist attraction will soon be the center of attention in Railroad Square. Railroad Square will have the first completely Green building in Tallahassee. The building, a community-oriented collaboration will be known as the Art-Tech […]

Language and psychology students and faculty defended their programs to Florida A&M's Board of Trustees Thursday in a failed bid to stop budget cuts that would end nearly two dozen degree programs at the university. Administrators have deemed programs in disciplines from graphic communication to education and foreign languages as […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved President James Ammons’ restructuring plan  to cut and/or merge 24 academic programs, rename existing schools and slash $18.7 million from the university’s budget. The vote came minutes after the BOT heard students, faculty and staff voice their opposition to Ammons’ “Excellence in a […]

Crime on and around Florida A&M’s campus is rising. For the past two weekends, robberies and gunfire have been reported and FAMU Department of Public Safety officials say that crooks are emerging as spring begins. “When it gets warmer, more people come out. The more people that come out, the […]

Florida A&M University welcomed the Board of Trustees today to announce their final plans on FAMU’s $13 million budget cut. President James Ammons reiterated plans on the affected 24 academic programs and 86 employees. The 42 slideshow covered the emergence of schools and programs, retention and graduation plans and the […]

Tallahassee residents can expect lower utility bills by the end of the year, according to officials. Since 2008, utility rates have been on a steady decline. On April 1, utilities will continue to decrease. Customers can expect a reduction of 3.5 percent in their electric bills and over 11 percent […]

Today and tomorrow mark the big two days when the Board of Trustees will meet in Florida A&M’s grand ballroom to discuss and decide what programs will stay and what will be terminated. But as the meeting approaches, more students are voicing their thoughts about the proposed plans. According to […]

Almost 3,000 Tallahassee citizens woke up to no electricity, blocked roads and fallen trees, branches and leaves Tuesday morning after a severe storm blew through the city Monday night. “Damages were actually very little, due to city infrastructure,” Bill Behenna, a representative with the City of Tallahassee’s Communications Department, said. […]

Howling winds and pounding rain hit Tallahassee early Tuesday, knocking down some of the Florida A&M campus’ tallest trees including a large oak tree that fell near the Paddy-foote dormitories. “I heard a cracking noise and then a thud,” said resident Terry Waters, who went outside on the residence hall […]

Students welcome the new University Registrar Agatha Onwunli with hopes that her commitment to improve the registrar’s office comes to fruition. Their complaints are myriad – from difficulty in accessing transcripts to course registration. “My AP course 
never transferred onto my FAMU transcript. It took me visiting the Registrar’s Office […]