The 41st Student Senate held its first weekly meeting of the year at 6 p.m. in Multipurpose Room of the Student Union. Senate President Marissa West, a fourth-year pharmacy student from Chicago, presided over the meeting, which was moved to the Multipurpose Room, while the paneling is replaced in the […]

Thirty college students last weekend trained to represent eco-equity firm Green For All as campus ambassadors for the next school year.   Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the country learned about environmental justice and climate change, and planned various eco-awareness campaigns for their respective universities. Green […]

Following probation of Florida A&M’s Occupational Therapy program, administrators plan to aggressively prepare students to pass the licensing test on the first try. The National Licensure Examination placed the OT program on probation in April for failing to meet the accrediting body’s first-time pass rate of 70 per cent. Administrators […]

The Princeton Review recently named Florida A&M among the top universities in the region. FAMU was listed among the 134 “Best in the Southeast” universities in a special web feature: “2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” The Princeton Review picked 629 of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges and universities for […]

Florida A&M University sent another 450 future doctors, reporters, engineers and others to bright futures Friday after the annual Summer Commencement ceremony. Graduates, old and new, praised FAMU for turning formerly “wide-eyed freshmen” into scholars and industry leaders. “I am so happy to be done,” said graduate Shalanda Scott from […]

Florida State’s Masters Applied American Politics and Policy (MAAPP) graduate program Tuesday celebrated 10 years of bringing students closer to the political arena. Local politicians, including Florida A&M alum Al Lawson, praised MAAPP for its uniquely-practical approach to political science. Elected officials and lobbyists are among the speakers and professors […]

Florida A&M’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC) has big plans for its new Institute of Hip-Hop and Music Industry Studies. Starting with a music industry conference in November, SJGC hopes to make its newest division the premier educator in music business in the city and state. Organizers labeled […]

William E. Hudson Jr. is now Florida A&M University’s Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA). FAMU President James H. Ammons Ph. D. appointed Hudson to the post recently, believing that Hudson could provide “strong leadership for the Division of Student Affairs,” according to a press statement from the university issued […]

Close to 800 young children and teens studied sciences, vet medicine, art and theater at Florida A&M University this summer. The university is hosting 20 camps this summer, including the annual Ag Discovery,the Exxon Mobile Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp and the 2011 Marching 100 Band Camp that started Saturday. […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved Thursday all six points of its meeting agenda in under 30 minutes. At the close of the board’s two-day retreat, university trustees agreed to the $1,600,000-plus 2011-2012 operating budget and changes to the 2010-2011 budget to nearly $7,000,000, along with a multi-year contract […]